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**h98hhYxM** · 11-26-2008, 04:41 AM

1. First, culture starts with one's language. Even within Tamilnadu, how many
children or youth know how to read and write Tamil? (This is a malaise afflicted all
castes/groups here)
2. Since many of the customs are either practised for name's sake by the elders
themselves or they have been rendered seemingly irrelavant in the modern society,
the present generation does not evince interest in following them. For the
aristocrats, all these customs are meaningless and are fit to be thrown into the
dust-bins. ('World is fast changing yaar!'- they claim)
3. Finally, any change must be continuous and in small phases, without overthrowing
the existing systems and edifices. But, in a time-span of, say 500 or 1000
years, everything would have undergone changes and there will be a new social
order altogether! It is a natural phenomenon and nothing wrong in it. Therefore,
never lament the present state of affairs.

4. I personally do not like the western culture, as it is copied here. But, l do not
reject everything that is western, provided there is rhythm, harmony and meaning
in it.

Once upon a time, we used to live in joint family set-up. There were grand old people
in every households who used to imbibe morals and values in the children, by narrating
tales from various 'ithihasas' and from the pages of biography of world leaders. Similarly, there used to be a separate period dedicated to 'moral instructions', for the same purpose, in every school time-table. Hmmm .... gone are those days! We have turned selfish, impatient and very calculative. Who is to be blamed for this?

11-26-2008, 04:41 AM	#2
h98hhYxM Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 491 Senior Member	1. First, culture starts with one's language. Even within Tamilnadu, how many children or youth know how to read and write Tamil? (This is a malaise afflicted all castes/groups here) 2. Since many of the customs are either practised for name's sake by the elders themselves or they have been rendered seemingly irrelavant in the modern society, the present generation does not evince interest in following them. For the aristocrats, all these customs are meaningless and are fit to be thrown into the dust-bins. ('World is fast changing yaar!'- they claim) 3. Finally, any change must be continuous and in small phases, without overthrowing the existing systems and edifices. But, in a time-span of, say 500 or 1000 years, everything would have undergone changes and there will be a new social order altogether! It is a natural phenomenon and nothing wrong in it. Therefore, never lament the present state of affairs. 4. I personally do not like the western culture, as it is copied here. But, l do not reject everything that is western, provided there is rhythm, harmony and meaning in it. Once upon a time, we used to live in joint family set-up. There were grand old people in every households who used to imbibe morals and values in the children, by narrating tales from various 'ithihasas' and from the pages of biography of world leaders. Similarly, there used to be a separate period dedicated to 'moral instructions', for the same purpose, in every school time-table. Hmmm .... gone are those days! We have turned selfish, impatient and very calculative. Who is to be blamed for this?
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