When I sit down with the intention of comparing the youth of this place with their counterparts in the west, I find it to be the case of a comparison between a nut and a jelly. This doesn’t have any direct relation with the two items rather I am basically implying that the two can never meet.
The biggest problem I find here are inflated egos. Also, there is the lack of any sense of responsibility. As seen in the west, people drink within their limits if they know they will be the ones driving back home. Here people just drink like there is no tomorrow. Why would anyone care if he has to drive when even keeping one’s body in balance seems a task? For him, and the scores of others like him, they are but the best drivers in the world. Alcohol also adds another dimension to the already escalating problem; that of fights. I wish those who drink could do so responsibly. While most adults state drinking to be a bad habit with regard to the younger generation, I don’t. I have always believed that once out of your teens, one is mature enough to make rational choices. If alcohol serves the purpose of bringing peace or happiness then so be it, it's their decision. Problems arise when such a vice causes stress to friends, customers etc. Tonight we faced a similar situation and I am very angry with the way the evening ended. It was my brother's birthday and we had to vacate the lounge simply because some man couldn't handle his drink.
The biggest problem I find here are inflated egos. Also, there is the lack of any sense of responsibility. As seen in the west, people drink within their limits if they know they will be the ones driving back home. Here people just drink like there is no tomorrow. Why would anyone care if he has to drive when even keeping one’s body in balance seems a task? For him, and the scores of others like him, they are but the best drivers in the world. Alcohol also adds another dimension to the already escalating problem; that of fights. I wish those who drink could do so responsibly. While most adults state drinking to be a bad habit with regard to the younger generation, I don’t. I have always believed that once out of your teens, one is mature enough to make rational choices. If alcohol serves the purpose of bringing peace or happiness then so be it, it's their decision. Problems arise when such a vice causes stress to friends, customers etc. Tonight we faced a similar situation and I am very angry with the way the evening ended. It was my brother's birthday and we had to vacate the lounge simply because some man couldn't handle his drink.
"Material culture travels very quickly and is the first to be accepted.
Non material culture, on the other hand, takes a while to arrive."
This is something I read in my course years back and today I am finally beginning to understand it. When we see VH1 or MTV, we quickly imbibe all the material aspects- the clothes, music, lifestyle, drinking, driving etc. It might be a step in the right direction but this can claim to be ‘rightful’ only when one gains a deeper understanding of the culture at hand. The ones we see on television, day in and day out, may be living our ideal lives but it comes at a cost and this is precisely what we fail to acknowledge. The hard work put in during the weekdays, the drinking within the permissible limit, the overall personality development taking place within the everyday interactions -- these are what we should be seeing in the first place. What we open our eyes to instead are the parties every weekend, the hanging out with friends, the ego at play. We, the youth, need to understand that the latter comes at the cost of the former.
Non material culture, on the other hand, takes a while to arrive."
This is something I read in my course years back and today I am finally beginning to understand it. When we see VH1 or MTV, we quickly imbibe all the material aspects- the clothes, music, lifestyle, drinking, driving etc. It might be a step in the right direction but this can claim to be ‘rightful’ only when one gains a deeper understanding of the culture at hand. The ones we see on television, day in and day out, may be living our ideal lives but it comes at a cost and this is precisely what we fail to acknowledge. The hard work put in during the weekdays, the drinking within the permissible limit, the overall personality development taking place within the everyday interactions -- these are what we should be seeing in the first place. What we open our eyes to instead are the parties every weekend, the hanging out with friends, the ego at play. We, the youth, need to understand that the latter comes at the cost of the former.
How can we claim to copy these modernized standards when we haven’t imbibed the ethics needed in the first place? It’s a sorry state of affairs for now and I for one keep getting disappointed.
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