India is a country of ethics and is very famous for its culture,but as the westernisation is spreading its arms the youngsters are getting deep into it and turning out into a non indian form...Of late the trend has been to follow whatever is done in the west and it is becoming a sort of in-thing to be doing it...Indians have started aping the west completely and the western influences can be clearly seen in our behavior, culture, attire and even language.
Is it due to liberalization of economy that we are also attempting to liberalize our life style.
Then, why not also follow the west in the matter of discipline and work culture instead of merely picking up all those habits which would not help in taking us forward.
Talking in their local language is a prestige issue for many, they are embarrassed in doing so, well I personally think they should be ashamed if they think so.
The worst part is, some people who go abroad for a short span , return to our country and behave as if they are in some alien world.
It is very unfortunate that today’s generation has very little knowledge about their culture, traditions & their roots. This is not their mistake but the mistake of their parents who do not enlighten their children about their roots,about their rich cultural heritage.Contradictory to it Parents feel proud in giving the western values to their children. Children are brought up in this atmosphere. They are thus kept miles away from Indian culture. There is no harm in giving the knowledge of other cultures and traditions as Indians have made their presence felt in every part of world and in every field, it is very necessary that they should have at least the basic knowledge of their culture, traditions and their language, they should know where their roots lie and further pass on all these values to their children.
On the whole I want to say that in a race to reach the top we must not leave our roots, westernization in terms of work, technology and development is good but aping it merely because it is an in-thing is foolishness. At the moment we are nothing but stuck up mid-way...neither are we fully Indianised nor westernized which is even more troublesome.
