pauldmps said:
You might have not said that but that's what most "rich & modern" youth in today's world feel.
Thats just lame, sid hinted derisively at this idea where if its cheap it isn't fun. Of course only the rich would say that because there is no way for them to snob others about it. Holi is quite unique not aware of any other culture doing something similar.
There is another thing i dont want the 'rich & modern ' to mess with and that is diwali. You can get away with crazy stuff here compared to abroad. Quite insane.
pauldmps said:
It is not about being bad but being unnecessary. We are not in Europe. We have a unique culture of which we are proud of & which people from other countries admire. I just don't like today's youth forgetting our culture & adopting things which are not our own.
Subjective and smells of the same thing you accuse the 'rich & modern'. Basically here its fear that foreign stuff will supplant indigenous. It could or it could enrich as well. There's just too many ppl in this country to lose its basic nature.
Do you eat chillies (mexican), tomatoes & potatoes (both from s.america) , well those are all foreign and not indigenous. Can you imagine not cooking with them in 'indian' dishes. There's prolly a lot more as well. but nobody seems to care. Pomergranates are from Iran. Tobacco is from the america, Naans are from afghanistan. Tea comes from China, if it wasn't the craze the Brits had over it we'd never have become tea drinkers.
All of this comes from trade, so what is the problem with trade of ideas ?
pauldmps said:
Would European youth adopt our culture ? No. So why should we do theirs ? It their stuff better than us?
This way of thinking keeps us dumb & uninformed. Why hold european youth up at the altar as if they are the best. The problem we have here is we don't develop stuff as fast as they do. Use ideas and come up with new things. Keeping a closed mind only keeps us in the same ditch.
Was in the country some time back and what surprised me was youth singing folk songs of their parents generation, do they have any folk songs of their generation, no. Why ? no answer.
pauldmps said:
In that case, you should join Delhi or Pune or Ranchi police. They are spending a good amount of time whacking off general public who're protesting in peaceful ways.
(Just kidding, don't take it seriously).
or become a rowdy
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