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Harry Truman once said, 'Presidency is a glorious burden.' I was well surprised to see such a remark made by this superior statesman who had an incredible and incomparable motivation and wisdom. May be, his comments were the reflections of the tiresome responsibility bestowed upon him by the people of the united states. My expenence doesn't fall in line with Truman's experience. Rather, I will have to politely disagree with Truman's words. By all means, I am not tryrng to compare the job responsibilities of the leader of a great nation and that of a small, unique, ethnic organization. But the depth of involvement can be weighed comparably if two of these responsible offices tried to do full justice to the commitment made towards the objective. As a non-profil, voluntary organization, we underwent the normal process of waxing and waning, frustration and happiness and failu¡es and successes' But this process has been very helpful in shedding light on an important fact. It made me realize how

President is equipped with such a dedicated group, his job is nothing less than an eryoyable, involved social activity. Till date, we have successfully organized a talent show for kids and youth, a movie, road cleaning, and an evening of music and dance. Now, we are all set to celebrate the event ofthe year, ONAM. Onam has always been special to me as it

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Ten cornmandments for world religions

Vinson Xavier Palathingal Rise of religious fundarnentalism and its unpleasant influence in politics is becoming a major predicament for India, a giant nation of over one billion people. The fact that signihcant numbers fi'om various minority religions living side by side with the rnajority Ilindus is a definite indicator of the explosive nature of the situation. Hindus noted for their time-tested tolerance and openness contributed heavily to the growth of other faiths in lndia. Ilowever, fundamentalist elements in I-Iinduism, initially unleashed to counter fanatic Islam against forceful conversions and religious intolel'ance of foreign aggressors has becorre a bigger rnenace in itself, even though their numbels are small. The glowth of religious fundamentalism from various segments of the society is threatening the very social fabric ofthe country. While this is especially true in India, the rnatters on the global scene are not rnuch different. People ale watching each other with distrust. Some have to conceal their leal names to avoid plofiling. Government agencies are harassing and stripping its citizens of their fundalnental rights, even here in America, the proclaimed land of the fi'ee. Religious affiliations and practices that are supposed to be giving people the innel peace and help them coping up with their stressful lives, on the contrary are dividing and confusing people. Who can get the humanity out of this rnuddle and how? The presentation below is a heartfelt attempt fì'onr deep within to find out answers to these questions in a very unbiased manner.

Whethel we like it ol not, we live in the age of communication revolution, whele interconnectivity between people ale at lecord levels ofredundancy. People are linked with each other through various modes of cornmunication across different continents, laces, cultures, religions, beliefs, practices etc in spite of several hurdles and balriers. 'Ihe virtues and vices ofthe various religions, cultures and traditions are assessed and evaluated by one another. At this juncture, a religious individual who is optimistic of the future of mankind is left with two pertinent options. The first one is accepting the universal fact that virtues and vices co exist in this world. Individuals who follow this path would rehne themselves by choosing the positive factors congenial for a harrnonious coexistence. 'Ihey would restructure or remodel their perceptions and outlook so that it is transferled to the genelations yet to colne. 'Ihese individuals expelience a pleasant and coustructive growth in them. On the contrary, the second option offers a life cloistered within ones own beliefs and notions. This is atotal dislegard of the world around and bearing a dominant feeling that the changes are to be brought about only in others around. In such cases, individuals notice a slow and steady stagnation ofpersonal growth. Personally, I have a backglound that lnakes me think that it is a crilne if I don't vorlch for rnulti-r'eligious understanding. Born and brouglrt up as a lìoman Catholic Syrian Christian in Cochin, a scenic coastal town in Kerala, Sor¡thern lndia, I was fortunate to live amidst a rnulticultural society comprising Christians of rnany denorninations, Hindus from various sects, Muslims and some Jews. All of'them with varying deglee of commitment and connection to their religious background and rituals coexisted peacefLlly,

and they still do. The whole comrnunity considered the celebration of each sect, a time of rejoicernent and festivity. Prior'ity was given to community spirit and the elders in the

community fostered it. My Hindu neighbor would be upset with my parents, not for us being Christians, but for us being late in delivering their share of the delicacies that we make fbr Easter or Christmas. 1'hus I was f'ortunate to grow up observing and interacting mostly with a good nulnber of warm, open and t'iendly people belonging to val'ious faiths. V/ith this background, I am passionately comrnitted to rnulti-religious perspective. I believe that the same awalerìess of the entire mankind is the only viable solution to permanently end the religion related troubles that threaten its very existence. History of mankind proves that Religion and Spirituality have a perennial existence. lt is a natural phenomenon and surprisingly irnmortal, proved by the unsuccessful assault of communism on religion. The fact that man's needs are not just physical is as original and real as hurnanity itself, and any attempt to rethink that fact as a solution for the ploblerns that we have today are futile. Religions are there to stay; and eradication of belief systems is not the solution for the problems that religions create in the world. In this context, let us all collectively think and devise an effective and permanent solution to the troubles because of'the leligious faiths in fhe world so that generations yet to cotne would not have to worry about this menace anymore. I stlongly believe that human soul is a part of the one and only entity- The Almighty, and all religions will guide to the same Almighty. After a certain stage, in the journey of the soul to this eternal freedom, it doesn't t'eally matter in what religion one had believed or what faith one had followed or who one had thought was the real God. What matters is whether the individual had the zest to find out the ultimate truth, which I believe is love. Whether one had rnade progress with rightful deeds in identifying this truth during one's sojourn on the earth is what matters and not one's beliefs. V/hen I read Bible with my children everyday, I arn always on the lookout fot'Jesus' words that are not in terms with rny belief, and interestingly I haven't f'ound one yetl And surprisingly enough, The Bible is ill fact solidifying rny belief. I get confused sotnetimes, but as a matter of fact, I do understand that no ordinary and worldly human being can completely comprehend Cod and so it is perfectly all right to be confused as long as one would not wolry about that confusion. While the ultimate truth remains the same, the material facts we get from the scriptures are dependent on various extraneous factors such as the beliefs and nature of the author, the period it was written, the audience it was spoken to, the language followed, the political situation, the weather and so on. Trying to recreate all those in the

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;:ffiøtøhllÚí¡¡ øí*ttìrr'i,.,:rì:!:s present day life is delinitely painful and impractical, il'not purely absurd. .lust like the present age, there were good and evil in those tinies. I consider that to be perl'ectly human. As far as the thirst for the nltirnate tl'uth is alive and cultured men and women are constantly in pursuit of that truth, we are advancing on all different pathways leading to the tl'uth. Our reference material in this ¡rursuit has our directions to this destination, whether it is Bible or Gita or 'lorah. Still, they are just references and we must not Quran or attach our selves too much to the reference itself; else we lose our

focus and never reach our goal, the ultinate trutlì. Proliferation ofthe above thoughts is the need ofthe hour. While it may be easy for some of'us to voice such views, it is very hard for the masses to unclerstand and lòllow suit without a stroug and meticulous Ieadership and guidance. This has to corne from various religions and it is a great challenge faced by the religious leaders. And now, as the whole world looks forward with applehension and alal-m at its future, it is going to be the respouse l'rom these leaders that would fonn a fertile substratum fol a har¡rronious co existence ofpeople for the future generations. To those who brand these ideas utopian, I woulcl retort that tiure will plove thern to be wlong. Addressing Iiindu and Muslim Ieaclers in Colornbo, Srilanka in I995, Pope John Paul said "l thank you for this meeting. 'Meeting' lnealls we are together'. lt is necessal'y to be together; not being together is dangelous". lìe continued, "l wish to reaffirm the church's and my own deep and abiding respect for the spiritual and cultural values ofwhich you are the guardians." Addressing the concludin6l celemony o1'the ìnterreligious Assembly, in October 1999, Pope said, "ln all the many languages of prayer, let us ask the Spirit of God to enlighten us, guide us and give us strength so that, as lren and women who take their inspit'ation fiom their religious beließ, we may work together to build the future of humanity in halmony,.justice, ¡teacc and love." 50 years ago no one cor¡ld imagine these words coming 1ì"on a Popel I-le sought forgiveness for rnembers of'the Catholic Church ancl Catholic institt¡tior.rs for wrongdoings dating back centuries, including the Crusades, the lncluisition, and more recently, the Ilolocaust. Yes, we definitely need to hear more from the Pope and we are looking forward to it. Also, we need more leaders like himconscious, confìdent, and concerned. And we need to hear lÌ'om thern too. If the world leaders of religions understand this very dominant and potent lole that they have to play, to save humanity frorl cornplete physical, moral and spiritual annihilation, I request a complete appraisal of the following ten commandments, to ratify them as a protocol of religiotrs and call on their followels to adhere to that protocol. As you Çan see, there shouldn't be any catholic bigger than Pope hirnself, If these ten commandments belong to the religious leaders of the world, it trelongs to all believers in the world and that means we have hope- call it a flicker of light in the clarkness, or a silver lining to the cloud or a shallow gully in the desert...-it is the only means for the survival of humanity! [,et's move forward with commitrnent and enthusiasnr. . . ! Let's go for it...it's the need of the hour! 1. All religions that teach love and compassion are true religions and each one leads to one and the same destination- God Ahnighty. 2. No religion has the right to convert the faith of any individual who believes in another religion foreefully or by oflering

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offavor or bribe All community outleach progratns organized by

religion should abstain itself fì'orn religious conversion. the f'ocus of such a program is spirituality, any training

towards that goal should be primarily based on ideas fi.om the oliginal or principal religion of the individual being trained or the community in which he belongs. 4. No religion has the authority to preach against, teach against or campaign against any other religion. 5. Any parts f¡orn the scriptures of one religion that instructs its followers to demean any other religion or belief should be ignored. Religious leaders ol'sucl.r religions should identily such scripfures and direct its followers to ignore those. 6. All leligions should repent and apologize to others who were badly affected by them ol their predecessors, or if it was found to be instrulnental in spreading hah'ed or had cornnitted atrocities against other faiths in

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All religions should rnandate certain hours of interfaith activity by all aclult urembers to have cornplete access to theil services and full privileges. All religions should facilitate such interfaith activities and should encourage its followcrs to take part in such activities on a regular basis. 8. All religions should agree and become signatories to a 'Principle of Equal Iloliness' that will declale that all leligions are equal in all related tenns and the essence ofall leligions is one and the

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shoulcl aglee unanimously to form an international olganization that will act as the coordinating body to resolve issues and ciisputes alÌìorlg them. "'lhe 9.

Inter-religious Assembly", a currently linctioning international body, may be transfolmed to become this cohesive new wolld body. 10.

All religions should declale that violence is not

an acceptable or a pliable solution to any problem, whatevel' it may be, and should rnandate that all of its

lollowers should denounce violence to lernain its rnembers.

I conclude by hoping that the bright, brave world of tomorrow is not fal away. 'lhis cfi'eam will rnaterialize only through a cornbined effort of the leaders of all religious faiths and it is the only solution fol a harmonious coexistence in the future. I-et's move ahead with fortitucle and make this idea a reality. Yes, it is the need of the hour. ßoocBøloløJ6rree:.oJcm¿oiìoc. C(rllølo> GrôO(I)cûnGßc

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IJpholding our Culture: Whose Responsibility is it Anyway? Malini Sekhar Chairperson, Cultural and Literary Affairs Committee On June 16,2002, the Kerala Association of Greater Washington held an open discussion to address the question: "Upholding our Culture: Whose Responsibilify is it Anyway?" The question was by no means a sirnple one, with no easy or clear answers. But it was a beginning, a starting point fì'om which to begin to understand what we ale all thinking and where we are all corning fi'om. It is true that we are all Malayalees, and in that sense share the same cultural roots. Yet now more than ever before in America, there has emerged an interaction between Malayalees of different age groups and generations that creates quite an interesting dynamic within our community. There are definitely similarities between the three distinct groups of Malayalees which we identified on the day of the discussion to be: the generation of Malayalees who came hele many years ago, settled here with their families, and in lnany ways, created and sustained the Kel'ala Association, the second genel'ation, born and brought up with the culture their parents brought with thern from India years ago, and finally the group of young professionals that have colne to Arnerica relatively recently, and who right now, are the core of the individuals who attend KAGW events. Ilowever, there are also distinct differences between the groups, in their understanding for one another, and their notions of what our cultule is. From this observation, emerged the inspilation to begin a "dialogue," through this discussion. The more than twenty people in attendance that day would agree that a dialogue was definitely initiated thlough the discussion. There were several individuals from the different groups that had prepared brief remarks after which, the discussion was opened to the entire group. All involved concurred that upholding or preserving culture was important though their definitions and perspectives on what "cultul'e" is, differed. Several youngsters, more specifically childreu born and brought up here, emphasized the pride they do have in their heritage but that in can'ying it along with thern, they

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would take special cale in extracting what they think is good about the Kerala cultule, and leaving the bad. Likewise, one younger participant commented that, "the discussion was good because we could finally hear other people's perspectives that are different frorn rny own." Another rather interesting point of view came from the younger professionals. The majority of them who attended asselted that sustaining the language (Malayalam) was imperative in upholding the Kerala culture, and did take issue with the fact that in their experiences, it was disappointing for thern to see that rnany children bom and brouglrt up here could not speak or understand the language. Finally, several wiser and definitely more experienced members in the group chimed into to say that the key is actually involvement, and with involvement comes more interaction and understanding between groups, and then maybe a more unified vision of what their culture is and how they want to preserve it. One individual commented that she wished there wel'e more diverse perspectives or individuals within oul comrnunity corning fiom a very diffelent place so one could have heard that perspective as well. Everyone at the event agreed however, that it was not one group or person's lesponsibility, but everyone's responsibility to "uphold culture."

Though the group in attendance was a slnallel'and more intirnate group, orìe could say that our goal was attained in that this was a beginning of sorts, lines ol'communication have opened up slightly. With this beginning, this idea, we must lnove forward and be pro-active, as ideas won't keep. Something must be done about them, in theory, and in practice.

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SmithaViswanathan Culture is defined as "The totality of socially transmitted behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, and all other products of human work and thought." When I think of culture I think of traditions, language, food, art, clothing, things that have been changing since the beginning of time. How can we pinpoint a person, or a group of people to be held responsible to uphold a culture as rich, diverse, and evolving as ours? We shouldn't be looking at whose responsibility it is to uphold our culture. The fact is that culture should be upheld. It is a palent's responsibility to teach his children about his culture, it is in turn a child's responsibility take what he has leamed fi'om his parents and his life, and pass on his knowledge. I can guarantee you that my culture and therefore the culture that I pass on to tny children, will be different flom what my parents have taught me. But who's to say that it is "less Indian" or "not" Indian culture. I don't believe that culture is defined by a race. It is dehned by the people.

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AnandViswanathan There are ceftain things about my culture that I don't accept. For example, religion, not being able to date, and the way boys and girls are treated differently. Even so, I still do accept many things in my culture. I accept having faith in anything that you believe in, the music, the food, the language, and the cultural venues such as this one.

I do not believe that upholding the lndian culture is anyone's responsibiliry. It is a choice. One can choose to pass on certain aspects oflndian culture that they find appropriate to uphold. As far as passing on the Indian culture to your children, or grandchildren, I believe it should at least be introduced to them. It should be left up to them what they accept and what they do not accept. It should never be forced upon them. Again, it is their choice. My parents have introduced me to many aspects oflndian culture, and I do and do not accept a lot ofthese things, as I listed before. I will choose what to pass on to my children, but I will also teach them that there are many other cultures in the world, and to accept them all.

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efforts to serve food for the audience and participants. Dr. Mohan Viswanathan, secretary of the KAGW thanked the audience, volunteers and organizers who made this event a success. 'Bombay Grill', a restaurant based in Columbia, MD, proudly supported Sargavasantham. Kerala Association is a non-profit organization that represents the Malayalee community in Washington DC and certain suburbs of Maryland and Virginia. -from www.kaumudiusa.com

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