Culture is hard to define. For some, it’s a way of life and for some, it is rigid set of rules and regulations. But nevertheless, culture has become a paramount factor of our life. We simply can’t do away with it. With the coming of the Modern era of globalization and computers, the cultural fanatics feared that we would lose our culture. But even in this era, we go to our respective temples, churches, mosques, gurudwaras, monastries etc. We celebrate our regional as well as national festivals with equal ease and pomp.
“Western Culture” is like a migratory bird. It comes and goes. It is true that we all adopt many things from “Western Culture”. Our freedom fighters learnt the principles of Freedom, Liberty, Equality. Democracy etc. from the Western Revolutions. We adopted the concept of “English Education” from Western Culture. Along with the good things, unfortunately, we have also intentionally or unintentionally grasped the bad things. But them for this, we can’t blame the culture. We are responsible for our actions. “Clashes of Culture.” Is an illusionary state of mind. We should respect all the cultures and try to inculcate in us the good aspects of every culture. When we get influenced or try to imbibe certain aspects of other culture; we are showing that we are rational global citizens. When we do it, it does not mean our culture is weaker or stronger than the other’s.
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