06-03-2009, 09:11 PM
Shavitriji,
What you say is all true but to transform the society to these noble ways of thinking and to get the influence translate into votes during the general election is a very difficult task. In the years to come, it will become more increasingly difficult. You may have noticed the spread of English medium school all over India. In course of time, children from these schools will constitute the young voters of our nation. They by no stretch of imagination can be expected to be remaining totally unaffected from the influence of European political and social thoughts.
In the metro cities of India, you look at the dress code. The sari is fast giving way to jeans, trousers etc. The number of children from ordinary middle class family frequenting the pubs and disco is ever increasing. As the society becomes more affluent this process will get speeded up, if the present trend is allowed to continue.
Till a decade back, even upped middle class ladies very rarely and reluctantly used to drink and smoke in public but that is no longer the case. The tolerance level of the society has also increased and now there is increasing new definitions being added to what is considered to be moral and what is immoral. The recent problem and the noise in the media on the beating of youngsters in pubs at Mangalore generated considerable media debate for quite sometime. If you have followed the subsequent press reports, you must have noticed the huge umber of defenders for the pub goers. This indicates which way the wind is blowing particularly down south.
So best of luck to you.
What you say is all true but to transform the society to these noble ways of thinking and to get the influence translate into votes during the general election is a very difficult task. In the years to come, it will become more increasingly difficult. You may have noticed the spread of English medium school all over India. In course of time, children from these schools will constitute the young voters of our nation. They by no stretch of imagination can be expected to be remaining totally unaffected from the influence of European political and social thoughts.
In the metro cities of India, you look at the dress code. The sari is fast giving way to jeans, trousers etc. The number of children from ordinary middle class family frequenting the pubs and disco is ever increasing. As the society becomes more affluent this process will get speeded up, if the present trend is allowed to continue.
Till a decade back, even upped middle class ladies very rarely and reluctantly used to drink and smoke in public but that is no longer the case. The tolerance level of the society has also increased and now there is increasing new definitions being added to what is considered to be moral and what is immoral. The recent problem and the noise in the media on the beating of youngsters in pubs at Mangalore generated considerable media debate for quite sometime. If you have followed the subsequent press reports, you must have noticed the huge umber of defenders for the pub goers. This indicates which way the wind is blowing particularly down south.
So best of luck to you.