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Is following a religion is a matter by birth or by choice…?
“All religions lead to the same God, and all deserve the same respect. Anyone who chooses a religion is also choosing a collective way for worshipping and sharing the mysteries. Nevertheless, that person is the only one responsible for his or her actions along the way and has no right to shift responsibility for any personal decisions on to that religion.”
― Paulo Coelho, Like The Flowing River
My children have no default religion: 2 Kerala leaders refuse to fill in column in school form
With blank columns, 2 Kerala leaders say their kids will choose their own religion as adults
At a time when people are judged on the basis of their religious affiliations, two Kerala leaders have demonstrated that there is an alternative, by refusing to give a ‘default’ religion to their children. On the school applications of the children of CPI(M) MP MB Rajesh and Congress MLA VT Balram, the religion column shows a very conspicuous blank.
The two young leaders took to Facebook on Thursday to announce proudly that their children had been admitted to government schools and the column asking for the child’s religion had been left blank.
VT Balram, the Congress MLA from Thrithala, wrote, “As part of public education, I have enrolled my son Advaith Manav into the Arikkad Government LP school near my house. In the column that asked for his religion and caste, we said he doesn’t have any. When he is an adult, he is free to choose his religion.”
In MB Rajesh’s case, this is apparently the second time that he has chosen to not fill the religion column for his children.
He wrote on Facebook, “I have written 'no' in the column for religion and caste. I am proud that I have done this at a time when the state is celebrating the 100th anniversary of Panthibhojanam.”
Panthibhojanam, or a community feast, was a historic event that unraveled in Kerala 100 years ago, in which members from various castes were brought together for a feast.
“This ‘Pravesanolsavam’, through which thousands of toddlers take their first step into the world of letters and knowledge, is the biggest and most popular festival of the state - a festival of knowledge that can be celebrated by everyone irrespective of the barrier of caste or religion,” he said.
Read more at: http://www.thenewsminute.com/articl...-leaders-refuse-fill-column-school-form-62983
“All religions lead to the same God, and all deserve the same respect. Anyone who chooses a religion is also choosing a collective way for worshipping and sharing the mysteries. Nevertheless, that person is the only one responsible for his or her actions along the way and has no right to shift responsibility for any personal decisions on to that religion.”
― Paulo Coelho, Like The Flowing River
My children have no default religion: 2 Kerala leaders refuse to fill in column in school form
With blank columns, 2 Kerala leaders say their kids will choose their own religion as adults
At a time when people are judged on the basis of their religious affiliations, two Kerala leaders have demonstrated that there is an alternative, by refusing to give a ‘default’ religion to their children. On the school applications of the children of CPI(M) MP MB Rajesh and Congress MLA VT Balram, the religion column shows a very conspicuous blank.
The two young leaders took to Facebook on Thursday to announce proudly that their children had been admitted to government schools and the column asking for the child’s religion had been left blank.
VT Balram, the Congress MLA from Thrithala, wrote, “As part of public education, I have enrolled my son Advaith Manav into the Arikkad Government LP school near my house. In the column that asked for his religion and caste, we said he doesn’t have any. When he is an adult, he is free to choose his religion.”
In MB Rajesh’s case, this is apparently the second time that he has chosen to not fill the religion column for his children.
He wrote on Facebook, “I have written 'no' in the column for religion and caste. I am proud that I have done this at a time when the state is celebrating the 100th anniversary of Panthibhojanam.”
Panthibhojanam, or a community feast, was a historic event that unraveled in Kerala 100 years ago, in which members from various castes were brought together for a feast.
“This ‘Pravesanolsavam’, through which thousands of toddlers take their first step into the world of letters and knowledge, is the biggest and most popular festival of the state - a festival of knowledge that can be celebrated by everyone irrespective of the barrier of caste or religion,” he said.
Read more at: http://www.thenewsminute.com/articl...-leaders-refuse-fill-column-school-form-62983
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