About
two thousand and five hundred years ago, Buddha gave to humanity the
stalwartness to live and let live. About five hundred years after Buddha, Jesus
showered its glory on the mount of limitless compassion and forgiveness. He was
crucified. Karamchand Gandhi and others in different countries embraced the
stalwartness to live and let live. Darkness refused to recognize it. New
generation is armed with the instinct of aggression of Charles Darwin who
presented nature red in tooth and claw.
Concerned citizens of peace adorned
with intellect and fortified with the drive for survival are struggling to
correct the folly of the instinct of aggression. They see the drive of survival
in the form of cooperation present also in nature. They know that sages discerned
its illumination long before Charles Darwin found the law of the jungle that
scorns cooperation. The humans who see beauty in diversity garner benefits.
These concerned citizens of peace believe that tolerance is the reliable ship
that will let them in the isle of symbiosis where every human can live in
dignity, and prosper physically and mentally also in the valley of arts.
This novel, The Coexistence,
is based on the conviction that no
organism is an island in itself and multiculturalism is going to grow,
solidifying the global village. The best course is to recognize
multiculturalism as a way of life. No one can eliminate prejudices. The best is
to recognize them. The novel argues that the older models of assimilation and
homogenization should give way to multiculturalism. International groups
encourage this model because it promotes peace. This model is easier to adopt
for the nations where liberal democracies exist, including
Stephen Gill, author of this novel, is an expressive
voice of
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Orientalia,
April 2011