tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15010755.post113553058799515770..comments2023-10-14T20:58:17.693+05:30Comments on A Wind-up Bird Chronicle: The Culture labelapuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07806361192017548240noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15010755.post-77444199635985276292007-02-07T23:27:00.000+05:302007-02-07T23:27:00.000+05:30Wonderful and informative web site. I used informa...Wonderful and informative web site. I used information from that site its great. <a href="http://www.ford-mustang-1.info/Nissanmotorcorporation.html">Village ford</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15010755.post-1135827013647423642005-12-29T09:00:00.000+05:302005-12-29T09:00:00.000+05:30"Freedom, I believe, is best learnt through obedie..."Freedom, I believe, is best learnt through obedience. "<BR/><BR/>Scary thought!<BR/><BR/>Seriously, I don't believe in this "We". Who is to say that "all of us" need to follow this culture? As an individual, what if I say that I don't want this culture...Beyond the argument of which culture is better for me, as an individual I am still entitled to reject or question something...<BR/><BR/>So I apuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07806361192017548240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15010755.post-1135791507320584142005-12-28T23:08:00.000+05:302005-12-28T23:08:00.000+05:30That's quite true - the Indian middle class has bo...That's quite true - the Indian middle class has borne the collective burden of our culture.<BR/><BR/>When I say aping other cultures, I broadly speak of practices that would not be characteristic of an Indian society. We need to thresh the external influence in order to separate the wheat from the chaff, if you will.<BR/><BR/>I wouldn't think our culture has decayed, it has not lost its identity Sriharihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17565542670453504087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15010755.post-1135791332948212762005-12-28T23:05:00.000+05:302005-12-28T23:05:00.000+05:30This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Sriharihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17565542670453504087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15010755.post-1135777112237184262005-12-28T19:08:00.000+05:302005-12-28T19:08:00.000+05:30and accept it or not - the flow of information wil...and accept it or not - the flow of information will only get faster and the quantum will also increase. and when u talk of aping another culture - what culture are we talking about here? there are no cultures that the youth can see anywhere.... and there is no such thing as a western culture either... even though you could put indian culture under one subhead...alchemisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01853155220357060381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15010755.post-1135776838076476932005-12-28T19:03:00.000+05:302005-12-28T19:03:00.000+05:30what is our culture anyway? anything and everythin...what is our culture anyway? anything and everything to protect and preserve and keep in line the huge mass of middle class. thats about it. the classes above and below are exempt from culture. <BR/>besides our culture is just a facade - and exists to keep up the pretence.<BR/>as for chastity and virtue - they became our culture when our nation was repeatedly invaded by marauding tribes (in most alchemisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01853155220357060381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15010755.post-1135614990854777612005-12-26T22:06:00.000+05:302005-12-26T22:06:00.000+05:30Its not really so much about "our culture" versus ...Its not really so much about "our culture" versus theirs, and which is better. What I am against is the blind obedience to habits which is then conveniently classified as culture.<BR/><BR/>Again, when you say *youth*, in our society, what is really youth? A 25 year old is not really *allowed* to, for example, choose a person to get married to, in many cases. Would you call such a person a *youth*apuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07806361192017548240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15010755.post-1135576255075976842005-12-26T11:20:00.000+05:302005-12-26T11:20:00.000+05:30Aparna, I would'nt entirely agree that safeguardin...Aparna, I would'nt entirely agree that safeguarding our 'culture' is wrong and that we do not give due respect for freedom, in particular,freedom to our youth. I agree that excesses (imagine excessive freedom as opposed to excessive restrictions - an analogy would be cars on a highway) are definitely not ideal, but who's to say what the balance is? <BR/><BR/>I, personally, think today's youth Sriharihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17565542670453504087noreply@blogger.com