11th of Feb., I was in the bus on my way back home... this is when I overheard a couple talk just behind me... 'chello, I am scared, heard about people creating disturbances because of youngsters celebrating Valentines day, they say couples holding hands in public is not in our culture n stuff like that’.
This incident made me think about the chapter of post colonialism, I was studying in literature class, the other day, which spoke about the effects of colonialism in India, about mimicry, how the so called lower class people (the periphery) tried to imitate them who were at power (the center), only so that they could claim themselves as one among the colonizers (people at power), and hegemony (control by consent) how our people allowed them (the center – colonizers) to control us themselves.
It’s a bit confusing, the question that may arise now is, what is the link between these two things, Valentines Day and post colonialism.
Valentines day may not be our culture, holding hands, smooching in public places, gay marriage may not be our culture. But then has anyone tried to question, what exactly is our culture?? The Indian culture?? The answer is ‘NO’ we don’t have the time to think about it.
What would you think about the khajuraho temples, kamasutra, and kaamdev then? These are also a part of our culture, of our heritage, which we proudly showcase to the tourists.
India was invaded by various cultures, and Indian culture is a mixture of them all, namely Persians, greeks, turks, afghans, mughals, british, portugals etc…India has absorbed a lot from all the cultures and now stands as India with opens arms to absorb more, this is one reason, it is India (Hindustan) and not any other country and hence we say there is Unity in Diversity here. (Though only in text books now) but no matter what, it is a fact.
After all it is not reasonable to fight for adulteration in juice (it is already adulterated and hence it is what it is (juice)
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You may agree or disagree… I am open to feedbacks and criticism
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
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Good Thinking...it is Clear to Me...and I totally agree with Ur thouthfulness...
ReplyDeletenice 1 & u r right too...those who r educated might b with u but not everyone...
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ReplyDeletethanks for commenting, Its just a view.. Perspective, so there can be people who will disagree with me, and that's fine... :)
keep visiting... thank you.
yes.. nice idea.. but i wud say "Indian" culture is an hybrid of many Asian countries' cultures and that it got degraded only with the mix of European and western culture..!!
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ReplyDeletethanks for the comment and to agree with my thoughts.. keep visiting...n happy blogging...
agree with you but i think every one will not agree. because we are brought up in such a way.
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