Diversity is our Strength

“Diversity is our strength” is a catchy motto meant to show that diversity isn’t justsomething we should tolerate, but something we should celebrate. This motto is neededthroughout our society. There has always been diversity in human life. People have different skin color, hair texture, eye color, body shape and so on. Hindus, Muslims,Christians, Buddhists, and people of other religions live together in the same country.There is diversity in social status, in professions, in all walks of life. There are differentcastes, races and tribes. We have third gender and people with disabilities. All of thisvariety makes our society beautiful and strong because we can experience differenttypes of rituals, social affairs, and get to learn so many local languages. Differences arewhat make us special. Different ways of thought and thinking processes are natural andimportant; if we all thought alike, we would never find solutions to different pressingproblems. Diversity teaches us to understand that each individual is unique and torecognize and support our individual differences. This can be along the dimensions ofrace, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, age, physical abilities,religious belief, political beliefs or other ideologies. Rather than try to stay within alimited circle of people just like us, let’s make our lives more interesting and rewardingby reaching out as friends, colleagues, and peers to those different from ourselves.