Mere Ghar aa kar toh dekho
We as a country are going through very difficult times, where we read of hatred being promoted at every level. Even innocent children have not been spared. In order to counteract this, a National wide campaign has been launched to begin to speak about love..harmony. The campaign is “Just come to my house and see”. This is bringing people together in different localities and just connecting talking about themselves and what is uppermost in their hearts.
In Patna, this program was launched on the 25, September at 4.00 at Presentation residence, Fairfield colony. Another program was undertaken at Sarishtabad settlement on 27, August. We were some 13 to 15 people who belonged to different faith groups – Hindus, Muslims, Christians. The in depth sharing about the struggle of one’s life journey bonded us together. Many cited examples of how things have changed over the years. Many of our beautiful practices of knocking on the neighbors door for a bowl of sugar, lime etc. is soon disappearing; sharing a special dish with your neighbors, is unheard of now.
Being concerned about your neighbor, helping out when they are in need was what kept us together. Yet, when one meets with an accident and is need of blood, we never ask the question, whose blood is this, what religion is he/she of?
The challenge is to continue to keep this tradition alive and to be proud of our diversity. This campaign has to spread to counteract hatred..let us sow seeds of love…we hope to take this to our settlements to the city to spread love and harmony.