National Democratic Party Indian (NDPI) Chief Rajesh Gupta on Tuesday in an interview with a news channel said, “Indian culture has been changing over the past few years due to the influence of western culture and Westernization is affecting one of the world’s oldest and richest cultures by taking away the traditions, customs and family values that were once predominant in traditional Indian household.
NDPI leader said, it is very unfortunate that our new generation is forgetting the traditional family values of Indian culture,” The Indian culture, often labeled as an amalgamation of several cultures, spans across the Indian subcontinent and has been influenced by a history that is several millennia old. Much of India’s cultural identity is reflected in its vibrant religious festivals. Every festival tells a story which imparts spiritual truths, adding meaning to daily life. The symbolism serves to uplift and unite, and maintain India’s ancient traditions. Gupta further added, “It is a culture where guests are treated as gods, family members live under the same household until death, people have the belief that ‘karma’ plays a significant role in determining their life, respecting elders and every other religion is taught since birth and following traditions makes one a proud Indian. But these things are fast becoming obsolete and are slowly losing their sheen.
NDPI President urged the young generation that you are the future of the country and you must adopt the traditional family values. The youngsters out rightly rejected it as they have nothing to do with centuries old tradition. Gupta said,” The youngsters do not respect their elders anymore as they used to. Old people are no longer revered but are treated like a burden. Joint family system is vanishing fast and children are no longer taught the virtues of a true Indian. Even divorce cases are more common and marriages have ceased being sacred. People no longer try to help each other and communal clashes
are on the rise. Moreover, our festivals that promoted brotherhood have lost their charm as the people have adopted western festivals with much more people fun and frolic.
Rajesh Gupta appealed to teachers of all education institutions and parents to teach their children by introducing traditions and cultures. For instance, the 30 minutes per day time will be allocated by their parents and talk about their cultures and traditions. Similarly, ancestors’ traditions and cultures will be taught in the schools by the teachers. For example, teachers can teach at least 30 minutes ancestor’s stories. to guide their traditional family values, cooking traditional food items, and to develop children’s lifestyles. The traditions and customs are vitally important for people’s life, said, Gupta .
Indian traditions, customs, family values fast becoming
obsolete and are slowly losing their sheen: Rajesh Gupta
