it is true that with the IT boom, people from other states are coming in to cities like bangalore, chennai and hyderabad. and, i am one of them. but it is good to remember that it is their city, where we are guests, and if they try to hold up their values (which might or might not be acceptable to everyone,) we should co-operate with them. afterall, if u expect some decent behaviour from the part of guests in ur home, it is not bad to expect such behaviour in ur city. ur city is ur home.
Those of you are so proud of good old Indian \"culture\" prevailing in Chennai, why do you think your culture is so fragile that it would be destroyed simply because a set of people have decided not to follow it. Come one, if there is some real strength in the culture, it should survive the non-believers. Otherwise, it was always an imposition and was never internalized. It better be destroyed. I, personally, would be not be a part of many of the scenes mentioned in the article, but that does not mean that for my sake, everyone should be morally policed. I wish we could get out of this crap of \"good for society\" and started giving some respect to individual\'s choice.
The more you have a culture that naturally glocalizes - that is, the more your culture easily absorbs foreign ideas and best practices and melds those with its own traditions - the greater advantage you will have in a flat world. The natural ability to glocalize has been one of the strengths of Indian culture, American culture, Japanese culture and lately Chinese culture. The Indians, for instance, take the view that the Moguls come, Moguls go, the Bristish come, the British go, we take the best and leave the rest - but we still eat curry, our women still wear sairs, and we still live in tightly bound extended family units. That's glocalization at its best. "Cultures that are open and willing to change have a huge advantage in this world" said Jerry Rao, the MphasiS CEO who heads the Indian high-tech trade association.
Bah... All this is kinda true. Majority of the things listed STILL exists... like no kissing in public and "no sex on thursday" kinda things. Lovers (unmarried, of course) cant even have a nice walk holding hands without getting hostile stares and mock comments from the people watching. It sucks... yeah. Some people just dont want to change. In public, they act as though they dont have any sexual organs and know nothing about sex.
The big brother story is probably true in most of India. We love to live in the stone age with our "Indian Culture" and "2 lane Super Hiways", dilapidate airports and corrupt Babus........
What hypocrisy. I totally agree with the author on this subject. People are so against western influence which does nothing but bring out the "shameful" truth . I mean come on how many of you guys would turn down an offer to kiss a pretty girl in the park ??? Once you consider that you can start talking with your holier than thou attitudes....
Looks like you have taken wrath from lot of ppl... Good article... but very Controversial;) Almost all major cities face the same problem... Big bro is getting richer;))
What a crap article...it doesnt even depict in the least bit on what chennai is...mebbe ther are some isolated incidents but in no way a reflection of the the real chennai....as someone no objective and no direction
