Monday, February 16, 2009

A Moral Check....

Lot of mess around this Valentine day...
The Moral Police.. the Cultural Activists...
Oh god, they sometime really suck...
This time it was the Pub culture which started the fire..
Everyone was praising and taking part in that "Pink Chaddi" movement..
Oh crap.. will that change anything...I assume the rivalry only got deeper n deeper..

Just one question to everyone..
You like ur friend to come with you to a pub
but wud never like your Brother or Sister doing the same..
Why?
Some will argue as long as they stay in limit its ok..
but what is the limit?question is not tht.Who decides the limit..
Every individual is different and they have their own set of Moral rules...
Then the limit is definitely decided by they themselves.
But what he/she forget is that they cant make other people to stay within his/her limits..

Youngsters say they venture out to pub coz they wanna enjoy time with their frnds..
It was not long back that frnds used to gather up for a dinner at home and enjoyed their time and have some wonderful dinner..ya some parents do not allow Alcohol... but most of them dont mind if it's a beer function...Parents are also changing..they allow minor freedoms so that the child dont feel entirely tied down...

Nowadays the other most common culprit is PDA(Public Display of Affection)...which some people are trying to impose on a culture that is quite reserved..Just don know why are they doing things in open..what do they wanna prove...its just a show off I think..

Everybody is trying to catch a culture that's far more western. No matter how hard people try to imitate, their imitation will always be at least a century behind.Coz people are just following their lifestyle, regardless of the actual mindset they should be in. No matter what, until and unless they dont take western mindset into consideration,whatever they do will still be termed as "following".What we miss is that people there are free to think, free to adapt and most important they are open to any idea. They believe in doing something new every time and every time they do it it set standards for people over here to follow.And what do we do..Blindly follow..Thinking that what they do is cool and they are enjoying...

People will do what Americans do when they are in US..
But why can't they be an Indian when in India....
As the old proverb goes "While in Rome do as Romans do"..
I just changed it..."While in India do as U like"
Coz Indians actually forgot what Indians do.... ;-)

The moral Police forget that Indians are the greatest forgivers...
The so called modern people forget the privacy of a relation...

I will not be wrong if I say the culture is going for a toss..
And by Culture I didn't mean Superstitions...
By Culture I meant:

A Promise to be good to others,
A Thought for a peaceful society,
A Service to help those in need,
A Trust to believe in others...
A Sense to differentiate between good and bad..
A Mindset to embrace all cultures without loosing what we have within...
A Faith to understand everyone,
A Prayer for the equality,
A Blessing to free the humanity...

....These are my views.. put in your views and opinions about the recent happenings...this is an open discussion... all are welcome to post their concerns...

5 comments:

umesh3034 said...

yo.... some thinking :-)

Jishad said...

How was your valentines day celebration?

Zreecu.... said...

Slept whole day.. party all night... and in between watched movies... quite a quiet valentine's day this time.. enjoyed it peacefully at home... ;-)

Anonymous said...

Hi Sreekumar,

U r right.
We don't have the mindset of westerners.
we are just copying everything as a part of consumerist culture. Company like Archies,Hallmark trying to utilize these things. They are trying to categorize the whole people into lovers, couples, friends etc. They just want to sell their gifts & cards. Media, Goverment, etc. is promoting these things. But the sad thing thing is that - Here men can do anything - They can drink, they can go to pub, they can follow this consumerist culture. when women doing the same thing we (Indians) will discuss abt cultural degradation. why? That is just the unchangeable, rooted male chauvinistic nature of Indian men.

Of course western culture is not like that. I think they are respecting each other. They are drinking, smoking etc.together.

Without changing our mind set why should we imitate others? Here students are selecting Christmas friends by taking the lot. Archies might be the inventor of these techniques to sell their gifts.

I shall stop by quoting some interesting lines from a poem .

" When we stray further from love
We are multiplying the words
words into sentences..
Had we remain together
We could have become a silence.."

Hope fine. Do write.


Rafeeque P C

Zreecu.... said...

Thank your sir..You put it in simple words the things thats happening around us...