I was browsing through different user profiles (jus like a normal orkut user does), a series of similiarity crept amongst them. Often i would find testimonials written wid immaculate english and brilliant words portrayin the person as nothin less dan god. Its was surprising to find a larger no. of profiles with elvis n beatles and without hariharan and jagjit singh. Shakiras n beyonces were seen in every profile, could never c lata mangeshkar or asha bhosle. I could never find shri shri ravishankar or hariprasad chaurasiya but definitely found a linkin park or korn within the profiles.
I wondered as to where, as indians, are we leadin? Reading a munshi premchand is down market, a sidney sheldon is a gr8 choice. The sweet sound of the harmonium has been now limited to beggars in the local trains, while the young man of 2de loves the guitar. We are not sure abt the no. of spokes the ashok chakra contains but are pretty sure abt the no. of stars in the american flag. War of troy seems to b more interestin than d mahabharata and ramayana. We know everythin abt alexander bt still get confused amongst samudragupta and chandragupta. Classical dance and music is a strict no-no but hardcore rock and latino salsa is jus fine.
I question as to why we feel ashamed to know our culture? Why is it mediocre being an indian and superior being a westerner? Indian culture is somehow not visible amongst us. A western influence is never bad, but the wholesome acceptance is. All the gr8 literature, history, science, et al of india are left completely unknown and untouched.Hope the indians could understand the gr8ness of their culture and experience the ecstasy encapsulated in it..
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great yaar gullu!
but wht o u thnik?will dis make any kind of diference?
since years i ve been speakin all dis to every1!but sometimes my own ppl find me 'BORING'!!!!????
so better v hav 2 accept ppl as they r....
but 1 thing is there.....absolute truth....ultimate truth....
OURS IS THE GREATEST CULTURE IN THE WORLD!!!.....irrespective of the number of ppl admiring it!!!
when u'll thnk upon some small things u'll come to know abt the greatness whichh is there.....
Though this might well be indirectly aimed at me, I think you still have a point. People have simply stopped admiring Indian culture. But I will have to disagree with you in certain things. First, the present developments in any of the art fields don't seem too promising and there seems to be a kind of stagnancy as far as art is concerned. And second, people tend to adore western talent as it usually is better than what we have here. The prime reason for this is that 'western' usually means various nations and the best artists from these nations get noticed.
i think stagnancy is due to our own ignorance. u can find great, intelligent people in any culture throughout d world. Secondly, i dnt understand why american?? i think italian culture is great. Take intakes from that 2. check out japanese culture. But b4 all dat lets check wat lies within our culture, lets strengthen our roots first..!!
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