After
landing at Toronto airport on 24th of Nov-14, I took a taxi to
Vaughan city. I started chatting with driver and came to know that he was from Pakistan;
I was greeted by British receptionist at hotel. My room was decorated by
Chinese and breakfast was served by an Italian. I was surprised not to find any
Canadian till now, later I found that they all make Canada a country. Canadian
history reveals that it started populating by British and French colonies in 18th
and 19th century. Later people started coming to Canada those who
mainly facing problem (Civil war, uncertainty in career, not have a better
life etc.) in their own country. Canada welcomed all happily for its own
growth.
India too
welcomed (some came forcefully) world throughout centuries. From Aryan to
Portuguese to Turk to Mongol to British, all came to India, some resided and some
left. Whatever the reason (there are many ) is, India has failed to
create a cosmopolitan culture. It is successful at some extent however in
today’s scenario India needs to look beyond creed, cast and religion to achieve
something higher.
Jawaharlal
Nehru writes in his book “discovery of India” about ‘unity in diversity’, in
which he describes Indian unity in diversity. Where there are more than
thousand communal riots in a year, politics is based on regionalism and
organizations/groups are based on cast, do we see any ‘unity in diversity’ in India
today? In Canada, people are divided naturally by their ethnicity, language
accent etc. however they have a common goal to have better life for themselves.
This is what unites them. Actually Canadians are living life of unity in
diversity. This is what India needs today most, we know that India has similar
diversity of language, traditions, religion etc. however Indians must put all these
divergence aside and work together for their betterment and for country’s growth.
