An essay of about 100 words on impact of globalization on urban culture
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Globalization is the process which expands and accelerates the movement of ideas and exchange of commodities over vast distances. From a global perspective, globalization's most important impacts are often highly localized. Globalization really affects people with respect to their way of life, culture, taste, fashion, preferences, etc. It has led to good and bad effects on the lives of the people. With the dream of great opportunities, people used to move from east to west and vice-versa. But, the global financial crisis all over the world resulted in reverse migration. Researches had proved that many foreign-born workers; mainly from China and India, have considered returning home to better job opportunities. Will the crisis reverse global migration? Migration is a major factor in global society. A recent study shows how the share of migrants in the total population has more than has doubled over the last forty years. Today, migration flows of workers from developing to developed countries have slowed down, due to the economic crisis. But increasing poverty at home and demand for low wage workers in rich countries will fuel ongoing migration flows.
We live in an intensely interdependent world in which all the earth's peoples with their immense differences of culture and historical experience are compressed together in instant communication. We face today a world of almost infinite promise which is also a world of terminal danger. This phenomenon has been titled 'Globalization.' 'The Era of Globalization' is fast becoming the preferred term for describing the current times. Just as the Depression, the Cold War Era, the Space Age, and the Roaring 20's are used to describe particular periods of history; Globalization describes the political, economic, and cultural atmosphere of today. While some people think of Globalization as primarily a synonym for global business, it is much more than that. The same forces that allow businesses to operate as if national borders did not exist also allow social activists, labour organizers, journalists, academics, international terrorists and many others to work on a global stage.
Indian culture which in effect means multicultural, multi-religious, multi-community civilization and multiple ways of life are under the lethal threat of the ruthless forces of globalization today. What went by the name of colonialism in classical history textbooks produced in the days of British rule has been replaced today by the synonym of globalization. The unbridled expansion of western culture has continued at an accelerated rate along with the denigration and decline of Indian culture, civilization, religion, art, literature and customs. This new colonialism has taken on several new faces or rather put on new masks. It cleverly masquerades itself through labels and slogans like democracy, humanitarian rights, gender equality, internationalism, free trade and humanitarianism. In the name of modernization and Globalization it pretends to be uplifting peoples whom it is really exploiting. This is not very different in either kind or intent from old western colonialism “British imperialism in the Indian context”, which vaunted itself as the benign bringer of civilization and culture to the uncivilized world. It was given the glorious title of 'White Man's Burden'.
We live in an intensely interdependent world in which all the earth's peoples with their immense differences of culture and historical experience are compressed together in instant communication. We face today a world of almost infinite promise which is also a world of terminal danger. This phenomenon has been titled 'Globalization.' 'The Era of Globalization' is fast becoming the preferred term for describing the current times. Just as the Depression, the Cold War Era, the Space Age, and the Roaring 20's are used to describe particular periods of history; Globalization describes the political, economic, and cultural atmosphere of today. While some people think of Globalization as primarily a synonym for global business, it is much more than that. The same forces that allow businesses to operate as if national borders did not exist also allow social activists, labour organizers, journalists, academics, international terrorists and many others to work on a global stage.
Indian culture which in effect means multicultural, multi-religious, multi-community civilization and multiple ways of life are under the lethal threat of the ruthless forces of globalization today. What went by the name of colonialism in classical history textbooks produced in the days of British rule has been replaced today by the synonym of globalization. The unbridled expansion of western culture has continued at an accelerated rate along with the denigration and decline of Indian culture, civilization, religion, art, literature and customs. This new colonialism has taken on several new faces or rather put on new masks. It cleverly masquerades itself through labels and slogans like democracy, humanitarian rights, gender equality, internationalism, free trade and humanitarianism. In the name of modernization and Globalization it pretends to be uplifting peoples whom it is really exploiting. This is not very different in either kind or intent from old western colonialism “British imperialism in the Indian context”, which vaunted itself as the benign bringer of civilization and culture to the uncivilized world. It was given the glorious title of 'White Man's Burden'.
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