WHAT IS DIVERSITY?

WHAT IS DIVERSITY?

Look around you in the classroom: do you see anyone who looks exactly like you do? In this topic, you will learn that people are different from each other in many ways. Not only do they look different but they might also belong to different regional, cultural, or religious backgrounds. These differences enrich our lives in many ways and also make them more fun!

All these different people, who come from all kinds of backgrounds, and belong to all kinds of religions and cultures help to make India so interesting and so diverse. What does diversity add to our lives? How did India become like this? Are all kinds of the difference a part of diversity? Can diversity also be a part of unity?

Three children around your age have drawn the figures below. Use the empty box to draw your human figure. Is your drawing similar to any of the others? The chances are that your drawing is quite different from the other three, which you can see are quite different from each other. This is because each one of us has a unique drawing style. We not only don't look exactly like each other but also differ in terms of the language we speak, our cultural backgrounds, the religious rituals we observe, and, of course, the way we draw!

Now ask your teacher to help you check, how many of you have similar answers. Is there anyone whose list matches yours exactly? Probably not. But many of you may have similar answers. How many like reading the same kind of books? How many different languages are spoken by the students in your class?

By now you must have recognised the many ways in which you are quite like some of your classmates and other ways in which you are different from them.

Activity:

Fill out the following information about yourself

When I go out I like wearing

__________

 At home, I speak in

_______________

My favourite sport is

__________

I like reading books about

________________

Source: This topic is taken from NCERT TEXTBOOK