Dialogue on Diversity of Life

Scene lour colleagues have declded Lo gaLher for a LreaL aL Lhe cafe ln
offlce 1hree have arrlved one by one 1he hosL of Lhe LreaL ls laLe
(kanza) All Lhree are seaLed aL Lhe Lable when she comes
kanza Pello! l am noL golng Lo apologlse for belng laLe 1he blame ls on
Lhe offlce Lrafflc
umalr Apology sLlll accepLed
kanza 1hanks l hope you all are noL well presenLly
Mudasslr Why would you hope LhaL?
k 8ecause l hope you all Lo be feellng excellenL aL Lhls Llme
8llal And why would LhaL be?
u 8ecause Lhe laLe hosL wlll be paylng for double LreaLs LonlghL
k (8olls her eyes) no haven'L you goL Lhe news?
Mudasslr WhaL news?
8 ls Ms 8ushra gone ouL of Lown?
k Wow l'm fasL ?ou guys probably don'L know So keep guesslng
u Ch come on 1ell now
k Ameen has been relocaLed
8 8elocaLed? Where?
k 1o Lhe new slLe offlce of course
8llal smacks hls head umalr and Mudasslr celebraLe kanza observes
sllenLly
u Wow! Sounds excellenL!
M Cn whlch l've declded Lo share 3 of Lhe blll (Laughs)!
k PAPA! 1hanks buL no Lhanks
8 Pe sure was a good devll's advocaLe ln meeLlngs
k ?es each Llme we were awed by Lhe dlverse perspecLlves he would
glve
u And desLroy everyone's mood
M Well noL every Llme
k l Lhlnk we wlll regreL hls absence
M WP??
k Well lL's llke every Llme we lose someLhlng we reallze lLs value Loo
laLe
u AL leasL l won'L mlss hlm
k Come on umalr Cnly because hls ldeas are dlfferenL we should
re[ecL Lhem LhaL's noL falr
8 l agree wlLh kanza ulverslLy ls lmporLanL everywhere ln llfe
u WhaL do you mean?
8 Look aL Lhls rose whaL do you see around lL? ?ou see a socleLy of
Lhorns
WhaL do you flnd wlLhln Lhe rose? SweeLness 1haL's Lhe beauLy
of dlverslLy
k 1haL's very phllosophlcal
8 ?es you can say so
k Look around aL people umalr Cbvlously each ls dlfferenL from Lhe
oLher ln Lhelr way of deallng slLLlng and Lhlnklng
Some say Lo Lhe walLer Lxcuse me" whlle some say bhal" or
chacha gl" or even oye" Look aL how larhan ls Lalklng and eaLlng aL
Lhe same Llme whlle All ls sllenLly munchlng hls lunch
1hese are [usL a few examples from rouLlne llfe
M uon'L argue l Lhlnk argumenLs wasLe a loL of Llme
k 8uL Lhey equally glve us beLLer and lmproved soluLlons (olnLs ouL a
man) See LhaL man? Pe's P aracha Pe someLlmes wrlLes for Lhe
newspaper Lhe naLlon AlLhough he's a blL Loo crlLlcal buL he always
wrlLes someLhlng dlfferenL someLlmes lnLellecLual oLher Llmes a plece
of nonsense
8 lL's a plece of nonsense as long as lL ls dlfferenL and you cannoL
undersLand lL
k C 8eally? l hope LhaL's Lhe case wlLh you only noL me
now before Lhlngs geL ouL of hands leL's order someLhlng Lxcuse me!
(kanza calls ouL Lo a walLer and glves Lhe order)
8 l was Lhlnklng as long as lL agrees wlLh us dlverslLy's good As soon
as Lables Lurn we become unreasonable
M 1haL's Lrue
u no we always flghL dlverslLy
k Ckay leL's experlmenL Lach one of us has ordered Lhe favourlLe ouL
of whaL we can geL here rlghL? now leL's change Lhe order of a few
Lhlngs here
u Pey whaL are you dolng?
(kanza ls changlng dlshes ln fronL of everyone)
k now who wanLs Lo eaL?
8 l don'L
M noL me
u noL aL all
k See? lnlLlally we all are relucLanL Lo accepL dlverslLy 8uL wlLh a llLLle
blL of efforL we can use lL Lo our own advanLage
(now 8llal puLs back all Lhe dlshes ln fronL of each person)
u Cood demo by Lhe way
k 1hank you buL agaln you all are responslble for Lhls ldea because
your dlverse oplnlons gave rlse Lo an lssue LhaL we [usL dlscussed
M Cur Company ls Loo bureaucraLlc
k ?es lL hlnders new vlslons 1here's lack of communlcaLlon and LrusL
beLween managemenL and us
u 8uL 8llal where does Lhls dlverslLy come from?
8 Cur unlqueness comes from bellefs and values aLLlLudes and
perspecLlves needs and preferences
M ulfferenL Soclal class and llfesLyle Loo
u ?es [usL llke our dreams and hablLs Loo
k And add Lo lL communlcaLlon sLyles and experlences educaLlon and
gender ego and feellngs Loo
8 1he llsL can go on and on l belleve Lhe Amerlcan socleLy ls one good
example of dlverslLy
k Lven soclallsL counLrles have dlverslLles
M aklsLan also has dlverslLy rlghL?
u ?es buL noL very much
k 1haL lack of dlverslLy ls l Lhlnk due Lo lnLolerance and lack of
knowledge CLherwlse lslam encourages llvlng peacefully wlLh dlverse
people
8 And so do many soclologlsLs because unless we llve wlLh a ChrlsLlan
or a Plndu or even an AusLrallan or a Chlnese we really cannoL
undersLand Lhem
k We wlll also learn Lo be flexlble by llvlng wlLh people [usL llke ln
hosLel llfe
M And ad[usLlng Loo !usL llke Lhe shlfLlng rlvers and sLreams
u We Loo wlll change
k Ch please don'L go lnLo Lhose gory deLalls of planLs Lo flsh flsh Lo
amphlblans amphlblans Lo whaLnoL
u uon'L worry 1haL's noL my area of speclallzaLlon
8 ?eah you speclallze ln kllllng dlverslLy"
u We'll geL Lo know abouL lL ln Lhe nexL meeLlng!
M Whoops! Cuys check ouL Lhe Llme Mr larooq !amal's meeLlng!
k C! l sLlll have Lo geL Lhe flles and pay Lxcuse me! (Calllng for Lhe
walLer)
8 l'm leavlng ?ou all hurry Lo Lhe meeLlng room as well
u Comlng rlghL away
kanza pays Lhe blll and all leave