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Westernization Of Indian Culture Biography
Indian Culture, which is one of the oldest & richest cultures, is now days posing a serious threat as western culture is establishing its strong base in India and slowly and gradually wiping the Indian culture. It had already made its presence in Metro’s & now slowly heading towards other parts of India.
Westernization has greatly effected our traditions, customs, our family and our respect and love for others. The concept of joint families is fastly decreasing every one wants to remain aloof from others. No body now bother about others and only cares about himself which is totally contradictory to our Indian culture which teaches to be a part of each other Joy’s and Sorrows to celebrate the moments together and share the grief together. Slowly all our values for which India has the pride is vanishing & western culture is taking its place. People are blindly following the western culture without knowing its consequences.
Westernization has given rise to single families. Marriages are fastly breaking & our tolerance and patience has given the answer. The most effected are our new blooms, which have sprouted they find themselves stressed and isolated in this new atmosphere as there is no one to take care of them. They will not get the care and love of their Grand parents and they find themselves in crutches were some others will take care of them. It is very unfortunate that the new sprouts remain untouched and cut off from our moral values and sanskaras. In today’s Scenario were both husband & wife are working there is no one at home to look after them to inherit the sanskaras in them as our elders who gives these sanskaras to their grand children are not with them. To many cases it is not deliberate but in majority of case the children prefers to remain away from their parents which is very unfortunate.
There’s no harm in taking good things from western but this does not mean that we should completely adopt it and pretend to be western and misrepresent our identity. It is understandable that India is growing in every field and there is necessity of knowing all the cultures and their traditions. To some extent it is fine but we should not pretend that we dislike the Indian values and likes only western culture. We have to preserve our identity. One thing should be always kept in mind that western world is looking India for its honesty and its rich Cultural heritage.
It is shocking to see that Indians are forgetting their culture and western people are seeing India for obtaining salvation. They are coming here for seeking the true peace, which is total absent there. India has earned a good name in the field of Yoga and meditation were our gurus are giving teachings to western countries how to relax themselves & how to keep themselves away from disease were in India it is contradictory to it. People are only seeing money as necessity and for the same they do any thing, which is very shocking.
It is very unfortunate that today’s generation has very little knowledge about their culture, traditions & their roots. This is not their mistake but the mistake of their parents who does not enlighten their children about their roots about their rich cultural heritage.
Contradictory to it Parents feel proud in giving the western Sanskaras to their children. Children are brought up in this atmosphere. They are thus kept miles away from Indian culture. There is no harm in giving the knowledge of other cultures and traditions as Indians have made their presence in every part of world and it is very necessary that we should have knowledge of their culture, traditions and their language. We should do but to the limit, which is really needed, and also take care that our new sprouts are well versed with Indian culture and its values. It is the responsibility of parents to inherit the same and for this it is very necessary that parents should also be well versed with Indian culture and traditions.
No doubt the western culture is versatile and has taught to be self-independent but this does not mean that we will forget our culture at all and blindly follow it. Since India has the tradition to take good things from others but this does not mean that we will completely forget our values. We should feel proud that we are Indian s and we have such a rich cultural heritage which is very rare and should carry this forward and inherit the same to our New blooms who are going to be our future.Rudyard Kipling was a Bombay born British poet and Nobel Prize winner. The verses above is from his classic work titled “The Ballad of East and West” which was first published in 1889. As a general rule I do not understand the reasons for the anti-Western feeling among certain educated members of the Indian society. We live in a world where all kinds of information can be accessed for free very quickly. As a society we are running out of excuses for not knowing. In addition we are also very informed about the cultural, religious, linguistic, philosophical and ethnic diversity of India now more than any time in our history. So where is this anti-Western feeling coming from?
Labeling someone as a stooge of the West (or western influenced) is one of the most common charge that is leveled at any Indian today who is very critical of India, Hinduism, our traditions and/or our culture. I think this is partly due to the fact that some Indians try to link liberal and/or critical thinking or questioning as a domain of the West. So if I seriously question the Hindu caste system or some of its basic assumptions (like the often repeated false notion that it was portable at one point) then I must be Western influenced!!
Personally I do not believe in the concept of East and West. Separating philosophies, cultures and religions based on Eastern or Western is illogical and does not make sense. Today Christianity is considered a Western religion but Islam is not although they pretty much evolved from the same region (Middle East). Christianity was present and well known in many parts of the East long before it set foot on some of the major Western nations.
Philosophy is a study of issues concerning knowledge, values, existence, mind and language. Today the term “Western Philosophy” loosely defines the ancient philosophy of Greece. The Greek philosophy of that period was mostly an intellectual process involving the study of physics, culture, astronomy and mathematics. But most people in India know that such intellectual endeavor was also very common in India during the period as well. Is there a better “Western Philosopher” than Buddha?
I have another problem with equating Greek philosophy with Western philosophy. Greece even today is by no means a “Western nation”. The culture and people of Greece are very different from Western Europe or the United States. When Greek philosophy and culture was at its peak, Greece was interacting in a major way not with the West (which was mostly unknown during that time) but with places like India, the Middle East, the Mediterranean and North Africa. So how can a philosophy that is partially a result of such interactions be considered strictly as Western?
Can an Indian today claim that he/she is not influenced by the West or Western thought process? To put it differently is there an Indian who is not a “stooge of the West”? Most of us know that parts of India and eventually the whole of India were under the control of European (Western) countries for almost 500 years. Although the colonizers left their legacy lives on.
Westernization Of Indian Culture Biography
Indian Culture, which is one of the oldest & richest cultures, is now days posing a serious threat as western culture is establishing its strong base in India and slowly and gradually wiping the Indian culture. It had already made its presence in Metro’s & now slowly heading towards other parts of India.
Westernization has greatly effected our traditions, customs, our family and our respect and love for others. The concept of joint families is fastly decreasing every one wants to remain aloof from others. No body now bother about others and only cares about himself which is totally contradictory to our Indian culture which teaches to be a part of each other Joy’s and Sorrows to celebrate the moments together and share the grief together. Slowly all our values for which India has the pride is vanishing & western culture is taking its place. People are blindly following the western culture without knowing its consequences.
Westernization has given rise to single families. Marriages are fastly breaking & our tolerance and patience has given the answer. The most effected are our new blooms, which have sprouted they find themselves stressed and isolated in this new atmosphere as there is no one to take care of them. They will not get the care and love of their Grand parents and they find themselves in crutches were some others will take care of them. It is very unfortunate that the new sprouts remain untouched and cut off from our moral values and sanskaras. In today’s Scenario were both husband & wife are working there is no one at home to look after them to inherit the sanskaras in them as our elders who gives these sanskaras to their grand children are not with them. To many cases it is not deliberate but in majority of case the children prefers to remain away from their parents which is very unfortunate.
There’s no harm in taking good things from western but this does not mean that we should completely adopt it and pretend to be western and misrepresent our identity. It is understandable that India is growing in every field and there is necessity of knowing all the cultures and their traditions. To some extent it is fine but we should not pretend that we dislike the Indian values and likes only western culture. We have to preserve our identity. One thing should be always kept in mind that western world is looking India for its honesty and its rich Cultural heritage.
It is shocking to see that Indians are forgetting their culture and western people are seeing India for obtaining salvation. They are coming here for seeking the true peace, which is total absent there. India has earned a good name in the field of Yoga and meditation were our gurus are giving teachings to western countries how to relax themselves & how to keep themselves away from disease were in India it is contradictory to it. People are only seeing money as necessity and for the same they do any thing, which is very shocking.
It is very unfortunate that today’s generation has very little knowledge about their culture, traditions & their roots. This is not their mistake but the mistake of their parents who does not enlighten their children about their roots about their rich cultural heritage.
Contradictory to it Parents feel proud in giving the western Sanskaras to their children. Children are brought up in this atmosphere. They are thus kept miles away from Indian culture. There is no harm in giving the knowledge of other cultures and traditions as Indians have made their presence in every part of world and it is very necessary that we should have knowledge of their culture, traditions and their language. We should do but to the limit, which is really needed, and also take care that our new sprouts are well versed with Indian culture and its values. It is the responsibility of parents to inherit the same and for this it is very necessary that parents should also be well versed with Indian culture and traditions.
No doubt the western culture is versatile and has taught to be self-independent but this does not mean that we will forget our culture at all and blindly follow it. Since India has the tradition to take good things from others but this does not mean that we will completely forget our values. We should feel proud that we are Indian s and we have such a rich cultural heritage which is very rare and should carry this forward and inherit the same to our New blooms who are going to be our future.Rudyard Kipling was a Bombay born British poet and Nobel Prize winner. The verses above is from his classic work titled “The Ballad of East and West” which was first published in 1889. As a general rule I do not understand the reasons for the anti-Western feeling among certain educated members of the Indian society. We live in a world where all kinds of information can be accessed for free very quickly. As a society we are running out of excuses for not knowing. In addition we are also very informed about the cultural, religious, linguistic, philosophical and ethnic diversity of India now more than any time in our history. So where is this anti-Western feeling coming from?
Labeling someone as a stooge of the West (or western influenced) is one of the most common charge that is leveled at any Indian today who is very critical of India, Hinduism, our traditions and/or our culture. I think this is partly due to the fact that some Indians try to link liberal and/or critical thinking or questioning as a domain of the West. So if I seriously question the Hindu caste system or some of its basic assumptions (like the often repeated false notion that it was portable at one point) then I must be Western influenced!!
Personally I do not believe in the concept of East and West. Separating philosophies, cultures and religions based on Eastern or Western is illogical and does not make sense. Today Christianity is considered a Western religion but Islam is not although they pretty much evolved from the same region (Middle East). Christianity was present and well known in many parts of the East long before it set foot on some of the major Western nations.
Philosophy is a study of issues concerning knowledge, values, existence, mind and language. Today the term “Western Philosophy” loosely defines the ancient philosophy of Greece. The Greek philosophy of that period was mostly an intellectual process involving the study of physics, culture, astronomy and mathematics. But most people in India know that such intellectual endeavor was also very common in India during the period as well. Is there a better “Western Philosopher” than Buddha?
I have another problem with equating Greek philosophy with Western philosophy. Greece even today is by no means a “Western nation”. The culture and people of Greece are very different from Western Europe or the United States. When Greek philosophy and culture was at its peak, Greece was interacting in a major way not with the West (which was mostly unknown during that time) but with places like India, the Middle East, the Mediterranean and North Africa. So how can a philosophy that is partially a result of such interactions be considered strictly as Western?
Can an Indian today claim that he/she is not influenced by the West or Western thought process? To put it differently is there an Indian who is not a “stooge of the West”? Most of us know that parts of India and eventually the whole of India were under the control of European (Western) countries for almost 500 years. Although the colonizers left their legacy lives on.
Westernization Of Indian Culture
Westernization Of Indian Culture
Westernization Of Indian Culture
Westernization Of Indian Culture
Westernization Of Indian Culture
Westernization Of Indian Culture
Westernization Of Indian Culture
Westernization Of Indian Culture
Westernization Of Indian Culture
Westernization Of Indian Culture
Westernization Of Indian Culture
Westernization Of Indian Culture
Westernization Of Indian Culture
