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Hi All,
When we talk of Indian Customs, we need to broaden our mind. Dowry, Sati, Child Marriage, etc are not the only Indian customs. It is an Indian custom which says Respect Elders, Respect Teachers, Parents are the first Teachers, Honor your guests, Dress traditionally according to situation, strive for excellence, etc. These are also part of our custom. The point here is we generally follow those customary aspects, which give benefit in a simple way like dowry. Our custom also says that treat your spouse as your better half. Why is this factor missing? Our custom also gives us some responsibility. I do agree that Dowry, child marriage, sati etc in any form should be avoided. They still exist in the present society due to ignorance of people and all those around who choose to be mute spectators.
Child marriage is generally done due to the attitude of poor parents who want to let off the so-called burden on them. Effective education of children in this society is very important in dealing with these incidents. We cannot get a readymade solution for this; it takes some time to get to the future void of these stray incidents. Consider for example the bizarre incidents of US students open fires in schools or cafeteria in today's news - is it US custom. No! Custom should not be made responsible for these stray incidents. It is our responsibility as a citizen of India to project our customs and traditions in positive light and should always work to clean out some out-dated customs.
This is due to lack of knowledge and lack of exposure to the world.And there might be due to the fact that they have to respect their tradition and customs.But the bottom line is due to lack of knowledge and exposure.
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said this on 20 Jul 2007 5:15:45 AM IST
very useful to attend the gd interview. so thanks for all
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said this on 12 Oct 2007 5:52:41 AM IST
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everybody
Now a days Dowry has become a fashion for the rich people due to their ignorance and love for their children. They are comparing with the other parents and their status. Though it is a custom it should not exceed the purpose. In this generation women are earning their livelihood by doing the jobs. They are equally participating in running the house. Then what is the need for the dowry? She is performing her duty in many things such as after leaving from the job she looks after her house satisfying all the needs. She cooks, looks after her children and many more things. In my view this dowry system should be removed. If we take step towards this then it automatically disappears.
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said this on 08 Dec 2007 7:05:25 AM IST
itz very useful for us......especially for attending interviews.......
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said this on 27 Dec 2007 4:32:49 AM IST
no im against the topic,our indian culutre is very tradiational it is bcoz of the customs which we follow,n according to me this customs should be followed to make our india a better country thanks.
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said this on 09 Mar 2009 7:01:17 AM IST
I like to brifely your against points.
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said this on 05 May 2009 7:22:14 PM IST
the World is changing every time to time so we have to adapt some new customs from other. as i mean in good sence adopt good one which will be help ful in our nearer feature..so it's not necessary to keep our customs as a life long.........
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said this on 06 Mar 2008 4:34:49 AM IST
Hi everybody i m agree with the statement of Saritha...dowry becomes the trend among the high profile ppl tht mostly r well educated. they ve been doing such of maintaining status btwn their society n relatives. our culture is very traditional n superstitious. they 've been static to the tradition wht their ancestors did. So at the age of globalization n due to increase of competition in different field everybody needs to be think pratically n work according to wht the time requires. if we 've been continue keeping this custom alive our country wud one step back frm other nation in near future.So we all should 've integrated approach to eradicate the old belief n customs tht malign our nation culture.
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said this on 07 Mar 2008 1:27:02 PM IST
our customs are our heritage we should respect them. As far as impact is considered it totally depends on individual.But also we have to take steps to increase awareness about the right and wrong customs.SO that India should feel proud of his tradition & custom.
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said this on 06 Oct 2009 7:21:12 PM IST
yah it's better that we have to make aware the people about what is right & what is wrong. till they will not understand the things that what's better for us & for our generation. we can't remove these customs from our country.?
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said this on 27 Aug 2010 10:47:26 PM IST
ys in my opinion India is known just because of its culture.Here we give respect to women like MAA DURGE gooddess.We shold feel proud towards about our customs.Even foreigners come here after getting attracted towards about culture. Many foreigners aceept and follow our culture in their life.But in India there are some culture which are totally supersticious.So we have to take steps to increase awareness about the right and wrong customs.
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said this on 01 Apr 2008 4:57:48 AM IST
i m really impressed by visiting this ..... i promise if i get free time i'll contribute my ideas ....
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said this on 10 Apr 2008 4:35:10 PM IST
hello
well most of the time we are talking about child marriage and dowry and sati but their more social evil like child abuse, cast abuse and regional beleave are eating over nation .politician and reagonal parties exploiting the Indian people as their vote bank.so its time to stand up against this problem and it over deauity
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said this on 24 Nov 2008 4:49:22 AM IST
hi vijayaa if u r impress den u should post ur comment on dis ...................coz u have written dis bt u have to sth abt dis topic except dis isn't it..............
ok dis article is really gud by this people should have to inspire abt our custom.
thanx
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said this on 24 Sep 2008 8:39:38 AM IST
hi all,
when we talking about our Indian customs some are good and some are bad. dowry, sati, child marriage all are bad for India but some tradition like respecting elders, teachers, parents are good.
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said this on 24 Nov 2008 4:53:15 AM IST
ya u r right sandeep coz every coin has two side oneis gud n one is bad....
n nothing is perfect in dis world.............
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said this on 09 Mar 2009 7:11:52 AM IST
In this topic only not for the GD purpose this is our culture based topic so. In this modern world culture is developed. So Dowry is decreased with help of Love marriage. But Dressing culture is spoil. So some time our culture is developed and spoiled. Fasion is raising the India. It is best thing but our people is careful candle this modern world.
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said this on 28 Jul 2009 1:04:15 PM IST
Why was dowry started in the first place? Have any of you thought about that............
Not so long ago it was the belief that women are only ment to take care of their family and home, they didnt have jobs and thus didnt earn money. In order that they have some independent spending money, just incase any misfortune befell their husband they were given items like cash, gold, property etc. so as to help them (the women). This is the actual dowry custom which was meant for protecting the women who were completely dependent on their husbands to earn the money required to feed their families.
Now-a-days this generous and noble thought of our ancestors is not valued, it is now only a mean of extracting money out of the women's parents. Infact these days even the women have jobs and thus the ability to earn and finance the family. Thus now dowry in its actual sense has no meaning as women now can fend for themselves. So I think this custom in modern times should be abolished.
But yes there are many customs in India that our really good which I dont find in most foreigners such as respecting elders, taking care of one's family(staying in a family), dresscode,....etc for which I m proud to be an Indian.
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said this on 17 Jul 2010 11:31:16 AM IST
Priyanka has well replied.Everyone of us say dowry should be abolished but how many of us are really getting things into frame.worst part of it is that even educated employeed women are participating in this custom.The time has come when we all should build courage to say bluntly, openly no to those marraige proposals which accept dowry in one or other form.Are we ready for this?Customes exist in people's mindset so if any custom is out dated people should be thoughtful enogh to change their own mind sets.
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said this on 24 Oct 2009 6:32:32 PM IST
if we talk about indian customs then it includes sati,dowry,child marriage etc but now dowry is most rating custom in indian society.today in the modern world everybdy is capable enough that he/she can earn his/her livelyhood very well. if we see the customs in india the dowry has become a fashion in the soceity....but only the language is changed tht parents says they r giving to her daughter as love n blessings but sorry frnds internally this is a fake veil of dowry system....on the other hand also from the in laws family they should also resist for this custom. so this should be abolished by both the parties..this is the only way we can destroy this dowry custom
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said this on 11 Dec 2009 1:36:41 PM IST
many of my friends stated that indian culture is good,dowry to be stopped, sati, child marriage all are bad for India .
but r we doing something to improve the situation . i had seen many educated guys like mba, engg doctors are taking dowry.in my opinion first catch these so called educated people and teach some moral values.importance of woman in a family.she is not a materialk to buy or sell in in the name of dowry.i feel ashamed of this.
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said this on 19 Jan 2010 7:50:06 PM IST
In this modern world, eventhough the bridegroom is denying to get dowry their parents are forcing him to accept that inorder to show their status in the society. Society is not an associated group each individuals together form the group.So one should not think what the society says for avoiding dowry.The government also should enable strict punishments upto imprisonment to those who receives dowry, which may atleast reduce the rate of marriage business.
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said this on 19 Jan 2010 8:00:26 PM IST
i strongly agree that lack of knowledge and exposure is the main reason for customs like dowry,sati,child marriage,child labour,etc....people in urban places should be educated and they should be taught the morals of life and value of education.poverty is the main factor.to eradicate that many schools have come up with free education and with many other amenities.the government should also frame strict rules and regulations so every child gets educated and comes up in life.once this is done we can abolish the customs.
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said this on 23 May 2010 12:49:32 AM IST
In my opinion,indians are bounded to perform their customs, as their ancestors did. so even though the new generation do not accept the same but mostly they are enforced to do so by their parents to accept dowry, to perform child marriages etc. i strongly believe that one must pe provided with proper knowledge, how these customs can affect ones life.. so its time for youths to join hands and after that only we can overcome this situation. and save our next generation from the customs
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said this on 15 Jun 2010 5:44:24 PM IST
I dont think we are in a time warp..indian society has become far more modern than it was years back and social evils like sati have almost faded..
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said this on 19 Jul 2010 10:19:58 PM IST
I personally believe that Indian customs are very practical. Yes I do accept that some are highly unacceptable like child marriage, sati, dowry . But all this can only be removed from the society when the thinking of individuals change. The generation that is coming up has to take this responsibilty upon their shoulders. Education will contribute the maximum in getting the society rid of these fake customs.
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