Negatives aspects of Indian culture and traditions
There are some traditions which are
wrong in our country and I think most of the people accept that fact. We
are still not able to give equal rights to women and minorities. While
talking about minorities let me tell you that I’m a probasi Bengali, a
person who origin is from Bengal but who is born outside. While growing
up in Delhi, I question continuously troubled me. Whenever someone came
to know that I’m Bengali, their first question was, “So, where in
Kolkata do you stay?” let me answer to all those morons who keep asking
this question that I’m was born here, I have my home here and I have
never been to Kolkata.” I’m writing this because there is a huge amount
of biased against about lingual minorities which is mostly ignored.
The regional divide can also be seen in
many parts of the country like what people from northeastern states face
in rest of India specially in Delhi and what people from Bihar face in
Maharashtra.The biased and the crimes against women is also one of the
major threat to our culture.
I think we all should condemn it and
work towards removing it from our culture. My problem is that some
people ignorantly wrote that this is Indian culture ? That blogger goes
on to say that Divorced women not getting respect is a part of our
culture. Though I agree that this is prevalent in our society these days
but our culture is what we do and nobody else is responsible for it.
I feel sorry for them because they have
actually forgotten the contributions of Raja Rammohan Roy towards social
reforms and upliftment of women. If you haven’t read about him then do
read, it will be an eye opener for you. My point is that the
work done by people like Rammohan Roy is also a part of our tradition
and shouldn’t we take them as role models and work towards empowering
women in our society.
Positive aspects of Indian culture and traditions
Today the whole world is learning
spirituality from India. Ramakrishna Paramhansa and his disciples have
spread spirituality and values throughout the world. I feel many new
generation of bloggers should devote some time to reading because if you
are not well read then it shows in your writing. It actually lacks
“substance”. I like discussions when there is valid points to back your
argument. Argument for the sake of argument is useless.
Another important part of our tradition
is Yoga which is forgotten by almost everyone in India till Hollywood
celebrities started telling about the yoga regime. Interestingly, some
“Babas” teaching Yoga in TV have made a fortune out of something which
we should have been a part of our life. I feel if we don’t value our
heritage it will be again like the colonial days when clothes made from
our cloth was sold to us at exorbitant price. In future, people from US
will come to India to teach us Yoga. Don’t get surprise ? In Delhi,
Mumbai and top cities this is already trend.
Non-violence, respecting our guests and
respecting our parents weren’t these part of our tradition. Where it has
gone ? Were they not good traditions ? but surprisingly Old age homes
in India is increasing every passing day. In metros people hardly
welcome there relatives to their houses. The hospitality, love and
respect for others have gone. Try to inculcate the positive values and
you will find the negative values disappearing from the society. “What
goes around, comes around”.Not the Justin Timberlake song
