04-02-2007, 07:41 AM
It is sad to see that today many Indians are not Indian. That is they do not practice Indian culture; they practice Western culture. When I went to India just a few years ago, I met so many Indians who said to me "I was born in the wrong country; I should have been born in the West"
The Indian media is the main culprit in the propogation of Western culture, particularly Bollywood. Why do we have to have slots for what is happening in Hollywood on <b>Indian</b> television? Why do our Bollywood celebs attend Hollywood film premieres and elevate Hollywood celebs? Why copy Western subjects, when we have such a rich repostiry of subjects in India?
What really disturbed me, was watching "Men Mangey More" on how personalities like Pamela Anderson were being glorified.
We seem to be fast losing the Indian identity. The next generation of Indians are being born in an MTV, Mcdonaldized culture, and seem to be ignorant of India's glorious past and its culture. It 's Maculays vision coming true.
How can we recontruct a national Indian identity? How do we restore India to it's Vedic tradition, and yet still retain the modernity?
The Indian media is the main culprit in the propogation of Western culture, particularly Bollywood. Why do we have to have slots for what is happening in Hollywood on <b>Indian</b> television? Why do our Bollywood celebs attend Hollywood film premieres and elevate Hollywood celebs? Why copy Western subjects, when we have such a rich repostiry of subjects in India?
What really disturbed me, was watching "Men Mangey More" on how personalities like Pamela Anderson were being glorified.
We seem to be fast losing the Indian identity. The next generation of Indians are being born in an MTV, Mcdonaldized culture, and seem to be ignorant of India's glorious past and its culture. It 's Maculays vision coming true.
How can we recontruct a national Indian identity? How do we restore India to it's Vedic tradition, and yet still retain the modernity?