Advantage and disadvantages of culture indian culture
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Being a believer in mostly Indian culture, I am more likely to see its pros. But I am sure I can justify myself for appreciating the Western Culture as well.
I like how Indian culture teaches us to respect every individual. Elders in the family, neighborhood, etc, are greeted with utmost regard. Hence we have the two different words ‘Tum’ and ‘Aap ’ in our Dictionary, unlike English which has only ‘YOU’.
‘Atithi Devo Bhava’ (Our Guests are Equivalent to the God).
The Joint Family System imbibes a culture of Sharing and Adjusting with each other’s preferences. We learn how to sort our differences easily without making a fuss of every second thing in the household.
The Rites and Rituals (be it for Naamkaran, Wedding, God Bharai or Antim sanskar), all have a meaning. They may seem prolonged but each Sanskrit Shlok behind them have some essence and purpose.
The best part is - Our Indian Culture is highly aligned with Science. Putting Vermilion, mangal sutra and toe rings, Touching the elders’ feet, eating with hands, even defecating in Indian Style has a scientific explanation. I wonder how smart were our ancestors to have know so much about Human Body Ages ago.
As far as Western Culture is concerned, I really appreciate the level of respect one has in their society for Individual’s Privacy. You would never find relatives and neighbors nagging in your personal matters. Here in India, people take our issues too seriously to debate over them and come up with 101 different solutions/advises.
“Advice only when asked for” is one of the Unspoken Western Culture Rule.
It is absolutely normal for a teen (roughly above 18) to move out of his parental house, get a small job, bear his own expenses and live comfortably in a separate apartment. Here the Indian Parents would have a major heart-break if their son leaves their house to settle down elsewhere. Even married couples are sometimes bound to live with the parents, since it is considered an act of Breaking the Household into 2, walking away with your wife, leaving your parents behind (A big Drawback of our society). A couple hardly has its own space and privacy in this set-up and this often leads to severe frustration and fights in the family. But there is no escape. Particularly for the Daughter-in-law, how much you dislike your in-laws, or how much they hate you, you will have to stay together.
A major disadvantage of Indian Culture is Patriarchy. Men seldom allow the women/daughters of the family to work and earn. In a patriarchal culture, men do not want to live on the earning of the women, they feel they are not man enough to make the women step out of the house and work. This Taboo still persists in rural areas and Tier 3 Indian cities.
Well ! In Western culture, children do tend to disrespect their parents, meet them rarely and ignore them, whereas, Indian children are more attached and extremely emotional about their parents, do think of their health, food, finances, etc.
The ‘Baby Sitter’ culture from the West is again a con. Here, an Indian mother, no matter how modern or liberated woman she is, would do everything to be with her child for a substantial period after its birth. I have seen so many women in Indian Corporate extending their 6 months Maternity leave, just because at a point of time, her child is much more important than her career and her salary. Unlike the West, no mother is willing to leave her tiny one in a creche or with the Baby-Sitter too soon.
To sum up, Indian culture may not has 568 answers and 309.8k answer views
When we talk about culture we normally freeze the frames , in actual sense culture is a flowing river which changes it course with time and place. Indian culture before Buddha, before arrival of Islam , before Britishers and now , is vastly different. Culture signify our philosophy toward our life , toward society and toward self.
Culture constitute the traditions which contribute to the growth of society. Having said that ,difference between Indian and western culture is importance of self in western culture, whereas in Indian culture its society or family which gets preference over self. Thus western culture gives more preference to self development but it doesn’t mean they overlook the society or family , it simply means they will play their role to required level be it contribution to society or upbringing of kids. Indian tradition put more emphasis on sacrifices and encourages one to put others ahead of him/her. It result in us having more social life ,
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I like how Indian culture teaches us to respect every individual. Elders in the family, neighborhood, etc, are greeted with utmost regard. Hence we have the two different words ‘Tum’ and ‘Aap ’ in our Dictionary, unlike English which has only ‘YOU’.
‘Atithi Devo Bhava’ (Our Guests are Equivalent to the God).
The Joint Family System imbibes a culture of Sharing and Adjusting with each other’s preferences. We learn how to sort our differences easily without making a fuss of every second thing in the household.
The Rites and Rituals (be it for Naamkaran, Wedding, God Bharai or Antim sanskar), all have a meaning. They may seem prolonged but each Sanskrit Shlok behind them have some essence and purpose.
The best part is - Our Indian Culture is highly aligned with Science. Putting Vermilion, mangal sutra and toe rings, Touching the elders’ feet, eating with hands, even defecating in Indian Style has a scientific explanation. I wonder how smart were our ancestors to have know so much about Human Body Ages ago.
As far as Western Culture is concerned, I really appreciate the level of respect one has in their society for Individual’s Privacy. You would never find relatives and neighbors nagging in your personal matters. Here in India, people take our issues too seriously to debate over them and come up with 101 different solutions/advises.
“Advice only when asked for” is one of the Unspoken Western Culture Rule.
It is absolutely normal for a teen (roughly above 18) to move out of his parental house, get a small job, bear his own expenses and live comfortably in a separate apartment. Here the Indian Parents would have a major heart-break if their son leaves their house to settle down elsewhere. Even married couples are sometimes bound to live with the parents, since it is considered an act of Breaking the Household into 2, walking away with your wife, leaving your parents behind (A big Drawback of our society). A couple hardly has its own space and privacy in this set-up and this often leads to severe frustration and fights in the family. But there is no escape. Particularly for the Daughter-in-law, how much you dislike your in-laws, or how much they hate you, you will have to stay together.
A major disadvantage of Indian Culture is Patriarchy. Men seldom allow the women/daughters of the family to work and earn. In a patriarchal culture, men do not want to live on the earning of the women, they feel they are not man enough to make the women step out of the house and work. This Taboo still persists in rural areas and Tier 3 Indian cities.
Well ! In Western culture, children do tend to disrespect their parents, meet them rarely and ignore them, whereas, Indian children are more attached and extremely emotional about their parents, do think of their health, food, finances, etc.
The ‘Baby Sitter’ culture from the West is again a con. Here, an Indian mother, no matter how modern or liberated woman she is, would do everything to be with her child for a substantial period after its birth. I have seen so many women in Indian Corporate extending their 6 months Maternity leave, just because at a point of time, her child is much more important than her career and her salary. Unlike the West, no mother is willing to leave her tiny one in a creche or with the Baby-Sitter too soon.
To sum up, Indian culture may not has 568 answers and 309.8k answer views
When we talk about culture we normally freeze the frames , in actual sense culture is a flowing river which changes it course with time and place. Indian culture before Buddha, before arrival of Islam , before Britishers and now , is vastly different. Culture signify our philosophy toward our life , toward society and toward self.
Culture constitute the traditions which contribute to the growth of society. Having said that ,difference between Indian and western culture is importance of self in western culture, whereas in Indian culture its society or family which gets preference over self. Thus western culture gives more preference to self development but it doesn’t mean they overlook the society or family , it simply means they will play their role to required level be it contribution to society or upbringing of kids. Indian tradition put more emphasis on sacrifices and encourages one to put others ahead of him/her. It result in us having more social life ,
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The advantage of Indian Culture are;
Joint family system
In India, relations are valued a lot and nuclear families were the western culture because from the older times people of the families live jointly in India.
Rituals
Rituals play a very important role in shaping the opinion of people here. since India is a land of diverse religion and every religion follows its own rituals according to their beliefs.
The disadvantage of Indian culture is
Dowry system
This is the biggest disadvantage of Indian culture which in spite of laws cannot be removed. in this system, women were expected to bring gifts and many other things at the time of their marriage.
Patriarchy
Patriarchy is also a disadvantage because still Indian family is dominated by the male members and still girl child is known as the curse to various Families.
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