A Year has Gone by

A year has gone by....

A year or actually more has gone by since I started writing on this blog. I completely agree that I have not been active on this blog page and the very few followers of my blog who are also my friends know that not writing on my blog does not mean that I don't stop, don't live in the moment, don't think of the moment, or don't reflect... Of course, it also does not mean that I have forgotten that this blog exists... It just means I am not writing on it or for it. But, my memories are there, they are building perhaps they have found different ways of being translated and not fading away...

Well, then why did I ever start this page? (If I had other means to ensure the memories don't fade) you may ask me..

If you have read all the posts especially the first one, you may know that this blog page was to help me pen some of the interesting thoughts and incidents I reflect upon so that memories don't fade and even today memories are there and have not faded... in fact there are more memories and ones that give me lots of learning but am not sure if I can write up an article for every memory. I am not sure not because I can't write. In fact, the one beautiful thing I have learnt in my masters degree here in London is to Write and Write and Write and honestly, I have started enjoying it so much more that I am regretting the fact that the course is towards its end and I will now have to keep up with finding ways to write (hopefully the blog will be one of the avenues for that)

Therefore, it is not my laziness of writing that has stopped me from writing more here, I think I have just become reflective and have also realised that I don't need to pen everything down, some things are most beautiful in silence and not words. I have also come to realise I cannot keep up with writing every memory as I will never be able to do that keeping the wide spectrum of my learning and also my course work here which takes most time and in future my teaching and work responsibilities which I am sure will keep me happily busy.

But, I also know the value of writing my ideas in articles, my world views, my perceptions towards various aspects of life (may be even death) and therefore I will write. I will keep that blogger in me alive and never let her fade. 

However, now my posts will actually be expressing my ideas, world view and also future action views... 
Keep at it to read some very different writings which are on their way....


New post coming soon. 

Smile :) 

Community

There are certain topics which I think of writing about but then step back… Why?? Well, for the sole reason that I wonder if I can do justice to it in words. Questions like will words express my feelings the way they should, will the reader know what am I trying to say?

Hmmm.. so there have been certain topics which I hope I will be able to write on someday. However, today I have gathered courage to discuss one such topic- Community. I hope I can express what I wish to about my thoughts on community and its significance

So what is a community? A community comprises group of people who come together for a common purpose or reason- could be because they belong to the same educational institute, work organization, social organization or follow one faith and its principles.

As we grow up, I think we all wish to belong to one community even if that means to belong to a community which does not recognize the concept of community at all, but somewhere and at some point each one of us engages in community interactions, community actions and community relations.

Thus, community is something which we do recognize and that makes me wonder then that what is the need or significance of a community? And, how it may affect and shape a person?

I would like to use my personal example here. The community I am referring to is my faith community or religious community- something with which I was attached to even before I understood what it meant to me or how significant it was in my life. As I came into this world, after family, the community embraced me as a new entrant. I think my journey with the community began from there and carried on through various interactions with its members as I grew up. It continues till today as I interact with different age groups in the community. My community made me understand that there are like minded people atleast in terms of perceiving faith in my community. However, it also introduced me to people who though belong to the same community perceive the faith and its principles differently. However, the different approaches that members of the same faith community take towards faith need not separate them but can bring them together to dialogues and discuss. This virtue of dialogue and appreciating the diverse approaches to the same subject itself builds a strong, diverse and pluralistic community. 

Here, I cannot but emphasize that when I am talking about dialogue between members of a community who may disagree on subjects, it is to highlight that a community need not have people who are absolutely the same in their approach to things around them. They may be carrying different perceptions about almost everything but that does not create a drift in the community it can instead engage them in enquiry and understanding of different perceptions. This itself could be significance of a community which shapes a person wherein he/she is aware of different perceptions and can engage in this diversity without feeling of discomfort. This engagement can make a person not only confident but humble and modest individual who respects sentiments of different humans on this earth.

I think I owe a lot to my community for making me the person I am today, for preparing me to take challenges, having faith in things and also for accepting that each person can think differently and he/she has the right and freedom to express his thoughts so long as they result in dialogue and not debate J