Re: Identity of a Culture: Do Pakistanis have one?
You have a cultural identity when you are proud to present something that your home-country has been successful at and it has aided the whole world or atleast attracted for participation. Pakistani culture has never been a values based one but rather one passed down through generations and about preservation of a key few points and a patriarchal society. Cultural show shaw fades away and resurrects with time in different ages, its the values on which the generation or individuals are raised that lasts and projects their character. Our children will never be able to fully understand the joyful things we witnessed when raised back home as we today find sometimes difficulty in understanding what they enjoy over here. It will always be a compromise and for people back home its always a narrow view of the world.