Globalisation….glocalisation….glocal…there are so many jargons to describe the ever increasing India’s move towards liberalization.. it is almost 16 years that right from politicians to laymen talking about how India is growing in the global economy. The Indian parents say that they never ever heard about the salary what the Indian youth are earning now…. Do all these have any impact on the society? Of course… I think there can be anyone who would think pessimistically for this question. But what had this transformation do to the society? Has it become more individualistic? Some humanists argue that individualism is an essential characteristic of a developed economy. They say that as India is in the process of economic development, such cultural changes or rather shocks are inevitable ingredient in the transformation phase. Narrow thinking in terms of individualism…everything happens because of self.. and “don’t care attitude”. I happened to see this quotation in one of the street shops…”Don’t tell your problems to others, because 70% of them are not bothered and the rest 30% would be happy”…..I was just thinking of this for a while and tried to comprehend the reason why the author would have written such a rude and crude statement. Especially in this world where every one treats the other one as a competitor and threat to the other person’s survival which starts right from kindergarten and continues in the work environment and sometimesin person life as well. As a matter of fact, this thought leads to braggy attitude in the work space and creates tension, anxiety and people seem to be perturbed all the time. Concern for others is slowly fading away and there might be a situation where would be some workshops regarding the same. Why are we going in such an inhuman path? Is to cover ourselves from societal evils or is it just for being by oneself? We need not have to get transformed to a mahatma; we definitely can be reasonable person to a certain extent in order to maintain our human status…
August 14, 2007
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individualism? human status? but, right from the school level, indian parents always want this, and with every passing year its rising…they only bother about the goal, not the means….and with such ‘mechanics’…the ‘human nature’ as MJ would croon, is slowly on the fade…which, in a phrase is – ‘afsos ki baat hai’.
Comment by Sriram V Iyer — September 1, 2007 @ 8:33 pm |
I accept with the “self and don’t care attitude”, its very much true. But, i think all the developed countries are full of people like this. Moreover, that selfish attitude and competitiveness will strive towards success in everything, which brings the overall country’s success & development. But, I don’t think that workshops and all are necessary, when the competition is healthy. But, considering India, we might get into the track of inhumanity someday. I see, the difference with other countries is that, they are more diversified than us.
) We have to look into the diversity of career options in India. The workshops may be needed for improving this dimension,for a more developed country in various areas and fields of research.
Diversity in the sense of work and careers. They have many options to choose. Coming to our country, as we all know, we compete for the same small space and we compete in large numbers. (I think usage of the adjective “large” would be very small in this scenario
By the way, I am Srivatsav, friend of geetha. Your blog is very simple and good. Your thoughts are provoking, you have a good leader in you.
Comment by Srivatsav — June 16, 2009 @ 4:22 pm |