Posted by: dimag kharab April 15, 2011
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"Why should us Bir Nepalese be so afraid of India?Do you really feel that India and Indian culture are such a threat to your children that you need to 'protect them from it?"
~ Our own culture is so much enslaved by Indian culture that i can barely find any uniqueness anymore. Almost every festivals of ours are virtually being "Indianized" by the media and its not going to take long before we realize that we are transitioning into their cultures. that's what i fear about. I want my kids to understand that Nepalse culture is not altered or affected by the Indian Culture and it has its own values to appreciate without relating it to someone's else culture.
"Do you really feel that us Nepalese are that weak that we need to stay away from the Indian disease, in such an active way, otherwise we will get the 'Indian Cancer?"
~ Because of the fact that we are now living in the place where nepalese resources are unavailable and we got not choice other than assimilate to indian food, spices and culture to some extent, i feel that its making us more weaker.
"Do you really feel us Nepalese are not strong enough about our own identity that we need to be so fearful of Indian culture or influence? "
~ Yes. Why would an American when invited to your place for dinner would classify your food as the one they had in an Indian restaurant? Its because we used their spices instead of the ones my mom used to prepare at home.
"Are we truly incapable of accepting how Indians are different and respecting them for how they are different from us?Can we not, similiarily, demand, that they respect how we are different from them?"
~ No, we cannot. Its actually them who consider that Nepalese have the same cultures that they have and speak Hindi because they have seen us buying spices from the indian store and watching a bollywood movies.
"Is there no way to promote Nepali culture on its own merit, without showing that it is anti-India. Only Nepalese, who are not clear about the beauty and uniqueness of their own Nepali culture will promote Nepali culture on the basis of 'we are not India.'?"
~ Hindiusm itself share a lot of similarities, but our access to the resource is totally dependent upon the indian culture and that's why we are loosing ourselves. We follow many festivals that does not even belong to us. Wahtever uniqueness we had, is slowly diminishing especially because we no longer live in Nepal.
"Is there no way to promote Nepali culture on its own merit, without showing that it is anti-India. Only Nepalese, who are not clear about the beauty and uniqueness of their own Nepali culture will promote Nepali culture on the basis of 'we are not India.'?"
~ Hindiusm itself share a lot of similarities, but our access to the resource is totally dependent upon the indian culture and that's why we are loosing ourselves. We follow many festivals that does not even belong to us. Wahtever uniqueness we had, is slowly diminishing especially because we no longer live in Nepal.