Indian Tradition Vs Western
I am a strong supporter of Indian tradition, inspite of its pitfalls and holes. It pains me when people try to belittle our tradition by quoting examples from western countries.
I have seen people asking this in many movies : how can you marry a guy without knowing anything about him, just because your horoscopes match, or because your parents say so? If that is the case, then why is the divorce rate in the US and UK very high? But do the movies ever highlight that fact? There are some arranged marriages that fail in India and some that fail in the US too. But when you look at the whole picture, these both will only seem to be a dot.
In the western world, people kick their kids out of their home when they are 16 so that they become very responsible.. but how many are really responsible? Most drop out of schools, become addicts, engage in all sorts of criminal activities. Even the great President's daughters are no exception to that. How can we presume that these kids, when they marry will be responsible? Will make good parents? Or maybe a few do think people here are responsible. That is why movies like Mine Yours and Ours run in this country - "these are my kids, those are your kids, and the kids over here are ours". Oh what responsible parents - they don't mind raising the children of their spouses' failed marriages.
To make sure a kid is responsible, it is not necessary to kick him out of the house. That will not make him responsible, it will make him independent. Making him independent at 16, when he does not know what the world is like, is dangerous. It can make or break him. He is going to be independent once he gets a job - so why hurry the process? What is he going to learn at 16 that he cannot learn at 22?
People back in India have started aping their western counterparts. There are lots of parlors, clubs, pubs that play western music all night long. Teenagers cough up enough money to spend at these places.
Our forefathers had set some principles to be followed for a better living. Over the ages, they have been changed and twisted according to people's whims and fansies. But the thought behind those principles have always been good. People call it superstition these days. Anything that does not have a proof is classified as superstition. That is because the western world has had a great influence in the minds of the younger generation. When the western world is turning towards astrology and ayurveda, we are turning away from it.
I am a strong supporter of Indian tradition, inspite of its pitfalls and holes. It pains me when people try to belittle our tradition by quoting examples from western countries.
I have seen people asking this in many movies : how can you marry a guy without knowing anything about him, just because your horoscopes match, or because your parents say so? If that is the case, then why is the divorce rate in the US and UK very high? But do the movies ever highlight that fact? There are some arranged marriages that fail in India and some that fail in the US too. But when you look at the whole picture, these both will only seem to be a dot.
In the western world, people kick their kids out of their home when they are 16 so that they become very responsible.. but how many are really responsible? Most drop out of schools, become addicts, engage in all sorts of criminal activities. Even the great President's daughters are no exception to that. How can we presume that these kids, when they marry will be responsible? Will make good parents? Or maybe a few do think people here are responsible. That is why movies like Mine Yours and Ours run in this country - "these are my kids, those are your kids, and the kids over here are ours". Oh what responsible parents - they don't mind raising the children of their spouses' failed marriages.
To make sure a kid is responsible, it is not necessary to kick him out of the house. That will not make him responsible, it will make him independent. Making him independent at 16, when he does not know what the world is like, is dangerous. It can make or break him. He is going to be independent once he gets a job - so why hurry the process? What is he going to learn at 16 that he cannot learn at 22?
People back in India have started aping their western counterparts. There are lots of parlors, clubs, pubs that play western music all night long. Teenagers cough up enough money to spend at these places.
Our forefathers had set some principles to be followed for a better living. Over the ages, they have been changed and twisted according to people's whims and fansies. But the thought behind those principles have always been good. People call it superstition these days. Anything that does not have a proof is classified as superstition. That is because the western world has had a great influence in the minds of the younger generation. When the western world is turning towards astrology and ayurveda, we are turning away from it.
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