our generation made every effort to get India more corrupt, drain the brains and cultural troops out of the country. What we have left are pan-stained walls of the miserable historic relics, dirty streets and overpopulated cities. Any number of metros, roads and malls won't change that.
Nothing wrong with the new generation, at least they don't pretend like we did, or still do, that everything was just fine because we were fine !
This kind of article should go viral over the internet & the media. We are slowly but steadily losing our identity to the shallow world of materialism. Recently I came across an Old newspaper cutting of 1835 in FB which quotes of a scout of British Empire who were deployed in India to check the feasibility of British Rule in India. India is an incredible Country, rich in Culture, values and intellect, their roots are deep enough and represents a very ancient civilization. They cannot be ruled unless we break their very backbone of a highly cultured and intellectual society, we need to inject English culture into their blood stream slowly so that they would bound to think whatever is foreign is better than their own
Re: Very good article
by aaron kumar on Feb 11, 2015 09:20 PM
Do U rely on FB posts for information on history? This is the real danger, bcoz most of the information is spam or sheer imagination. Before the East Indian Company (British), we were ruled by the Mughal Empire so the concept of injecting English Culture and breaking our backbone of highly cultured and intellectual is too-hyped-up. It is very simple, Britishers taught us English to do their clerical work and for business reasons (profit) and it is nothing to do with breaking cultural activities, in fact if you read history they were very careful in not harming their business interests by enacting law against religious practices. Hope it helps.
I would rather describe it as 'Gen Gap'. It is not confined to India alone. Perhaps those of us who have aged were not any less disdainful of the past in our younger days,but we were brought up/disciplined not to argue with elders, but nevertheless there was more family bonding as well as genuine affection. When these youngsters grow old, they too will have similar reminiscences of their past, hopefully Nostalgia would not by then have been reduced to 'Lostalgia'
Our mothers were cooking food and new delicacies for us. Now parents do not have time as both are working in most of the cases. Even if mothers are not working, they are member of kitty parties so dont have time for Kids. Joint families are missing. Our grandpa used to take us for walk in evening and grandma used to tell us stories of our glorious past. The life has become mechanised no sentiments for anybody.
Yes! Ms. Bhargava, don't you think that the parents to be blamed as well!! There is lot to be discussed on this forum but will try to articulate to present it in a better way. Cheers!!
Re: AGREE IN TOTO
by ashik jain on Feb 06, 2015 01:00 PM
This has been happening from the time the West ruled us; we Indians do not value what`s ours. We need an approval from someone else to understand our own self and heritage. It is not bad to learn from the West, but it is sad to entirely give up your own culture and blindly perceive what ever is not picturised larger than life or is not stamped by someone who speaks english (with an accent though grammatically wrong)has made us Indians feel inferior about ourselves. The rise of the internet has just speedened this process even more. Well you put it very subtly and well with the right examples. If not some (so called) intellectual animal reads the article he/she ll first find out a way to connect and picture it in a right/left/centre wing, or a secular/communal angle and pull your thought down.
