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Originally posted by pumpkin:
**We have been hearing a lot about Globalization for the past decade or so...people are really stressing on the importance of this concept. I am not here to discuss the pros and cons of globalization, rather would like to concentrate more on its impact on culture.
Since most of us are from Pakistan (including myself) so lets just stick to the Pakistani culture. If we flip a few pages in history, we see that we adopted much of our culture from India...mainly because it was one big land which was divided, and there was bound to be atleast some, if not all, commonality in culture. As per say, the culture that we have is not really ours. Its all adopted. Now coming back to the effects of Globalization. At first we had a limited exposure to the world, because that media (satellite dish) was expensive and not everyone could get hold of it. Then things changed a bit, and now almost every household in Pakistan has access to foreign culture through cable, dish and DVDs etc.
With all this advancements, or I should say active participation in the Globalization we are expanding our culture by adding new concepts to it. Please remember, our culture is/was not OUR at first place...so its like we are extending our already adopted culture. So my concern here is how far can we go like this? and is there a need to clearly define what our culture is? or is it possible for us to live our lives with such an amalgamated culture? and most importantly Does culture plays an important role in determining ones own Identity? If not then i guess we really dont have to worry about these intrusions.
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Well, obviously you are a very ignorent person about Pakistan, her people and the culture that resides with in its boundaries....starting with your statement that it was carved up from some big ass country. What country? BVritsh colonial country? ya ok. But then by that logic all of british empire can be considered one big ass country. IS that true? nope.
And secondly, your comical commnet that culture of Pakistan is borrowed. From whjich aspect? THe culture of Pakistan is as old as the land and has been enriched over the long period of time through different peoples, theologies, empires etc...
And it is one of few countrys I know, that would in their geographical area would show off such an exuberant and rich history.
For any society to function, it has to have certain paradigms with which it is to measure its sense of self identity and integrity. Anf by virtue of the fcat that inorde for a society to play a dominant role in its members lives and to mark its existance on the map--it has to interact with others. Hence cultural exchnges take place. If the process is subtle and spontaneous, many a times it results in +ve growth. Some times though, when a people feel bombarded with alien cultural symbolism which aggressivly distorts their sense of integrity, they feel insecure. Thats when preservationists come in. SO no one is against DVD, VCD and what have you. It is the excess of the phenomena and the travesty that follows that can put any society at a psychological disadvantage cuz the mores and values are still there as standard, but the actions of the individuals are not in accord.
And try some more reading and travelling to your future plans w.r.t Pakistan, for more G.K
PyariCgudia,
meri jan, It means that culture of Punjab province and sindh is shared not by all indians but by people of east punjab because of language similarity. SO Indian's northwest shares more of Pakistan culture than the opposite.
[This message has been edited by Sultan Toora (edited April 02, 2002).]