Hello Deen Mohammed,
Without getting into semantics & right/wrong, let's see @ your query from a different perspective.
You mentioned that you are working in Bahrain now & are pretty happy too. Now let's presume I TOO AM interested in working there--BUT I want to attend the Interview in my traditional Indian attire. Will I be encouraged or considered? Pl note that when I say 'attire' here, I mean the dress and everything else THAT THE OTHER PERSON SEES.
In a way, I think Dinesh & others have used the WRONG words--though I am sure they meant the right thing, knowing their responses in CiteHR since long--the actual focus for anyone is on PERSONAL APPEARANCE, rather than 'personal preference'.
Like the Saying goes: "Be a Roman while in Rome" [Simhan used a Kannada proverb to highlight this point].
And PL DON'T MIX-UP 'Personality' with 'Appearance' OR 'Preference'. Since you seem to be spiritual [mind you, this is TOTALLY DIFFERENT from being 'religious'], let me mention a few aspects from that angle.
You took the examples of Mahatma Gandhi & Dr. Manmohan Singh. It's human nature to give some SEMBLANCE of leeway to those who have proved themselves in any arena of life/profession--and pl note I am speaking from the GLOBAL CONTEXT. You are comparing yourself with Mahatma Gandhi's attire/appearance--AFTER.....REPEAT AFTER....he made his mark in the way he dealt with the British Empire--thru Non-violence, when the general accepted practice until then [and even today] has been thru violence/war.
You are @ the stage when Gandhi was as an attorney, like Simhan mentioned, wearing Suit & Tie. I am sure you will find many photos of that attire of Gandhi.
Forget about Gandhi--a most recent example would be that of MF Hussain--the World-renowned Painter. He NEVER EVER wore shoes...at the very best he wore chappals/slippers & many times not even those. But he surely had to face situations that can be, to put mildly, termed absolute rejection. But that didn't deter him from focusing on what he believed in. And when he attained his place in History, everyone, right from Top-notch persons in the world never saw 'not wearing any footwear' as any flaw in him. I recollect seeing him in a 5-star Hotel with top Film Stars discussing animatedly & all of them were keenly lapping his every word [he wasn't wearing any footwear when I saw him]. But mind you, this was AFTER, like I said, he made his mark. Another example from the global scene would be Albert Einstein. I am sure there would be MANY MORE.
So the Moral of the Story, if I may say so, would be to FOCUS ON WHAT YOU AIMED FOR in your life/career--and the World will fall @ your feet....no pun intended pl.
Since you seem to have just begun your life/career journey, I suggest you NOT TO get distracted in your goals with such situations. To repeat the very same example you mentioned, of Mahatma Gandhi: had he focused on his horrible & distressing experiences [being thrown off the I class compartment of the train being just one of them], WOULD HE HAVE BECOME what we all know now? The ONLY thing you need to be careful about is YOUR CHOICE OF YOUR GOAL--just ensure it's something that benefits you & the society at large.
NOW let me repeat that I am NOT EVEN referring to the 'Right' OR 'Wrong' aspects of the situations you mentioned. It all depends on how one views such situations. To take one recent, but extreme, example: The whole world was dismayed & criticized the Kenya Mall or the 26/11 Mumbai attacks--but ask those who perpetrated them? Or the local goonda throwing his tantrums? You know the answers.
Hope you get the point.
All the Best.
Rgds,
TS
Without getting into semantics & right/wrong, let's see @ your query from a different perspective.
You mentioned that you are working in Bahrain now & are pretty happy too. Now let's presume I TOO AM interested in working there--BUT I want to attend the Interview in my traditional Indian attire. Will I be encouraged or considered? Pl note that when I say 'attire' here, I mean the dress and everything else THAT THE OTHER PERSON SEES.
In a way, I think Dinesh & others have used the WRONG words--though I am sure they meant the right thing, knowing their responses in CiteHR since long--the actual focus for anyone is on PERSONAL APPEARANCE, rather than 'personal preference'.
Like the Saying goes: "Be a Roman while in Rome" [Simhan used a Kannada proverb to highlight this point].
And PL DON'T MIX-UP 'Personality' with 'Appearance' OR 'Preference'. Since you seem to be spiritual [mind you, this is TOTALLY DIFFERENT from being 'religious'], let me mention a few aspects from that angle.
You took the examples of Mahatma Gandhi & Dr. Manmohan Singh. It's human nature to give some SEMBLANCE of leeway to those who have proved themselves in any arena of life/profession--and pl note I am speaking from the GLOBAL CONTEXT. You are comparing yourself with Mahatma Gandhi's attire/appearance--AFTER.....REPEAT AFTER....he made his mark in the way he dealt with the British Empire--thru Non-violence, when the general accepted practice until then [and even today] has been thru violence/war.
You are @ the stage when Gandhi was as an attorney, like Simhan mentioned, wearing Suit & Tie. I am sure you will find many photos of that attire of Gandhi.
Forget about Gandhi--a most recent example would be that of MF Hussain--the World-renowned Painter. He NEVER EVER wore shoes...at the very best he wore chappals/slippers & many times not even those. But he surely had to face situations that can be, to put mildly, termed absolute rejection. But that didn't deter him from focusing on what he believed in. And when he attained his place in History, everyone, right from Top-notch persons in the world never saw 'not wearing any footwear' as any flaw in him. I recollect seeing him in a 5-star Hotel with top Film Stars discussing animatedly & all of them were keenly lapping his every word [he wasn't wearing any footwear when I saw him]. But mind you, this was AFTER, like I said, he made his mark. Another example from the global scene would be Albert Einstein. I am sure there would be MANY MORE.
So the Moral of the Story, if I may say so, would be to FOCUS ON WHAT YOU AIMED FOR in your life/career--and the World will fall @ your feet....no pun intended pl.
Since you seem to have just begun your life/career journey, I suggest you NOT TO get distracted in your goals with such situations. To repeat the very same example you mentioned, of Mahatma Gandhi: had he focused on his horrible & distressing experiences [being thrown off the I class compartment of the train being just one of them], WOULD HE HAVE BECOME what we all know now? The ONLY thing you need to be careful about is YOUR CHOICE OF YOUR GOAL--just ensure it's something that benefits you & the society at large.
NOW let me repeat that I am NOT EVEN referring to the 'Right' OR 'Wrong' aspects of the situations you mentioned. It all depends on how one views such situations. To take one recent, but extreme, example: The whole world was dismayed & criticized the Kenya Mall or the 26/11 Mumbai attacks--but ask those who perpetrated them? Or the local goonda throwing his tantrums? You know the answers.
Hope you get the point.
All the Best.
Rgds,
TS