Unity In Diversity Quotes

“We build our lives around each other, that’s not weakness, that’s our biggest strength as a species.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

“There is no orient, there is no occident, there is only consciousness.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

“I'm not a school of thought,
I am thought come alive.
I'm not a philosophy of life,
I am life as philosophy.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

“There is no place for nationalism in science,
there is no place for fanaticism in holiness,
there is no place for hate-commerce in arts,
there is no place for borders in consciousness.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“There is no place for borders in consciousness.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“Ethnicity is liquor of the apes (Naskaristana 2522)

Every nonwhite person speaks two or more languages,
every nonwhite person juggles two or more cultures,
every nonwhite person comes from a soil
seeped in philosophy and poetry -

now tell me, how exactly are the whites superior!

Here I'm not establishing the nonwhites
as superior, all I'm pointing out is this -

in sciences white people are not the pioneers,
in philosophy white people are not the pioneers,
in art and astrophysics whiteys are not the pioneers,
in medicine and mathematics whiteys are not the pioneers,

then how on earth did you come by this
insane inkling that white people are the super race,
how many bottles did you have, or did you
bang your head against the rocks while making fire!

Fact of the matter is, dumbness doesn't have ethnicity,
but fanaticism of ethnicity only establishes
that ethnicity as the dumbest bunch of apes on earth,
whether it's neonazis, zionists, islamists or sanatanuts.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“Evolution of apes to human begins with one person disposing of their flag in a museum.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“I am the Imperishable Force of Oneness, I am Iftar, I am Noel, I am Jashn-e Justice.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“Let the festivities of revolution commence,
breaking the fast of convenient apathy –
I am the Imperishable Force of Oneness,
I am Iftar, I am Noel, I am Jashn-e Justice.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“I am, for I am not.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“Most progressive and sucessful social groups are bathon runners but not hundred metre- runners.”
― SOLOMON AYAMGA NDAA

“Oneness is my legacy, pages are just vessel.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Azad Earth Army: When The World Cries Blood

“When the Human walks, the soil revives,
forgotten streets all come to life -
with every step, with every beat,
Awake, Arise, and Breathe Complete!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“The Humanity Festival
(Interfaith Anthem, 2598-2599)

Humanity is the festival,
occasions are garments.
Beyond the void of us and them,
join the circle, break the chains.

Festivals are not dates on a calendar,
cultures are not places on a map.
No festival is sin for no one,
there is no culture where we do not belong.

Ramadan is the remedy for apathy,
Christmas is the cure for animosity,
Hanukkah is the antithesis of tyranny,
Diwali is the antidote to atrocity.

Mercy is no mercy that's reserved for a few,
mercy is the light we carry in all we do.
The spirit of godliness that we hold inside,
is meant to light the world, far and wide.

Fasting and feasting turn to futile noise,
if life drifts from life, trampling human joys.
Candles and fireworks become childish pranks,
if underneath them all the kernel is blank.

Kindness in our soul, courage in our skin -
every person is my people, every stranger is kin.
Humanity is the festival, occasions are garments,
love is my homeland, heart is my parliament.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“Humanity is the festival, occasions are garments.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“Love is my homeland, heart is my parliament.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“I have no genre, I am the genre.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“Don't need flags in the sky, we're the colors when we try.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“I'm the memory before divisions crept in.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“You haven't even started living a multicultural life, like a proper human being, and you're obsessing with the multiverse!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“Human is the bridge, and bridge is the truth.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“The soil is older than every border,
older than flags and state decree.
Earth is property of no brute empire,
nor promised prize of manifest atrocity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“Taj Mahal and Hindustan are inseparable.”
― P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar

“Every people ever wronged are our people
(Naskaristana 2627-2628)

No more hatred, no more segregation,
no more "my culture, your culture",
"my ancestor, your ancestor",
"my people, your people", fudge it all -
every people ever wronged are our people,

and predators that ever wronged a human community,
are our first enemy, they are the first enemy
of the human race, as such they belong either
in jail or in the jungle, or in a mental institution,
even if they belong to the same ethnicity as us.

To hell with skin,
to hell with flag,
to hell with culture,
scripture, and tradition -

every people ever humiliated,
every people ever dehumanized,
every people ever erased and exploited,
are our people, and in defending them
even if we have to go against our
own blood-relatives, we won't think twice.

Remember this, my braveheart humans,
blood doesn't make us human,
skin doesn't make us human,
culture doesn't make us human,
we're only human when the suffering
of another makes us forget our color, culture,
and the entire circus of animal behavior.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“To hell with skin, to hell with flag, to hell with culture, scripture, and tradition – every people ever wronged are our people.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“You're welcome to burn all my verses, still you cannot dampen the spark of oneness.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“Only medicine we have is each other.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“Keepers of Earth (Sonnet 2656)

Every country has its local beacon of humanity,
you don't need to look to another country
to know what the best of humanity looks like -

if you are American, think like MLK -
if you are South African, think like Madiba -
if you are Russian, think like Tolstoy -
if you are Indian, think like Narendranath Dutta -

if you are Serbian, think like Nikola -
if you are Azerbaijani, think like Nasimi -
if you are Turkish, think like Mustafa Kemal -
if you are English, think like Jane Goodall.

But if you fail to call any country your own,
if the whole charade of nationality
and tribal identity feels meaningless to you,
then you may come and walk beside Naskar.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“Every country has its local beacon of humanity -
if you are American, think like MLK -
if you are South African, think like Madiba -
if you are Indian, think like Narendranath Dutta -
if you are Azerbaijani, think like Nasimi -
if you are Turkish, think like Mustafa Kemal.

But If the whole charade of nationality feels meaningless to you, then you may come
and walk beside Naskar.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“Iman Insaniyat, Mazhab Muhabbat - The Song

[Intro]

Marham na mazhab dekhe,
Marham na dekhe mulk.
Dunya meri zimmedari meri,
This is the Naskar truth.

[Verse 1]

Jai Insaan, Cheytna Saagar;
Jai Vivek, Vidyut Ujaagar.
Rise Insaan, Ilaaj Ilaahi;
Ana al Haq, Hayaat Peygamber.

[Chorus]

Ik Onkaar, Satnaam Shahaada;
Koi bole paani, koi bole water.
Born of ash, deed amartya;
Dil on fire, aashiq ananta.

Ik Onkaar, Satnaam Shahaada;
Koi bole paani, koi bole water.
Born of ash, deed amartya;
Dil on fire, aashiq ananta.

[Verse 2]

Vision Viraat, Vajra Avinashi;
Na koi dev, na koi daasi.
Love is the law, tolerance is anthem;
Dervish Divaane, Advaita Ruhani.

[Chorus]

Ik Onkaar, Satnaam Shahaada;
Kisika mai dervish, kisika advaita.
Born of ash, deed amartya;
Dil on fire, aashiq ananta.

[Verse 3 - Spoken]

Na koi kaafir, na koi sant;
Na andh-vishwas in dharmgranth.
Love is my duty, brain is my flame;
I'm signpost on the cosmic lane.

[Bridge]

Border ke paar, har koi yaar;
Na koi ajnabi, har din Iftaar.
Har ek mulk, mera hi mulk;
Har ek culture, mera culture.

[Chorus]

Ek Insaan, aur ek hi lakshya;
Moksh ka matlab ek hi manushya.
Dharm se upar Insaan hi satya;
Imaan Insaaniyat, Mazhab Muhabbat.

Marham na mazhab dekhe,
Marham na dekhe mulk.
Dunya meri zimmedari meri,
This is the Naskar truth.

[Verse 4]

Karm se hum baney Vishwaroop,
Reeti rivaaz sab andhaa jhooth.
Naam se Maanav, karm se Marham;
Dil na dekhe foreign-sanatan.

[Chorus]

Ek Insaan, Hoonkaar-e Asmaan;
Rag rag Khaalsa, Noor-e Nadaan.
No togetherness, no tomorrow;
Tum hi ho sooraj, tum hi Insaan!

Marham na mazhab dekhe,
Marham na dekhe mulk.
Dunya meri zimmedari meri,
This is the Naskar truth.

[Bridge]

Khoon nahi, Rehmat pehchaan;
Ek hi ummah - saara jahaan!
Ek hi kalma - pyar ka peygaam;
Jai Insaan, Noor-e Nadaan!

Khoon nahi, Rehmat pehchaan;
Ek hi ummah - saara jahaan!
Ek hi kalma - pyar ka peygaam;
Jai Insaan, Noor-e Nadaan!

[Final Verse - Spoken]

Insaan se ucha na vatan, na khoon,
Na koi sanskaar, na koi kaanoon.
Rehmat se jiye to har roz ramzaan,
Insaan se mile Insaan ka sukoon.

[Final Chorus]

Jai Insaan, Cheytna Saagar;
Jai Vivek, Vidyut Ujaagar.
Koi bole water, koi bole paani;
Koi bole darvish, koi sanyaasi.

Utho Insaan, Marham ka Sagar;
Ana al Haq, Vigyan Ujaagar.
Koi bole water, koi bole paani;
Koi bole scientist, koi bole sufi.

[Outro]

Marham na mazhab dekhe,
Marham na dekhe mulk.
Dunya meri zimmedari meri,
This is the Naskar truth.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock