We have been around for some time now . Here we bring to you a quick review of Umeed's activities over the last few months. Go ahead read and share.
Hope is a waking dream for us here at Umeed. We at Umeed hope to open up our hearts, ears, eyes and minds to exchange stories and accounts of human bonds that were enriched by the beauty of diversity – those which were not divisive in nature but added more colour to life and humanity.
Harmony is the key to peaceful sustenance in a violence free society. It all begins with a change of heart, a change in the mind and a change of thought. Let’s Be the Change We Want to See, writes our very own Anubha.
An inevitable element for peaceful co-existence is reciprocal reverence. To respect one’s own religion, one should know how to respect others. Noorul Hasan writes on Religious Harmony: A Step towards World Peace
We at URI have been learning and trying to Inspire, Console and Heal . OUR ENDEAVOR IS TO LOOK UP TO THE CREATOR TO INSPIRE OUR MIND, CONSOLE OUR HEART AND HEAL OUR SPIRIT.
Noorul from our team speaks of the power of Interfaith Dialogue through Inter-personal Conversations. Simple acts like talking to people, engaging in conversations can help broadens one’s understanding and impart such knowledge that can prove to be transformative in nature as they are based on real-life experiential learning – something that reading books alone cannot contribute to.
Anubha from Team Umeed writes on Building a Peaceful Society and a Peaceful You. It all begins with building solidarity through tolerance. The specific purpose of it is to help identify and use tools that can guide in working towards a more sustainable and durable peace by strengthening and solidifying the existing peace in various communities.
Maria Crespo from the URI global network wrote for Umeed on Easter PESAJ CASHER VE SAMEAJ – HAPPY EASTER, celebrating not only Easter but also inter-faith harmony during Easter.
Jesus did not sacrifice his life for Christians alone but for mankind and humanity to survive. That is why He succeeded to defeat death and became a Messiah, and this should be our ideal inspiration from our Easter celebrations, says Noorul, when he writes of EASTER: For One and For All.
Team Umeed is inspired by the life and resurrection of Jesus, and from the circle of nature and the spring harvest, in our resilient believes to not give up on hope and humanity, to believe in a way of living through which we can reach out to add more color and meaning to our lives. We believe in the power Of Resilient Hope and Dreams.
Continuing with our Easter celebrations, Anubha writes, Easter – Oneness in Plurality . The underlying message among all faiths is a recurring one. It cuts across cultures and traditions and speaks of its true significance. The basic truth is one and the same. The philosophic ideas may vary but goal is one .
Katherine Hreib, from the URI global network talks of Re-imagining our visions for the future based on the values of harmonious existence, not only between people but also (wo)man and nature.
Fawad Paya wrote for Umeed on the ethics of secular and religious responsibility to overcome the horrors of a war where religion has been misused. He gives us a Perspective – Hope for peace in Afghanistan
Bhavya Srivastave writes for Team Umeed elucidating on how we may be followers of different faith, but in the end we repose our faith in the same values, as brought forth in this exchange between Pope Francis and Jain Guru Acharya Dr.Lokesh Muni – Inter-faith exchange – Pope Francis reached Jain Religion
Unity in Diversity is the motto that has guided our way of life in India. The varied cultures and religions has each added more color to this land of many shades. Irina Morrison from Australia shares her account of discovering India in all its spiritual glory and connecting with people from various backgrounds in Mystic Express: The Indian Connection.
