Effect of western culture on youth
I Strongly believe that there is a substantial influence of western
culture on Indian youths. Mere mention of the word '
place of cultural heritage as well as diversity. But the cultural
legacy that we are showing to the whole world is becoming a thing of
history in metropolitan cities.
On one side we enjoy our so-called rich culture and really admire it
but on the other side we find discotheques full of young guys and
girls. Secondly, joint family tradition; one of the biggest assets of
culture. Nuclear families are taking place of many years' old values.
Youth of today is more interested in their privacy rather than
enjoying their lives with others. Individualization has broken up the
joint family system, paving way for the youth to fall prey to drug
addiction. This stage is the most vulnerable period of life where the
youth need guidance, counseling. education and care by parents.
culture has become over popularized here, through electronic media
that everyone wants to be just like them. Because of that
lost her identity from all other countries. We’ve now become a copy –
cat to all other nations and we may lose our individuality. The reason
is because, we want another image, we don’t want to be the olden – day
- traditional country, which still hasn’t become the so - called
‘modern’, even in the 21st century. We don’t want to look like
imposters to all other well – developed countries. If you have ever
thought of that, erase that thought because the image we’ve got
planted in our minds is terribly wrong. India is not an imposter to
other nations, it never has been, but will if the people of today
continue to do everything they see on cable tv.
India is an independent country now and has been for a while, with no
such problems. The reason behind that is because our ancestors fought
for us, so that we could have a future in our own way, not with any
other way, which we are not used to. I’m not saying that India should
stop everything they’ve learnt from western countries, but to have
some individuality from other nations and to set an example to the
other 3rd world countries and give out the message that there are
other nations to set an example on.
So, for the people who fought for us, for
and to be a leader to other countries, we the people of today must be
our own country and not be some other country, which we’re not.
Everyone is his or her own countryman - why can’t we be our own as
well?
Abhishek Sharma
|
|
