Culture - Are we mocking ourselves?

Of late, the word 'culture' has been misused to spread hatred and violence in India. It gives one a feeling that hatred and violence is our culture. In my childhood I was proud to say that India is a land of unity in diversity. But where are we heading to? Are we sending wrong signals to the world, or perhaps maybe the right? The so called 'moral brigade' is causing us put down our head in shame. What ever we earned through all these years seem to be crushed mercilessly.

Recently there had been attacks citing PDA and dress code. Those who were behind it lacks knowledge about what culture is in reality. Hugging and holding hands maybe alien to Indian culture, but it’s the narrow mindedness that creates all the problems. My friends, boys as well as girls, when they hold my hands or hug me or kiss me it's the love and care that I see in them. I believe that a loving touch has got so much of healing power. And it is that tru love that I give them. For those who cannot see the pure love and if their mind is filled with only lust, then they can never acknolwledge any of these. I wonder if it's lust that they have in their mind who protest against it. In that case I wish if their parents and children and friends knew how dangerous it is to be with them. Of course, if it's a smooch, I believe it's a part of romance due to which I can never ever think of accepting one from a guy. If I'm ever married, and if she's broad minded and wish to plant a kiss on my lips in public I don't see anything wrong in it since I believe it's the way of showing the world about the love and care. If we need to say no to romance in public then we need to stop even candle lit dinners and all the dance parties.

When it comes to dress code, on what basis do we speak about our culture. If we look at the sculptures in India, the only evidence we have that speaks about our ancient culture, we know what dress they used to wear those days. In that case of course one may oppose noodle straps, cus girls need to wear tops without strap itself. And for guys to stick to our great tradition will have to wear a small piece of cloth to cover their manhood. Or do they think that our ancestors were wearing pants and pyjamas? Above all, if we need to stick to our basics then we need to walk around naked since we were all born naked. When did we start covering up our body?


To speak about love, yes, we never gave a damn for love until we learned about it from others. We had our own small clusters in the name of caste and creed that stopped us from loving others. It still plagues us. It is a social evil and we can't carry on these rubbish in the name of our culture. It will take few more generations to get rid of this, though only if proper education is given to all. Is it because of the fear that these divisions will be broken that these people are fighting for Indian culture?

We need to get rid of what is wrong and accept what is right. There is no culture that is completely right or completely wrong. Culture changes with time. No culture has stood the test of times. We were born in this world with nothing and we will go with nothing. And why is it that we fight for what is not ours? We need to accept what is right and reject what is wrong. And no one in this world has the right to dictate terms on that matter.

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