The world has turned into a global village and
globalization has fused different societies and culture together leaving a
haphazard system of moralities. It has eventually resulted as a disaster rather
than a blessing as it is a well known saying that if you want to kill a nation
kill its culture.
Where
are we heading towards?
Have we ever hunched that which culture or
actual religion are we practicing? Are we actually following our culture with
true essence and zeal? Are we proud of our culture? Especially are we really
well aware of our cultural values and history. I think this is the time we need
to think about it otherwise it would be late to consider.
The
dilemma of our society:
The biggest dilemma of our society is that we
are not sure that which culture or religion we actually want to follow. Yes,
you heard it right, we are living in a melting pot at this moment are insecure
about our heritage which is one of the strongest heritages in the world. Let's
consider, how?
It all
starts with the onset of life:
Let's start from the onset of life, the
culture of baby shower, gender reveal, and gifts for in flaws and families by
the mother's parents side, is actually what we have borrowed from Indian
culture, our culture teaches us to do aqiqa and jhandeenah at the 7th day, but
we have mingled both the culture which is actually becoming a burden for us,
with the passage of time.
Girl
child:
One step further, we observe gender biases
when a girl child is born whereas, our culture, educate us to respect the
girls, be it your mother, sister, daughter, wife or even your slaves. But are
we doing?? Cursing the mother who gives birth to a girl child and contemplating
the male child as the pride of the family?? Is this what examples we get from
our religion? Again this is the Hindu culture which we have adopted.
The
so-called foodies:
Coming onto our food choices, have you ever
wondered that Italian, European, Thai and Chinese cuisines have taken over our
own traditional meals, restaurant deals in Pakistan 2020, proclaim the changing trend of taste buds from Delhi
nihari, karahi, talbeenah to Hardees Karachi, KFC, pizza huts, lasagne, muffins, and whatnot.
Borrowed
starting of a new life:
Our marriages portrays the complete death of
our own culture, where dowry and lavish dinners, dancing and musical nights,
bridal showers, cake cutting ceremonies, and many other rituals shout loud to
tell us that we don't belong to you, we have been borrowed by those who are
following your culture in order to prosper.
A catastrophe
waiting:
It is the demand of the hour that we need to
brood over, where are we heading? Europe has realized the ills and woes of
globalization and hence, is moving towards the contrary trend, Brexit and Make
America Great again are the example of this shifting trend, Gospark, aims at making Pakistan great,
but have we ever thought about where are we heading towards and what we would
have to pay-off??!!
Worth to Read : https://www.delhi-magazine.com/2020/02/why-kapil-picked-up-gun-against-sahin.html
Worth to Read : https://www.delhi-magazine.com/2020/02/why-kapil-picked-up-gun-against-sahin.html
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