Our Culture is Decaying

Hi,

I would like to offer a western perspective here. I am an American of European ancestry and so thoroughly western. Reading your remarks, it is clear that most of you have an extremely distorted view of western culture, especially of American culture. I would suppose you get these ideas from watching American television shows, which have about as much to do with our culture as watching a cartoon of Mickey mouse and supposing it is real. So let me tell you what are some of those things which are and are not important to us.

First, we believe in meritocracy. You're standing in society is based on your merits, at least in theory. Because we fought the British for independence, who were very class conscious, we believe that every American should have equal opportunities. So a person born in complete poverty has a chance of becoming whatever they want. We do not favor men over women, or show preference based on religious beliefs or race.

Some of you think Indian culture is decaying because of your changes in clothing. For a westerner, clothing is an unimportant, trivial part of culture. For us, styles change with the times. You can see this if you look at any book on fashion in America over the years. My own style of clothing has changed significantly since the 1960's. Did that have an adverse affect on my culture -- absolutely not. I'm not saying that it isn't important for India though.

Indians see American culture as shallow and materialistic but you think this because you view America through the eyes of the media or through the actions of American politicians, most of whom are despised. You know neither American culture nor Western culture, just a parody of it.

So I hope India does not lose what makes it a great country. The clothing styles will go, just like they always do. That is not important. The soul of India is the spiritual dimension. That is what the West IS losing, more so in Europe than America. India will become a great nation if it can merge that with the best the West offers.

In today's world, the consolidated effect of modernity, the picture of man as the rational autonomous individual endowed with free will, is complete. The individual is individualistic: self-interested, egoistic, clamoring for more and more power, wealth and social status. He has stopped thinking about life considered as a whole.

There is no overall spiritual meaning to life. His life is divided between purposes which are contingently thrust upon him by his environment, requiring fulfillment with a speed and efficiency which occlude any evaluation of their meaning for life as a whole. To live creatively, no doubt one needs a matrix of facts, knowledge and techniques.

But though such a framework is logically necessary, it is not sufficient. Creativity is the very dynamic of living, and living is an artful quest of the meaning of life.

Hi friends.

India is a one of the big traditional cultural world we are only responsible for save our country to western culture please all of should follow the Indian culture like cotton sarees woman chudithar and men westi shrit and our festival like Pongal Deepavali...etc.

I think that our Indian culture is now being improved day by day due it's vast growing products and services to the people and everything is so practical and real.

Hello,

Firstly I would like to say that modernization to Indian culture has both positive and negative traits, but more of negative than positive.

1. In past, women were given at most respect mainly because of the way they dress and the way they would tolerate all the hurdles in family and keep the surrounding in harmony.

But now it has changed at an alarming rate. The length of cloth used by women and girls has decreased which is one of the reasons for which they are prone to rapes.

2. More over divorce cases are increasing only because women are slowly losing their patience and tolerance level to balance their family.

3. One of the biggest drawback of modernization is the rapid emerging of media which is becoming at most bane than being boon.

4. Earlier marriages were carried out for about 15 days with all rituals that would make all members of family gather at one place and have lot of happiness all over.

Marriage would be remembered as the greatest occasion their lives but now register marriage is the trend which ends in few minutes with just signatures.

So these marriages would not be cherished in long run. These are just few aspects of it still are many instances that clearly states how our culture is adversely affected.

Our culture is decaying in my point of view its our duty to care and protect our culture. We people are saying that I won't like to wear saree and I am not having faith in Godsend it's just like a stone. Like that our people saying. But the foreigners prove the scientific meaning for that for example super brain yoga. So we have to protect our culture by the view of non superstitious belief.

From my opinion our culture is decaying. We know very well we are adopting slowly western culture and this is one of the notification, we are moving across western culture, every person never follow Indian culture they follow Indian with western. We are using 60% western and 40% Indian.

Hi guys I am Shreya.

Guys you all know once Nehru wrote a letter to his mother and he mostly wrote on 'BABU' which means cheater cock that comes form the word baboon which Britishers gave us (Indians). Baboon is an animal which copies really very quickly. I am not saying that stop wearing the western style dresses but at least not finish your culture completely. Please its a request!

God, why is even there a fight for following this culture or that. Cultures can never be enforced on someone, we are born with the culture of our respective country. And woah! Who verbalizes that Indian culture is decaying? I'm not at all on board for this. If I wear a denim and carry a leather bag with me then sure, may be I don't fall under the category of Indian women but my heart never concurs with it because I still dote my country and it's culture.

My makeups, my dresses never take away from me my etiquette and deference for my country. Instead I'm an Indian girl with different posture.

Despite India has diversity of religions, cultures, and languages, India is the set example of a peaceful nation how to live with bonhomie.

Due to special features of India many country are keen interested to know India from inside. So they comes India and impresses by our cultures and dress. And also they try to turn himself in Indian culture. If we are world famous for our cultures. Why we need to accept western culture?