Just a Thought - My Culture

Western Culture has a very deep influence in India. There are lot of good things that we have accepted from the western culture. But Is this western influence destroying Indian Culture? Are the young generation aware of what our culture is ?

We are getting more westernized day by day. Clothes getting shrinked, we have a problem using our mother language. Children are more exposed to english medium schools. Do they even know the festivals of India ? We have time to party, pubs , discs. But when times comes to interact with our people, we think its a waste of time.

The main reason what I think is because of we have become more materialistic than emotional n spiritual. Its strange to come across Indians who are outside India have problem going back in India. If we ask them why. Because they have such a luxurious life that they cannot sustain without it. They cant live without AC, luxurious appartments. How funny ? Afterall we have been living in India so many years.


To sustain ourself in this competive world we have compromised to adopt the changing life style. We can see the effect of western culture right from dressing to eating habits ...........from Songs to dance.

We check the reality shows. Children who come with traditional dance are asked to show if they know western dance and they will be selected. Why a Indian has to know the western dance that too in a competition that is being held in India.

Western traditions has been so much overestimated that we dont even give important to our culture. We buy more of foreign products because we think that western products are better in quality wise. How is this decided. Only because of Good packaging.

People outside Indian take so much care of western countries that they dont throw a paper outside. We take every step to implement all that is required to keep that country clean. But we have taken India for granted. Do we ever care to implement these in India.

n this competetive world we are slowly forgetting the world we have come from . Thanks to my parents , that I am still attached with my grand parents and i know about my forefathers? How many parents sit with their children for 5 mins in a day n make them know who are their ancestors?

If we are really interested to follow the western culture then we should take the positive points. We should learn the respect they have for each other, the way they keep their country clean rather than the other way.

I think western culture seems to have intruded into our family system, specially in Big cities.

Its in our hand to keep our culture safe.We should all know about the western culture but at the same time the same importance has to be given to the Indian culture.

I wish and I hope i can give my children proper guidance to our Indian Culture. Simply by complaining about ths problems in india, not going to solve it.

This is my thought. May be I am biased towards my culture.

Do give your thoughts!!!!!!

Cheers