Diversity in the workplace is not “diverse religious expression.” Diversity should express itself in how people approach business problems. Religion is not appropriate at work in the same way that politics is not appropriate; both are divisive.
Corporate events that are tied to religion make people who don’t practice that religion feel like outsiders and therefore inhibit diversity. (And those of you who think Happy Holidays is non-sectarian, please realize that almost all non-Christians I know hear “Happy Holidays” as “Merry Christmas to those of you who do not celebrate it.”)
Heh. I guess it's not such an issue for us in India. We happily get holidays for all religious occasions (Hindu, Islamic, Sikh, Buddhist and Christian) and are quite enthusiastic about celebrating them in office.
Weird.
I have heard of instances where BPOs do give holidays for the 4th of July, but dont give any for Gandhi Jayanti, Holi and few other gazetted holidays :)
ReplyDeleteOctober 2nd was the 136th Gandhi Jayanti, the celebration of Gandhi’s birthday.
ReplyDeleteMohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in 1869 and is most famous for leading India
to independence through a nonviolent revolution. A follower of Tolstoy’s philosophy
of nonviolence, Gandhi went on to become one of the most famous and important
persons in modern history. Though we should celebrate this hero of peace every day,
his birthday is a good enough time to remember him, what he stood for, and what he
accomplished.
Happy Gandhi jayanthi
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