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Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.
Many assume that India has a single “culture.” It’s not. Earlier also people from different regions were following their own culture, but the homogenising groups with their own idea of “Indian culture” never recognised it. May of these advocates of “Indian culture” were the “sanskaris” who were going around condemning young couples holding hands
The point is the original author Karanjeet Kaur did not diagnose what cultural notes make one conservative. Gen Z doesn’t have the material resources for self expression like millennial and Gen X. As the old saying goes “don’t kill a mockingbird” – yet we should see the ground level impact of it. Many “trad” Gen Z will have a girlfriend of the opposite caste whose parents are not allowing for marriage; many liberal Gen Z also follow orthodox rules within their private lives. This contradiction will only turn to nuance as Gen Z gets older – the original author only participates in killing the mockingbird for now.
A well-written rebuttal. Unfortunately, Ms Kaur’s article seemed more like a rant littered with name calling, generalistaions, oversimplifications, and a plain lack of the archetypal liberal’s favourite buzzword – ‘nuance’ – at least when viewing Bharatiya / Dharmic culture.
Also yes “Sainik Farm aunties” was the absolute limit of depravity. Completely loaded with sub-zero substance, brimming with stigma.
I have a by-now oft-used phrase for this situation – I am happy to have ‘granny hobbies’ or sound like ‘auntie’. My grannies and aunts were among the wisest people, so, as I say when someone terms me one, ‘Taken as a compliment!’
“Indian culture” is not always a religiously charged predetermined set of bhajans and pujas.
Many assume that India has a single “culture.” It’s not. Earlier also people from different regions were following their own culture, but the homogenising groups with their own idea of “Indian culture” never recognised it. May of these advocates of “Indian culture” were the “sanskaris” who were going around condemning young couples holding hands
The point is the original author Karanjeet Kaur did not diagnose what cultural notes make one conservative. Gen Z doesn’t have the material resources for self expression like millennial and Gen X. As the old saying goes “don’t kill a mockingbird” – yet we should see the ground level impact of it. Many “trad” Gen Z will have a girlfriend of the opposite caste whose parents are not allowing for marriage; many liberal Gen Z also follow orthodox rules within their private lives. This contradiction will only turn to nuance as Gen Z gets older – the original author only participates in killing the mockingbird for now.
Ek dmm jhakkas 💥🔥
A well-written rebuttal. Unfortunately, Ms Kaur’s article seemed more like a rant littered with name calling, generalistaions, oversimplifications, and a plain lack of the archetypal liberal’s favourite buzzword – ‘nuance’ – at least when viewing Bharatiya / Dharmic culture.
Also yes “Sainik Farm aunties” was the absolute limit of depravity. Completely loaded with sub-zero substance, brimming with stigma.
I have a by-now oft-used phrase for this situation – I am happy to have ‘granny hobbies’ or sound like ‘auntie’. My grannies and aunts were among the wisest people, so, as I say when someone terms me one, ‘Taken as a compliment!’