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INDIAN CULTURE ASSIGNMENT INDIAN CULTURE VS WESTERN CULTURE Let us move towards INDIIAN CULTURE...
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Indian Culture vs Western Culture. Cultures differ from one country to another and from one region to another. No culture can be the same. This is also true with reference to Indian and western culture. The Indian and western cultures differ in many aspects, such as, family relations, marital life, food, clothing, social life, and religious life. Indian culture is considered to be one of the oldest cultures whereas western culture is considered to be modern The East stands for spiritualism, the West for materialism, people of the East care more for the development of the soul and for life after death than for the life in this world and for physical comforts. The Westerners, one the other hand, are worldly minded. They do not care for any future life, but want to enjoy their present life. Hence, we find in the West a mad race for wealth, luxury and comfort. The East has been the birthplace of the great religious teachers- Christ, Buddha, Gandhi, etc were born, and it was here that they lived and preached. The west, on the other hand, is the home of modern science and technology. Wonderful inventions have been made. Man has acquired power over nature and he is now capable of performing miracles worthy of the gods. The Eastern and the Western Temperaments too, are poles apart. The Easterners are tolerant and self-sacrificing. They are peace-loving. They do not like to cause the least harm to others. They can bear the greatest hardship for others, and can sacrifice their own good for the common cause. Their social life is peaceful. As far as possible they like to settle their differences through mutual agreement and compromise. The Westerners, one the other hand, are quarrelsome and aggressive. They cannot tolerate
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the views of others. They care more for their own good than for the good of others. They are selfish and uncompromising. No doubt, the Westerners have greater means of comfort and luxury, but all their worldly wealth does not bring them any greater happiness. Their scientist have manufactured Atom Bomb and the Hydrogen bomb with which they can destroy each other. They live in constant fear of war and destruction. The satisfaction of one want leads to another and so they are ever dissatisfied and miserable. The Easterners believed in the limitation of wants and so they are happy in spite of their poverty. They may not have the power over nature that the Westerners have but they have the power of soul. Until now the East and the West are kept apart. the The Westerner, with their feeling of superiority, came to the East only to rule and to exploit. They looked down upon the Easterners and considered them uncivilized barbarians. But now the conditions are fast changing. The East is coming into it own. More and more Westerners are now realizing that the Easterners-India, China and Japan-have brought about a change in the attitude of the West towards the East. They are shedding their superiority and meeting the East on terms of equality. The views of Kipling now longer holds true today. . When talking of family life, there is a great bond between family members in the Indian culture which cannot be seen in western culture. In Indian culture, one can come across joint families. When talking of western culture, however, they have only small family units. Another difference that can be seen is that western culture is more open. Though social mixing is very much common in western culture, these are not approved of in Indian
culture. In dressing, the Indians dress in a very modest way and do not wear revealing dresses. Wearing revealing dresses, however, is quite common in the western culture.
Religion and Spiritual Beliefs

The major religions in the Western cultures are Judaism and Christianity. These are both monotheistic faiths, meaning they are religions where people acknowledge that there is only one God. The Indian culture acknowledges the presence of several gods. Another difference about the two religions is that Indians strictly follow their religious teachings to avoid bringing shame and dishonor to them and their families. Westerners are less strict with religious teachings.
Social Life
Westerners can freely interact with the opposite sex and even have intimate relations with their friends. Such behavior is frowned upon in India. Whereas the concept of arranged marriages is no longer practiced by Westerners, it is still practiced in India. Some of these marriages have been planned since a person's birth. In India, people undertake their jobs proudly regardless of the position. Showing up late for work, though considered normal in Western cultures, is considered a sign of disrespect in India.
Gender Equality
Gender equality is valued in Western culture but ignored in the Indian culture. Wives are supposed to submit to their husbands' commands. If a marriage fails in India, in most cases it is the wife who is blamed for not taking care of her husband properly. This will bring shame to the woman's family.
Family Life
The family concept and its values is a key part of Indian culture. This is lacking in the Western culture where the concept has been forgotten. Indians respect their parents and elders regardless of how old they are. In the West, this is clearly lacking as many children, mainly teenagers disrespect and rebel against their parents' wishes. A person is more likely to worry about bringing honor and praise to their families more than a Westerner would
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eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/info_8158751_difference-indian-culture-westernculture.html#ixzz1gccOmn4f Difference between Indian culture and Western culture Many debates surround the Indian and the western cultures. It is true that that these cultures differ in many ways ranging from eating habits ,the way of dressing ,marriage and even on socio economic lives . The western culture has gone through a series of transformations assuming different philosophies and civilizations throughout the ages whereas the Indian culture has been seen to be more conservative on their way of life. Looking at a subject like the feeding habits you are suddenly met by a very cutting difference between the two cultures where the Indians would prefer a heavy lunch and not much fascinated with the idea of having dinner , on the other hand their western counterparts go the opposite direction superior appetite for dinner over lunch . having a
The Indians are more keen with how they wear making sure they avoid exposure of body but their brothers in the west are not bothered with whatever style you use , in other words the western culture is quite liberal on dressing habits. Indians are one group of people who value family a lot but as for the western world that much brotherhood is not there . Dating and marriage is another very controversial issue everywhere in the world . In the west though the culture is considerably lenient but in the Indian world it is one sphere of live where strict morals are observed . Multiple affairs as well as nudity are highly discouraged in the Indian culture , while the western culture remains silent about it . Food : Recently its being noticed that the influence of the western culture in India is increasing to a great extent. Not only people talk and dress like the westerns but also have started eating like them. The western fast food market has set up a profitable base in India. Burgers, pizzas, etc. have become household foods now. Todays generation is more inclined to eat these tasty foods than the nutritious food that are more needed. Though these foods are tasty and easy to prepare, they have a lot of bad effects. Though theres still not enough evidence found on the real dangers of the fast food lifestyle, recent studies have shown that fast food, eaten
constantly over several years, increases the likelihood of both obesity and diabetes. One of the problems is that fast foods have, in general, a high glycemic food index. This study confirms the strong association between the frequency of eating at fast-food restaurants and an increase in weight gain and insulin resistance. The study doesn't indicate which aspect of fast food is responsible - portion size (which influences total energy intake) or the composition of the diet, or both. And doubtless the availability of giant soda drinks (Coca-Cola, Pepsi, etc) at fast-food outlets must carry some responsibility. There's evidence from other studies that the composition of fast foods usually has a high glycemic food index, which is known to increase the risk for development of diabetes.Though the solution of this problem may not be so easy, health education, together with increased availability of good but cheap food, is the best approach. And you should study the glycemic food index for your favorite "fast" foods -they may surprise you
Places of fun and social interactions such as night clubs , casinos , discos are very common in the west where they are accompanied by many morally
unacceptable indulgences but the Indians are not equally fascinated by them but they outdo the westerners in costume varieties .
Impact of westernization on Indian culture. Its pros & cons & how to tackle with grown trend of westernization Indian Culture, which is one of the oldest & richest cultures, is now days posing a serious threat as western culture is establishing its strong base in India and slowly and gradually wiping the Indian culture. It had already made its presence in Metros & now slowly heading towards other parts of India. Westernization has greatly effected our traditions, customs, our family and our respect and love for others. The concept of joint families is fastly decreasing every one wants to remain aloof from others. No body now bother about others and only cares about himself which is totally contradictory to our Indian culture which teaches to be a part of each other Joys and Sorrows to celebrate the moments together and share the grief together. Slowly all our values for which India has the pride is vanishing & western culture is taking its place. People are blindly following the western culture without knowing its consequences. Westernization has given rise to single families. Marriages are fastly breaking & our tolerance and patience has given the answer. The most effected are our new blooms, which have sprouted they find themselves stressed and isolated in this new atmosphere as there is no one to take care of them. They will not get the care and love of their Grand parents and they find themselves in crutches were some others will take care of them. It is very unfortunate that the new sprouts remain untouched and cut off from our moral values and sanskaras. In todays Scenario were both husband & wife are working there is no one at home to look after them to inherit the sanskaras in them as our elders who gives these sanskaras to their grand children are not with them. To many cases it is not deliberate but in majority of case the children prefers to remain away from their parents which is very unfortunate.
Theres no harm in taking good things from western but this does not mean that we should completely adopt it and pretend to be western and misrepresent our identity. It is understandable that India is growing in every field and there is necessity of knowing all the cultures and their traditions. To some extent it is fine but we should not pretend that we dislike the Indian values and likes only western culture. We have to preserve our identity. One thing should be always kept in mind that western world is looking India for its honesty and its rich Cultural heritage. It is shocking to see that Indians are forgetting their culture and western people are seeing India for obtaining salvation. They are coming here for seeking the true peace, which is total absent there. India has earned a good name in the field of Yoga and meditation were our gurus are giving teachings to western countries how to relax themselves & how to keep themselves away from disease were in India it is contradictory to it. People are only seeing money as necessity and for the same they do any thing, which is very shocking. It is very unfortunate that todays generation has very little knowledge about their culture, traditions & their roots. This is not their mistake but the mistake of their parents who does not enlighten their children about their roots about their rich cultural heritage. Contradictory to it Parents feel proud in giving the western Sanskaras to their children. Children are brought up in this atmosphere. They are thus kept miles away from Indian culture. There is no harm in giving the knowledge of other cultures and traditions as Indians have made their presence in every part of world and it is very necessary that we should have knowledge of their culture, traditions and their language. We should do but to the limit, which is really needed, and also take care that our new sprouts are well versed with Indian culture and its values. It is the responsibility of parents to
inherit the same and for this it is very necessary that parents should also be well versed with Indian culture and traditions. No doubt the western culture is versatile and has taught to be self-independent but this does not mean that we will forget our culture at all and blindly follow it. Since India has the tradition to take good things from others but this does not mean that we will completely forget our values. We should feel proud that we are Indian s and we have such a rich cultural heritage which is very rare and should carry this forward and inherit the same to our New blooms who are going to be our future
Western words and philosophy.
Let me first present an intriguing difficulty for all who wish to study the influences of Indian ideas, values, and beliefs on Western literature. Consider that some key words on both sides of the East-West divide have no translatable equivalents. SANSKRIT: artha, avatara, dharma, kala, kama, karma, moksha, nirvana, shanti ENGLISH; absolution (of sins), blasphemy, guilt, heaven, hell, incarnation, irony, miracle, religion, resurrection, secular, sin, tragedy This very much affects how Indian philosophy is represented in Western literature. Words that cannot be translated are given a description that may not represent the true intention or its value within Indian culture. Plus, we may attribute some of our cultural concepts to make meaning of theirs, when actually those concepts may not even exist in the original context.
For example, Indian philosophy has no word for miracle in Sanskrit or any of the Indian languages. Miracles cannot happen because nothing in this world of matter and karma operates outside the orbit of matter and karma. Hindu gods have notoriously clay feet and are subject to the laws of cause and effect as are we poor mortals. The gods we worship are the gods we create; we cannot worship the God who creates us. Hindus have no word for heaven in the sense of eternal reward. Our heaven is a temporary abode, after the enjoyment of which one is born again and given another chance to do better than gaining heaven. Hindus also do not pray in the way Westerners do; to Hindus, prayers granted become curses. Hindus feel one should pray, but not because one wants something. One prays because one has everythingthat is, lifefor prayer is really a thanksgiving, not a supplication. The tragedy of life is not that we dont get what we want, but that we get exactly what we wantand with its built-in opposite. Thats the fearsome catch. You think it, you wish it, you dream it, you reach for it, you get itand youve had it. The point is that in this ambivalent world, sweets bring stomachache, toys bring boredom, pleasure brings pain; sex, fame, money, and power are dreadfully counterproductive. Our sweetest songs are those that tell the saddest thoughts. Even life brings death, for the only way not to die is not to be born. Dharma does not mean religion but that which is stable, from the root dhri meaning earth. There are four such stabilities operating simultaneously at any given moment in every individuals life: sava-dharma (self-stability, the instinct of self-preservation, individuality); kula-dharma (family-stability); yuga-dharma (the spirit of the age); and sanatana-dharma (that which is unchanging, eternal, absolute). Like all of us in the conflicts of life, Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra is caught simultaneously in these four dharmas and has to choose. His choice will determine the quality of his character. Not choosing is not an option.
Kala is Cosmic Time. Its a glorious mystery. It means both yesterday and tomorrow. Its movement, if it can be said to move, is apparently circular, not linear. In kala all is created; in kala all is killed. Kala is mahakala (great time) as well; and mahakala is Shiva, who is Destroyer and Creator. The feminine of kala is, of course, Kali, the horrific, malevolent yet blessed dark goddess, the symbol of all-consuming Time. Time past and time present/ Are both contained in time future,/ and time future/ Contained in time past./ If all time is eternally present/ All time is unredeemable. Fine, but how do you redeem the redeemer? These lines from T. S. Eliots The Four Quartets make difficult sense to the Indian reader. Sanskrit has no word for irony, either. The use of words to express something other than or the exact opposite of their literal meaning is more associated with clever city-based civilizations than with the sentimental forest-based ones. English is so charged with irony that I constantly have to be careful when choosing words to translate sacred and secular Sanskrit or other Indian texts. Finally, in none of the Indian languages is there a word for tragedy. Pain, misery, suffering, loss, hurt, despair, downfall, even anguish, but not tragedy. Heaven is a disproportionate reward (its really a punishment!) for good deeds, and hell a disproportionate punishment for bad deedsor so the Indian sensibility feels. To the Western mind, tragedy is acceptable as extreme punishment of the hubris-ridden hero. Excessive punishment or reward just doesnt work in a culture fine-tuned to the workings of karma. The German poet/philosopher Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (17491832) clarified this idea by saying, Nature is always correct; man makes right and wrong. An Indian would have liked to add: and good and evil; and venial sin and mortal sin; and permanent heaven and permanent hell; and forgiveness and absolution. Another example of discretionary translation is that there can be no word for blasphemy because genuine blasphemy is a reverse declaration of faith. As Ralph Waldo Emerson says
in his poem Brahma: They reckon ill who leave me out. When me they fly, I am the wings. I am the doubter and the doubt, And I the hymn the Brahmin sings.
While some poets, novelists, and thinkers may take in whole and without question whatever appeals to them in the Indian tradition, the major creative writers of the West do not. They explore, differ, dissect, and when they do accept, make changes they feel are necessary. You cannot be firmly grounded in your own culture and uncritically absorb the values of another without making your integrity suspect. Plus, mindless acceptance could be seen as a form of disrespect to the other cultures identity. This is perhaps why W. B. Yeats, in his last years, did a startling about turn and began to criticize what he decided was Rabindranath Tagores mystic-romantic over-sweetness and flabbinessthe same Yeats who once, riding the top of a London double-decker in 1911, had to close the MS of the Gitanjali (Git means song and Anjali means offering, songs of offering) translations he had been carrying with him for days because he feared some stranger would see how much it moved me. T. S. Eliot may have come to the same conclusion when after deciding in his youth to convert to Buddhism, he then suddenly withdrew. Eliot gave the reason for his pullout later. He said he had felt he would have to empty himself of all his Western religious and cultural heritage in order to fill himself with the Buddhist ethosmore daunting and risky a task than what he preferred to undertake. Two mature traditions in a face-off situation? The need, perhaps, is to affirm that all mature civilizations offer metaphysical and related
attractions, without one mature civilization having to be defensive against another. The task is to transmute and absorb. The next part of this essay examines how some literary and musical figures have done, or not done, this. Let us look briefly at a few poets, a novelist, and some songwritersEmerson, Yeats, Eliot, Hesse, and the Beatlesand how they were influenced by Indian culture and philosophy.
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Mounting western culture degrading India on the whole.Have you ever seen the pictures of Jatindranath Mukerjee or Chandrasekhar Azad or Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose? Apart from being leading revolutionaries of the Indian freedom struggle, these three great personalities had something more in common. Almost in each picture you will find each of them clad in perfect Indian attire or dhoti-kurta. Do you find the same dress among Indians still? Unfortunately, it is becoming almost extinct more and more and the day is not far when its best position will be in the museum of any Indian metropolis. What inference can you draw from this lamentable specimen? Western influence is rising in the Indian society by leaps and bounds and its intensity is rising with the passing of each year almost. There is hardly any doubt that the entire course is moving contrary to the dreams of the founding fathers of independent India in August 15, 1947.
They had thought that the country, winning independence after the freedom struggle of almost two centuries at a stretch, would regain its vigor and set up its basis, rooted in its own intrinsic culture, with conviction. What we are witnessing at the moment is not sad or unfortunate only but just the opposite also. Within the seven decades of national independence influences of Indian culture have started to drain almost. Even if there is any, it is under the greater protection of the western umbrella. Well, you dont have to go anywhere else a few glimpses of the Indian television scenario or cable televisions are going to be enough. Gone are the days when the Indian television industry used to speak in favor of national harmony, secular traditions and unity in diversity.
These days, the messages of national unification have ceased to come to the fore and the programs have been replaced by reality shows dominated by women clad in skimpy dresses. These sorts of shows go against the age-old Indian traditions and in a word, affront Indian values only. But Indians are so wild that they have little time for the national stature. Is India developing then or on the wane? You have to make the decision. Let us all come together and live the beautiful past again , CHILDREN will enjoy the bed time stories from their dada daadi , The fun of eating with so many people the desi ghee food and fresh milk of nearby cows, Let us all enjoy the feeling of togetherness by not adding people on facebook but by adding them in our life and feel them Let us watch Malgudi days, hum log,yahi hein zindagi ...
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INDIAN CULTURE ASSIGNMENT INDIAN CULTURE VS WESTERN CULTURE Let us move towards INDIIAN CULTURE...

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Religion and Spiritual Beliefs

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Western words and philosophy.

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Make alive the Indian culture:

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