Am I religious?? One of the most sought after question that I ask myself!!!
I born in an orthodox Hindu family..
I was brought up like I have to pray daily & I'm still practicing it. And I should not eat Non-Veg on Saturdays & during Tamil month Purattasi, I was following this very strictly till I was into college. I go to temple atleast once in a week. I have been to many temples in all four South Indian states. I read lot's of books related to Hinduism. Also I follow some of the principles mentioned in it. By this does it mean I'm a Hindu???!!!
I lived in a house where our house owner was Christian.
Most of my childhood were spent there. And all of them were like relative to us. I used to go to Church along with them on Sundays sometime. I have read bible along with them. I have decorated Kudil along with them. I have went with Santa Claus to different Christian houses. My mom has offered a candle stand to the church in our town as oblation. I have been to Velankanni Church, Besant Nagar Church & of other churches across Tamil nadu. I follow some of the principles mentioned in bible too. By this does it mean I'm a Christian???!!!
I studied in various academic institutions where lot's of them are Muslim.
I have been very close to some of them. We all used to eat in same plate together in our hostel days. We used to celebrate Ramzan & Bakrid together. I have been to mosque, played with the fish in the pond there when I was a kid. One of my Dad's employee was a Muslim & he is the best one who worked for my Dad [even my own cousin brothers who worked for my dad is not good as him]. I have heard lot's of teachings from Quran from my friends & admired those. By this does it mean I'm a Muslim???!!!
Textile Shop near my Dad's shop is owned by a Jain.
They are really close to us both business wise & personally. We have been to their house for their festivals. And the Jain temple in our town is just adjacent to Perumal temple so we used to go there to. And heard Mahavira's teachings from them. Also one of my college junior who is very close to me is also a Jain. By this does it mean I'm a Jain???
When I was a kid I believed only Hinduism is good & slowly education enlightened me. And the people who I started interacting with them really changed me a lot. Brought me into limelight... Every single thing that I learn in science makes me to doubt about the existence of God. And the funny thing is when I slowly moving up the standards learning various scientific lessons my doubt towards God's existence increases directly proportional similarly my faith towards God. It may because every scientific thing is motivating me to find the existence of God....
And still I'm not sure whether I'm religious. But I'm sure that there is some Super Power let's say some form of energy which controls the whole universe, few of us believe it as Lord/Almighty & we are searching it through different path named religion. I don't see any other reason behind it, also in olden days they need a way to streamline every individuals character & our forefathers used religion as a tool. But today we people creating a divide based on it & creating a hatred, it's pointless.
Our town is highly communal sensitive area. I used to wear "Vibuthi/Senthuram, one fine day during my 9th standard I was going to school in morning around 8PM. I usually go by bicycle to school & I have to pass through a vacant ground on the way. When I was passing through that place two men blocked me & beaten me just for wearing Senthuram. One of the guys said, "school kid so lets leave him don't harm much". At that moment I hate the community of those guys. After few months Coimbatore bomb blasts happened, followed by lots of violence in our town. Shops were shut for two days. At that time I was young & thought that whatever the people doing were right. Then slowly I realized that what both of them did was wrong. Though I got personally victimized by communal issues, what if I again go saying that they beat me so I will beat atleast 5 of them??
We are all educated people. Education is not simply studying & scoring. Education should groom us, make us a civilized human. Come join hands let's make a wonderful world ahead for our next generations to live here....
I have to really thank few people here who helped me in grooming me in this aspect. Shiek Fareed, Mohamed Kiffayathulla, Alwin, Javid (my school friends), Mohamed Yasar, Venkatesh Prasanna, Banuchandar, Karthikeyan V, Udayakumar N, Kamalavel(Great friends of mine fellow Spartan), Saadhik anna (My dad's old employee), Dhirajkumar Jain (my college junior), Abtony, Shamz, Nabeel, Ismail, Benedict & Javeed Ibrahim (Twitter gems).
Am I religious??? :-)
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