Morals & Values among Indians is Degenerating

Friends, Read views of couple of participants here. Though online, this is a good effort to at least discuss in group about VALUES AND ETHICS.

My only question to anyone and everyone here - Values and ethics are mostly taught and learned during childhood at home by parents and elders; also by teachers in schools and professors in college; as youth dawns, these values start getting diluted and are almost thrown out.

And then these values, ethics almost completely disappear during adulthood. That's what we call BIG, BAD PRACTICAL WORLD. WHY? How can our fundamental values and ethics be retained during our youth and adult life which is the most productive period of our individual and collective lives?

Hello everyone!

I just want to say that try to become better, bigger and stronger in your life but don't ever forget your roots, don't forget where you have came from. Moral values are degrading and the reason is our fast speeding lives. We don't have time to help a needy person, carrying heavy loads and bags for a pregnant lady, or wishing a elder person passing by. We must try to achieve our goals but we should not forget our values.

The word "competition" has became an integral part of our lives. We all are in a race. People don't have time to care for others. I want to tell you all story that might can change your thinking.

A 100 mts race was about to start. Six girls were participating in that race. The whistle blew up and the girls started running. After 2 or 3 minutes, one of the them fell and started crying because she was injured. The rest 5 girls stopped, returned back, picked up that girl, and helped her to stand. Then all the six joined their hands and finished the race together. This is a real event which was happened in school for MENTALLY DISABLED children.

What have we done if we were in that place? We all would probably finish our race and try to win without caring about that girl because we are not "mentally disables", we call our self "civilized", we all just WANT to WIN.

Hi,

In my opinion, morals should be developed from childhood on wards. It means the morals and values depends on how a person thinks about it. It can be determined by the value he /she gives to his parents, relatives etc.

But, nowadays these are degrading because due to western culture and not giving much importance to relations due to busy in job, personal life etc. But it is not correct one has to develop morals and values in his life for well being of his parents and society.

Moral values is not degrading, you need to UNDERSTAND why they are important before you can follow them. Contemplate on Morality and once understood, you will follow them at any cost.

We Indian thinks of morality in terms of customs and religious practices. It not only about respecting elders, or ladies or doing certain things. Morality is about killing the beast, hatred and the greedy person inside ourselves. It is holistic development of a person.

In my opinion, our country both people from past and present distracted, due to too many options and choices. We crave for so many things.

What we want is just essential things in personal life and career, we should leave anything which distract us. We then will have a clear vision of what is right and what is wrong. We will have time and energy for us and our dear ones.

Hi all,

I think, as the time changes, changes the need of the hour.

Previously it was considered morally good to stay with the parents, and one who won't would be considered low on the ground of moral values, but we shouldn't judge a book by its cover. It can be any reason, it may be for good, it may be for better career opportunities.

Adding to it, being with them also does not give a so called character certificate to anyone, it should be individuals duty to be there for his/her parents and not to consider 'am as burden.

Also, I guess youth being the pillars of the nation, sees to it in their own manner, I have seen children giving there seats in metro rail to elders or the one's in need, this gives a clear picture that they still have their moral values instilled in them.

It's more of the ability to differentiate between the good and the bad, and going with the good.

The alarmingly increasing number of nuclear families alone indicates how uncomfortable one feels in maintaining a healthy relationship between family and parents. In the earlier times a man had 7-8 brothers and sisters and still he did everything he could do to meet their requirements. But today we visualize a totally transformed state where a man cannot tolerate his parents for more than a second. And moreover his children also follow the same trend !

We feel irritated when an elderly person sits next to us while we are watching TV or playing a mobile game-we wish to push him/her out of the house.

If a needy man passes by us-we do not feel anything for him-as it is a POOR DAILY VIEW for us, and THE FEW who wish to serve the needy one see the attitude of others and move back. This is the condition of today's youth.

Earning money has become one's first and foremost duty, because he has to secure his children's future-and in this tension he forgets everything-all moral values. He would love to impress his seniors by hook or by crook, but cannot endure talking to his children, asking about their problems, inspiring them. And only because of this his children turn out to be disastrous ones in their time.

We do not feel ashamed abusing our elders and get agitated even if they ask "Where were you?" We do not mind cheating others, not even our parents. And the worst is here-kidnapping, harassment and the list is endless.

Today everything we do is just to maintain our status and nothing else. We would admit our ill grandparents to an expensive hospital-not because they would recuperate soon, but because "the world will speak of our financial status"! So is our youth progressing or degrading? The answer is obvious.

Moral values which we today (aged 40+) have learned from our parents are far different from today's generation. Have you ever seen any child of today.

1. Getting aside when an elderly passes by.

2. Vacating a seat for a pregnant woman or elderly.

3. Offering help to a neighbor if he/she carries many bags or heavy load.

4. Being silent if any relative corrects him/her or scolds him/her.

5. Reading value based stories.

6. Listening to parents without arguing.

7. Being without a gadget for more than an hour.

8. Helping elderly cross a busy road.

9. Wishing a known or unknown at the meeting.

10. Helping parents at household and market works.

These are just a few in the list if I want I can add a lot to this. The readers are requested to think and implement such small values in their lives so that not only we learn it but become role models for the people around us. I believe that we cannot teach values to our youngsters rather its what they watch they learn.

Sorry @Subhash. I partly agree with you. But how many of such kind will you find from our country? Those who really work for their family and country without any personal motive and selflessly? I guess hardly anyone.

So friends- ETHICS AND VALUES ARE THE BUILDING STONES OF ONE'S CHARACTER. We must learn to shape them, without any deformity.

I want to share my views regarding "How far we must be proud to be an Indian?". Please. Don't be proud about past Indian culture & physical features of India. India has great mountains, the great Thar desert, plateaus, plains, rivers, forests etc. But a country means not only soil and it's features but a country means it's 'PEOPLE'. But there is no scope now-a-days to depict our greatness seeing us (not all but including me).

Firstly I don't have right to criticize others without checking me whether I am correct or wrong. But according to me it's all doesn't matter to give a opinion. Our society was sub-merged in flood of selfishness, in flood of jealousy, in flood of corruption, in flood of passion on money. One more highly effective one is use of modern gadgets excess. These gadgets highly contribute for drowning away of human values in their heartless tides.

The only solution for this is 'CHANGE'. "YOU MUST BE THE CHANGE YOU WISH TO SEE IN THE WORLD".

Old is gold, morals are from in olden days. Each and every moral has a practical reason. Nowadays our grandparents telling that don't do that but not the reason. If you say something to a person definitely he/she will ask a question, that is 'why'?

If you clarify his/her doubt with full of clarity then that person will get the moral from that and they will understand that is not good that is the reason they are saying like this.

Thank you.