SOFIA JANGRAL
The country is changing. Yes, indeed India is changing and has changed to a great extent. India is called the land of God and Goddesses. India is very famous for its culture and civilization, but are all these things now a matter of fact or true? In today’s era, India has changed so much that people are tearing down their culture. In today’s time, people have adopted foreign things and culture so much that the beauty and culture of our country is getting blurred. If we talk about clothes, people have adopted foreign clothes in such a way that they have almost forgotten the culture and civilization of India. In the pursuit of becoming modern, people forgot that clothes are basically meant to cover body. But today’s people are going far away from the culture and civilization of India. We have the right to live, it is also necessary to have modern thoughts and to be modern, but it does not mean that we should stop wearing clothes. In a country, where earlier women used to consider it a shame to even show their face with uncovered head, today it is considered as shame to cover one’s body properly with proper clothes and the person is termed as old-minded.
Leaving aside the matter of dress, the country is also changing in many other things. Nowadays mobile phones are used in such a way that one forgot his or her family and started spending most of time with the devices, as if it is not a device but a person. People used to waste their precious time using mobile phones to such an extent that they have no time for their family members to sit, to have food together, to talk, due to which the belongingness is losing fast and people have started leading a separate life while living in same house, due to which depression is fasting spread among people.
Now if we talk about marriage and dowry, earlier there are so much progress initiatives and drives to abolish this menace permanently, But at present in the name of dowry, the parents of girl themselves give so much to girl in marriage that the practice is increasing in another form. Where marriage should have taken place in a simple way, nowadays same are done with great pomp and show by creating several meaningless customs, due to which expenses increase. All this is done to just to make show-off and looking at each other, everyone starts adopting the same custom. Entire family of groom is given clothes, ornaments and so on by the bride’s parent. In earlier times there used to be Shagun, Barat and lunch. But now, for 10 long days, a number of customs are celebrated thereby putting load on all those who are unable to afford the same. Along with this, if we talk about crime, the same has also increased to such a level that people openly kill each other. Some are fighting for land, some for house, some for the money and some because of personal enmity. People are not getting employment? Presently, there is so much unemployment as the rate has increase to a considerable level, due to which people are forced to steal and get indulged in several anti-social activities. There are so many thefts cases reported every day. Snatching incidents are being reported, wherein people are robbed of their belongings in broad daylight on streets. Do not know how many people live by begging? How many youth are presently addicted to drugs and losing their lives, some because of unemployment, some because of mobile phones and some because of bad-company. Nowadays the problems have become so big that people are committing suicides, as the number of suicide cases are increasing at an alarming rate. Many women commit suicide because of dowry while several others got killed. Rape cases have become so common that even small girls are made victims of lust. Humanity is dead. Old parents are thrown out of house. Those who raised their children with the best facilities and fulfilled their needs, are thrown out of their own homes in the greed of money, forcing them to spend their remaining lives in old-age homes, Ashrams despite having a family, which can look after them. Human being has gone mad after money and is forgetting his belongingness to humanity. Our India is lost somewhere in wake of Digital India. Now finally, if we talk about politics, big leaders are involved in r politics in such a way that they have nothing to do with the society. None is considerate about problems of people. They have nothing to do with what is happening in society, as the only thing they are worried of is their chair. This is the India of present time. The talk of India’s culture and civilization has now been limited to books only. The picture of changing India has become so terrible that now it is going in some other direction. It was our goal to create a good nation with people having creative thinking, good thoughts, moral and social values, but it is really sad that the scenario has taken a totally different turn, which is really a matter of grave concern. There is still time, if we want, we can make our India a civilized and cultured nation. I know that many people will find my words bitter but the truth is always bitter as they themselves know that this is the real picture of present-day India.
