The latest fiasco at the Vidhan Soudha involving certain "XXX" ministers opened a floodgate of criticism. And a serious matter it is too. There is a place and time for everything. But surprisingly, the emphasis of all the criticism seems to be the video in question rather than the unabashed display of contempt towards the proceedings in the House. It just makes me wonder whether they would have gotten away with watching a movie or a cricket match.
In my view, sleeping during proceedings (a favorite pass-time of namma ex PM), vulgar language etc are just as serious. Only in India can we ignore everything negative that is prevalent in our society and take a very hard stand on the vices that we're not familiar with. Pornography is as real a component in our society today as smoking and drinking and we very conveniently turn a blind eye to the latter two.
Are we becoming a nation of hypocrites? We, who in microcosm live quite amicably with our choice vices, fall on certain things alien to us and brand it "Anti-Indian Culture".
Modern India is facing a race-culture issue.
It will be fun to see the subtle developments in our society in the coming years.
Is it essential to continue our rigid stand or should we just accept what our society is becoming (the positives and the negatives)? Can we possibly turn our backs to and stop the tide of (the quite stupidly tagged) western influence and preserve the (quite unbelievable and apparently) Utopian society of the India of the past ages?
One thing is for sure. Our outlook on society is as outdated as the textbooks our school-kids study. Both need some serious updation.
Sunday, February 12, 2012
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