I can see that many people are saying that it is beciause of the west that we are civislised.. this is not correct. our civilisation is much much older that any ones. when anyone says about western habits, it cant date back to more that 200 years. before that it was all those travellers coming to india and going back with Indian ideas. yes. what you says is correct about habits etc.. it is all for good. but lets stick on to the good ones..and not get the wrong ones which is not necessary.. Barbarians : We have become more of barbarians with the western influence... people who earlier thought athithi devo bhavah.. say question the visitor as to why he didnt call up and come!
The traditions which were being followed before are of utmost importance and needs to be used going forward... even thouth these can be given a modern blend.
RE:Being western and being civilised
by qween on Dec 11, 2007 10:14 PM Permalink
indeed we could have ended up like barbarians had british not come, infact had people like dayanand sraswati n vivekanand not come. it is so because 250 years ago we were slaves , condition was very bad , people had lost values there were malpractices all over like child marriages, casteism and rich were only found in brothels. environment has gone down. these students must not be knowing what students do in US. it is their brain that thinks like that. it is the majority of people in india who tend to lose all their cultures and become bad, they forget their heritage like they forgot 'pie', and were keen to follow west like our first prime minister who took british citizenship... and others are too ignorant to be fooled easily. look at dav schools, heritage of maharshi dayanand saraswati , they too have gone down due the environment in indian society
