"I dont want my children to be brought up in western culture. I will be back from US once they turn 2 as I want them to be fully Indian not western" said Neeta as we were discussing about her plans of going abroad. I replied "You remind me of Kajol in Kabhi khushi kabhi gham - the way she said "Kash khala aaj hum India mein hote aur mera beta bhi wohi gaane sikhta jise sikh kar main bari hui hu"" and we burst out laughing.
There are many people like Neeta who believe that the Indian culture like respecting your elders, touching their feet etc all matters as a human being. The culture which we Indians boast about is our love and respect for family and friends. Definitely we wont like our children to roam around like a vagabond, smoking , drinking openly, taking drugs abusing people. One might say that it is dependant on the environment they are mixing but again the basic sense of discipline, respect, love comes from the culture they will be brought up in as the word goes "Education begins at home."
Recently the video on India's daughter has been the talk of every social media. To that my opinion is our culture is not where the women are belittled , instead it is about the respect of a woman. We should not restrict our thoughts and ideas to old days and say women are made to do household chores only and boast it as our culture. Indian culture is all about loving and respecting your family and friends. Modernity should be in our thoughts and that should be constructive not destructive.
There are many people like Neeta who believe that the Indian culture like respecting your elders, touching their feet etc all matters as a human being. The culture which we Indians boast about is our love and respect for family and friends. Definitely we wont like our children to roam around like a vagabond, smoking , drinking openly, taking drugs abusing people. One might say that it is dependant on the environment they are mixing but again the basic sense of discipline, respect, love comes from the culture they will be brought up in as the word goes "Education begins at home."
Recently the video on India's daughter has been the talk of every social media. To that my opinion is our culture is not where the women are belittled , instead it is about the respect of a woman. We should not restrict our thoughts and ideas to old days and say women are made to do household chores only and boast it as our culture. Indian culture is all about loving and respecting your family and friends. Modernity should be in our thoughts and that should be constructive not destructive.
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