Impact of Westernization on Indian Culturef

Indian Culture, which is one of the oldest & richest cultures, is

now days posing a serious threat as western culture is establishing
its strong base in India and slowly and gradually wiping the Indian
culture. It had already made its presence in Metro’s & now slowly
heading towards other parts of India.
Westernization has greatly effected our traditions, customs, our
family and our respect and love for others. The concept of joint
families is fastly decreasing every one wants to remain aloof from
others. No body now bother about others and only cares about
himself which is totally contradictory to our Indian culture which
teaches to be a part of each other Joy’s and Sorrows to celebrate
the moments together and share the grief together. Slowly all our
values for which India has the pride is vanishing & western culture
is taking its place. People are blindly following the western culture
without knowing its consequences.
Westernization has given rise to single families. Marriages are
fastly breaking & our tolerance and patience has given the answer.
The most effected are our new blooms, which have sprouted they
find themselves stressed and isolated in this new atmosphere as
there is no one to take care of them. They will not get the care and
love of their Grand parents and they find themselves in crutches
were some others will take care of them. It is very unfortunate that
the new sprouts remain untouched and cut off from our moral
values and sanskaras. In today’s Scenario were both husband &
wife are working there is no one at home to look after them to
inherit the sanskaras in them as our elders who gives these
sanskaras to their grand children are not with them. To many cases
it is not deliberate but in majority of case the children prefers to
remain away from their parents which is very unfortunate.
There’s no harm in taking good things from western but this does
not mean that we should completely adopt it and pretend to be
western and misrepresent our identity. It is understandable that
India is growing in every field and there is necessity of knowing all
the cultures and their traditions. To some extent it is fine but we
should not pretend that we dislike the Indian values and likes only
western culture. We have to preserve our identity. One thing
should be always kept in mind that western world is looking India
for its honesty and its rich Cultural heritage.
It is shocking to see that Indians are forgetting their culture and
western people are seeing India for obtaining salvation. They are
coming here for seeking the true peace, which is total absent there.
India has earned a good name in the field of Yoga and meditation
were our gurus are giving teachings to western countries how to
relax themselves & how to keep themselves away from disease
were in India it is contradictory to it. People are only seeing money
as necessity and for the same they do any thing, which is very
shocking.
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 does not
enlighten their children about their roots about their rich cultural
heritage.
Contradictory to it Parents feel proud in giving the western
Sanskaras 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 in every part of
world and it is very necessary that we should have knowledge of
their culture, traditions and their language. We should do but to the
limit, which is really needed, and also take care that our new
sprouts are well versed with Indian culture and its values. It is the
responsibility of parents to inherit the same and for this it is very
necessary that parents should also be well versed with Indian
culture and traditions.
No doubt the western culture is versatile and has taught to be self-
independent but this does not mean that we will forget our culture
at all and blindly follow it. Since India has the tradition to take
good things from others but this does not mean that we will
completely forget our values. We should feel proud that we are
Indian s and we have such a rich cultural heritage which is very
rare and should carry this forward and inherit the same to our New
blooms who r going to be our future.
Views of people:
1. Yah, the effect of western culture has changed Indian
youth a lot. It has its own positive & negative side. To live in
this comptetive world we have to make our self compatible to
adopt the changing life style if it seems to be very
comfortable.
        The effect of Western culture in Indian youth can be
seen in most of the actives as dressing, food habits, the way
of moving with others and even western dance has gained its
popularity among Indian youth.
         We people usually underestimate our country and
overestimate foreign countries. Usually we prefer to buy
foreign products from perfume to car bcos we think those
products were more quality than ours. There is something to
learn from the foreigners as keeping the environment clean
& not to throw the waste on the roadside. But we Indians
follow these rules & regulations in their country but forget to
implement in our country.
    And in this mechanical world we r slowly forgetting our
traditional culture which may not be known to our future
generation.
   So, it is in the hand of Indian youth to suck only the needed
things from the western culture and leave the waste that is
not needed.
2.               One thing we have see when a person in saw
industry can produce a errorless code why cant he make a
country a clean free. The culture always lies in citizens.
People always take things for granted. They choose a method
that is quite easy. For e.g. in joint family he has to adjust
with everybody but in the case of nuclear family he is free
bird with less responsibility. If we citizens are able to adapt
easily to the western wear why can’t we follow the same
culture in maintaining the quality product, enjoying life-
giving freedom for women and giving an equal respect to
others.

3. HI,
            Yes we all know that Western Culture is affecting
Indian Youth, but most of them are interested to know about
the latest trends and la test brands of clothes and cars
released in to the western market. But no one is interested to
develop the same concept and Technology in India.
            If you are really interested in getting addicted to the
Western culture, get to know about their mannerism and
neatness of the surroundings. Wearing Jeans and minis is
not enough to acquire the western culture.
            What I suggest is to get to know about the western
culture but that should not affect OUR INDIAN CULTURE
in a bad way.
 
4. In my opinion the western culture has influenced
us in many good ways like they have made us
move along with the world. Many of us think that
if one is influenced by western culture its not that
you have to forget your culture. I think one is good
enough to decide which is good or bad. Western
culture has never said to go to bars, to follow their
dress codes it’s our understanding of it, which
 makes it good or bad. Instead of taking bad things
of it let us take good things out of it like their
communication skills, their technology etc. What I
want to say nobody can be forced to do things
unless he wants to.

5. How there is head and tail for a coin, there is both

positive and negative impact of western culture on
India and especially on Indian youth,
          In past in India men were our traditional dresses, but
now it is entirely changed, now the Indian youth moving
with jeans, t-shirts, minis, micros, etc., here we can proud of
that western culture, it bringing us with the fast moving
world.
           But when we consider the pubs, it is the thing to be
strictly punished. In pubs both men and women are in
drastic stage, by taking drugs, it should be punished. And we
need to felt sorry for that.
           And there r many things to be taken from the western
culture.

6.              THERE HAS BEEN AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF

EFFECT OF WESTERN CULTURE ON US. IT CAN BE
EASILY FELT BY THE FOOD, ATTIRE AND WAY OF
LIVING OF CITIZENS.SPECIALLY ON DRESSES IT HAS
MADE ADVERSE EFFECTS. SO IT IS NOT GOOD FOR
OUR CULTURE.OUR YOUNG GIRLS ARE WEARING
SKIRTS, MICROS, AND MINIS ETC. WHICH EXCITES
THE BOYS LEADING TO SOME SERIOUS CRIMES SUCH
AS RAPE ETC. BUT ON THE FLIPPER SIDE THE WAYS OF
LIVING HAS BEEN GREATLY ENHANCED WHICH IS
GOOD FOR SUCCESS AND GROWTH OF THE COUNTRY
AND HELPFUL FOR IT IN HEADING TOWARDS SUPER
POWER AHEAD OF USA. SO I FEEL THAT IT HAS BOTH
GOOD AND BAD EFFECTS
7.             I Strongly believe that there is a substantial
influence of western culture on Indian youths. Mere mention
of the word 'India' signifies a place of cultural heritage as
well as diversity. But the cultural legacy that we are showing
to the whole world is becoming a thing of history in
metropolitan cities.
            On one side we enjoy our so-called rich culture and
really admire it but on the other side we find discotheques
full of young guys and girls. Secondly, Joint family tradition;
one of the biggest assets of India is now vanishing under the
shadow of the so-called western culture. Nuclear families
are taking place of many years' old values. Youth of
today is more interested in their privacy rather than
enjoying their lives with others. Individualization
has broken up the joint family system, paving way
for the youth to fall prey to drug addiction. This
stage is the most vulnerable period of life where the
youth need guidance, counseling, education and
care by parents.
             So how did we get part of their culture over here, you
ask, their culture has become over popularized here, through
electronic media that everyone wants to be just like them.
Because of that India has lost her identity from all other
countries. We’ve now become a copy – cat to all other
nations and we may lose our individuality. The reason is
because, we want another image, we don’t want to be the
olden – day - traditional country, which still hasn’t become
the so - called ‘modern’, even in the 21st century. We don’t
want to look like imposters to all other well – developed
countries. If you have ever thought of that, erase that
thought because the image we’ve got planted in our minds is
terribly wrong. India is not an imposter to other nations, it
never has been, but will if the people of today continue to do
everything they see on cable TV.
             India is an independent country now and has been for
a while, with no such problems. The reason behind that is
because our ancestors fought for us, so that we could have a
future in our own way, not with any other way, which we are
not used to. I’m not saying that India should stop everything
they’ve learnt from western countries, but to have some
individuality from other nations and to set an example to the
other 3rd world countries and give out the message that
there are other nations to set an example on.
        So, for the people who fought for us, for India to keep
her dignity and to be a leader to other countries, we the
people of today must be our own country and not be some
other country, which we’re not. Everyone is his or her own
countryman - why can’t we be our own as well?