मैनचेस्टर में हिन्दी / उर्दू प्रार्थना

मैं अपने  दोस्त  से  हमारी मातृभाषा में एक प्रार्थना सेवा के लिए  जरूरत पर चर्चा कर रहे थे. वह पाकिस्तानी है और मैं भारतीय हूँ, लेकिन हम एक ही भाषा बोलते हैं. इस मंगलवार 21 फ़रवरी 2012 हम उर्दू, हिंदुस्तानी, और पंजाबी में एक प्रार्थना सेवा (आप में से जो लोग नहीं जानते येः एक ही  भाषा है ) है का फैसला किया है.
हम ईसाइयों के लिए उप महाद्वीप से बाहर तक पहुँचने के लिए उम्मीद कर रहे हैं. भारतीयों,पाकिस्तानियों और बांग्लादेशियों को आमंत्रित कर रहे हैं. यह हमारी पहली बैठक है, इस शब्द का प्रसार करने के लिए स्वतंत्र महसूस हो रहा है.

स्थान: सेंट Chrysostom चर्च, 4A Anson रोड विक्टोरिया पार्क, मैनचेस्टर. M14 5BG

चर्च के कोने एंसन रोड (ऊपरी नाले स्ट्रीट) और ऑक्सफोर्ड प्लेस, डाल्टन एलिस हॉल के बगल में है.नक्शे के लिए यहाँ क्लिक करें

समय: 6:00 बजे

में ड्रॉप भी अगर आप हम कोशिश करते हैं और आप कोई बात नहीं क्या आप भाषा बोलते हैंसमायोजित करेगा भाषा समझ में नहीं आता लिए स्वतंत्र महसूस.

यह चर्च वेबसाइट http://stchrysostoms.co.uk/ 

Urdu/Hindi prayer group in Manchester

I friend and I were discussing the need for a prayer service in our mother tongue. She is Pakistani and I am Indian but we do speak the same language. This Tuesday 21^st February 2012 we have decided to have a prayer service in Urdu, Hindustani and Punjabi (for those of you who don’t know the tree languages aren’t that different from each other).

We are hoping to reach out to Christians from the sub-continent. Indians, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis are invited. This is our first meeting, feel free to spread the word.

Venue: St Chrysostom's Church, 4A Anson Road Victoria Park, Manchester. M14 5BG  

The church is on the corner of Anson Road (Upper Brook Street) and Oxford Place,next to Dalton Ellis Hall.  click here for a map

Time: 6:00 pm

Feel free to drop in even if you don’t understand the language we will try and accommodate you no matter what language you speak.

This is the church website http://stchrysostoms.co.uk/

Euphemism for murder

First they came for the communists, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a communist.

Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a Jew.

Then they came for me 
and there was no one left to speak out for me.

Martin Neimoller.

Yesterday I was at the Zion Arts Centre Manchester to attend an all day event. I must admit I was a bit apprehensive about sitting all day at a symposium, but then Manchester never fails to surprise. The day was brilliant to say the least.

Before I tell you about the event I have to share this video. It’s disturbing and will make you think, and it should. 

The idea that life can be taken away if it isn’t deemed right is a normalized idea. Mercy killing is thought of as a humane way of ‘ending suffering’ but it’s an idea that is imposed onto a disabled person by non disabled person who believes a normal body is required to live a ‘fulfilling life’. 

We looked at various ideas yesterday but this idea struck me the most. We decide for other people all too easily and believe it is the right thing to do.

The movie/ documentary by Liz Crow (Resistance Which way the future?) looks at an a little known aspect of the Nazi killing apparatus- killing the disabled individual. The Nazi regime was influenced by the ‘Science of Eugenics’, which isn’t very different from genetics of our time or social policy. It wasn’t just the far right that supported this idea but the left and non-fascist countries as well.

Some of the arguments made by the Nazis for the extermination of the disabled people was the resources taken up by the disabled individual and how the money for keeping a disabled individual alive was borne by tax payers. The other argument was benign but just as dangerous- putting an end to suffering. These are arguments that are still used by governments all over the world to discriminate against the disabled.

The documentary is worth watching and I recommend it strongly. 

Link to a BBC interview with Liz Crow. interview 

Link to Roaring Girl Production. Liz Crow's production company.

About the Resistance film/documentary. link to the website