Our Culture is Decaying

Hi this is Nikhil.

I think that the culture is for the people, people are not for the culture. So the thing which is wrong in our culture, that must be reformed and same thing we are doing with our culture. We are just adopting only those things from the western culture, which is good for us.

Example: Our old culture says that we should not allow our girls to study but that is not good for us so we just reformed it.

Our old culture also says that we should respect our elders and we are doing. Yes, I accept it that the way of respecting has been changed but we are doing.

Most of them said our culture is decaying only by the invasion of western culture. But I strongly disagree with that because by the invasion of western culture only our thoughts gets improved related to western countries and our superstitious belief gets diminished. We get a chance to dominate other countries by our modernized technologies. In olden days women were restricted to go outside.

But now women are the role model for many people. Because they are signed in various fields like politics, medias, navy etc. So I am strongly say our culture is not decaying.

Hello friends,

I feel our culture is decaying many in present days, English words have originated from Sanskrit and Hindi, which should make us proud of speaking our national language. Speaking English for development of our country is definitely a great way to make a mark on the global scene, but China, France, and Germany are far ahead of us in all aspects yet they proudly converse in their own language. Children are forced to speak English by their elders for better jobs etc. If these countries can be developed by speaking their own language, why can't we?

Our culture is decaying day by day because of western influences. We can see around us many things is changing the cause of westernization like people doesn't want to live in a joint family, children have forgotten playing kabaddi, kho-kho. Etc they only prefer video games, indoor games. Etc youth attracted western clothes like Jean's, coat, hoodies. Etc it seems that girls have forgotten to wear saree, suits. People feel the same wear traditional dress.

And I will say that thing we must preserve our culture otherwise one day we would lose our culture.

Hello everyone.

I am Bhoomika.

Our culture is indeed decaying day by day.

Maximum of the people saying culture is decaying because of Western influences.

Western people are not forcing you to follow their culture. You are interested in their culture and following. The Western culture is not influencing anyone.

I observed that some people still follow our own culture even though maximum are going with Western culture.

Western culture is not too bad and also it is not too good. Respect and follow our culture.

And Don't compare with Western culture.

I think our culture is decaying because the school days that my father had experienced like no competition among kids in studies, playing manual games instead of video games and goes on the great gurukul system is vanished respect has vanished instead of amma and appa dad and mom came value of Indian culture is slowly disappearing sarees and dhotis are replaced but still I hope for some values somewhere may the hope be true, yes we should change according to time and situation but should not forget the root that is still holding us without falling.

No, I don't think so, because In dressing ancient Indian were far more ahead in nudity E.G: Statue of barely clothed dancing girl of Mohenjo-Daro, Khajuraho temple, Konark temple etc. Clothing was same for both men and women I. E a rectangular piece of cotton until Maurya Period, no underwear, no blouse like dress for women. Untouchable and women are getting equal right. Then we are indulging in idol worship, astrology which is not Vedic culture but Gupta culture. So it depends on us, which aspect of Indian culture we are talking about.

We Indians have so many festivals in each religion. Like Diwali, Dashara, Dandiya, Ganapati.
And many more. And the way we celebrate it is much better than western culture.

Our festivals are not only for god but it also keeps we people in one thread of our own culture. Many of the foreigners think that we have best and most diverse country together with culture. Then why we are following western culture. So guys I only want so that respect and support our culture with festivals, not with this xyz days. We are Indians then be Indian.

Yes, I agree that our culture is decaying because of westernisation. People who are saying that there were many problems as sati pratha, child marriage etc. Firstly, I want to clear one point that, this type of prathas are only 200-300 years old. Our culture is so vast when you once come to know more about our culture, you get to know many such things which we are practising is not in our culture.

So, I would end by saying that if some parathas have a negative impact on our society so change it not forget or blame our whole culture.

No such thing as "Indian culture". There are cultures the subcontinent. Culture is the cream of a civilization. Civilization erroneously understood as people popularly is essentially the framework on which culture stands. So language is civilization but poetry/satire is culture. What has happened is that over time (not now, since long before independence) our civilization (in which lies our values/worldview) has been replaced by the western civilization (values). The culture is adjusting to sitting atop this western civilization.