Kevin Osman M. Ward Writing 140/ IR 100 December 7‚ 2007 Unity and Diversity: Finding the Proper Balance Unity and diversity are both qualities to be desired within society. Both‚ when balanced with one another‚ provide for the strongest form of society in which all are unified under some ideas‚ but differences are tolerated and accepted. One of the strongest factors of determining the present status of unity and diversity is the current state of affairs within a community. The current
Premium United States Iraq War 2003 invasion of Iraq
prevails in the world today emphasises difference‚ disunity‚ and destruction rather than the qualities of unity and productive and constructive energy that are required to sustain human societies. These negative processes and forces have perpetuated our alienation from the basic material roots of our existence‚ the natural world of which we are a part. The use of the phrase unity in diversity and similar concepts is not a new phenomenon. Its roots reach back hundreds of years in non-western cultures
Premium Human Agriculture Biodiversity
Unity in diversity is easy to talk but impossible to achieve in a country like India. India is secular country meaning in India every single religion has equal rights. With the 42nd Amendment of the Constitution of India enacted in 1976‚[3] the Preamble to the Constitution asserted that India is a secular nation. However‚ neither India’s constitution nor its laws define the relationship between religion and state. In spite of secularism India is lacking in “Unity”. Unity means the state of being
Premium India Hinduism Islam
Unity In Diversity India is one of the oldest civilizations in the world and boasts of many ethnic groups following different cultures and religions. Being a diverse civilization‚ India is a land of myriad tongue with over 1650 spoken languages and dialects. Despite of different cultures‚ religions and languages‚ people of India live together with love and brotherhood. The immense unity in diversity makes India an example of cultural brotherhood. Each and every region of the country from Jammu &
Premium Culture Religion Jawaharlal Nehru
Unity in diversity is a concept of "unity without uniformity and diversity without fragmentation" [2] that shifts focus from unity based on a mere tolerance of physical‚ cultural‚ linguistic‚ social‚ religious‚ political‚ ideological and/or psychological differences towards a more complex unity based on an understanding that difference enriches human interactions. The concept of unity in diversity was used "in non-Western cultures such as indigenous peoples in North America and Taoist societies in
Premium Culture Hindu Mumbai
comprising many racial groups with a great number of spoken languages and dialects. There are several religions and sects. These are reflected in their customs‚ rituals‚ dresses and festivals. Indian is the cradle of many cultures. In spite of the diversities‚ the people are united. Though several foreign invaders attacked India‚ none succeeded in destroying the basic Indian culture. One the contrary‚ it absorbed the good qualities of the new cultures and emerged as a richer culture after these invasions
Premium Culture British Raj Gujarat
human beings must come first before the esoteric issues like sovereignty‚ national unity. indivisibility and the rest of the man made slogans". Nigeria is not only a great nation in Africa but one of the major eyes of Africa and the world. May this celebration (Independence Day) not only be a merry one‚ but also a reflecting juncture for many to put peace and Unity were it originally belongs in Nigeria. - Unity‚ peace and development seems to be synonymous. If a multi-ethnic society affects
Premium Nigeria Morality Chinua Achebe
Brandy Day Shadavaram Reading 0310.101 Summary 2 6/14/2012 Unity in Diversity A system of social status‚ marriage‚ body adornments‚ dancing‚ myths and legends‚ cooking ‚ inheritance rules‚ puberty customs‚ and religious rituals‚ these are examples of cultural universals. Anything that is part of everyday society that all cultures have but do differently is called cultural universal. Adaptation is a major role of culture because it provides people with a means of form structure modified
Free Culture Sociology
‘One UN’ concept. In an impoverished nation shaped by displacement‚ there are currently 1 UN agencies. the challenges of ‘Delivering as One’ – and tackling ineffciency‚ fragmentation and inter-agency competition for resources – are daunting. ‘Unity in Diversity’ is the slogan and guiding principle of the One UN team in Rwanda. In April 2007 all resident and some non- resident UN agencies signed up to an ambitious schedule for the implementation of ‘One Programme’‚ ‘One Budgetary Framework’‚ ‘One Leader’
Premium United Nations Refugee Rwanda
Unity in Diversity Convinced that our country needs an aid for destitution and economic degeneration‚ many politicians propose the Reproductive Health Bill. They believe that this bill will improve Filipino’s quality of living thinking that our country is facing the problem of overpopulation. They attest that the said bill is neither anti-life nor anti-family‚ that contraceptives are not life threatening‚ and that the bill could provide a better community to live in. Well‚ I say‚ even though it
Premium Human Birth control Demography