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Religions divide us

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The religions divide us.  “Hindu, Muslim, Sikh , Isaai.. sab aapas mei bhai bhai.” You see that? That’s exactly where the divide is.  The need to say that one human is related to another brings up the idea that they are actually not.  Yes, it is a good saying. Yes, i support it. The question is why do we need it? We humans live on this world together, we all a part of a community called Humanity. Then why the divide?  Why do people out there want to help people from their own religion only and leave the others. What is that need to spread your religion and convert people into it? In our attempts to spread a religion, we have forgotten to spread the only one true religion.  Humanity. Also read:- https://serudsindia.org/world-religion-day-humanity-charity/ People go into disputes, families are torn apart, people kill each other. They forget that they all are humans; the same species.!! So what is that divides us? ( relig...

Women Empowerment 2.0

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  “No country can ever truly flourish if it stifles the potential of its women and deprives itself of the contributions of half of its citizens.” Michelle Obama Generations have passed and the fight for gender equality is still not over. Every day we see women fighting for their place in society and every day we win just a little. You may think that after soo much time, we should be moving faster towards a society where one ‘whole’ half of the society is not left behind. Unfortunately, that is the case… We are slow. Fortunately, people realize this and we are still moving. Women Empowerment 1.0 Amidst all this, comes the issue of women empowerment. When we hear the term “women empowerment” the first thing that comes to our mind is lifting women to be an equal counterpart in the society. We think of women empowerment as protecting the women in our society. However, the major flaw with this thinking is that it places the women as weak and unequal. “Achieving gender equality requires ...