Cultural dissemination around the world
VHP’S campaign against Valentine-Day is same as Muslim orthodox group campaign against Sania-dress controversy. VHP is a representative of the Hindu culture and another is of Islam. But both are part of the same coin.
But in 21st century everything has been changed globally. The concept of mix- culture is prevalent everywhere. This cultural change is adopted by the people unconsciously. The capitalist class has been directing such culture for their own benefit. But it depends on masses whatever they adopt is good or bad.
SYED TAQUI ASGAR RIZVI
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Cultural dissemination around the world
Was Gandhi the Great Communicator?
Was Gandhi the Great Communicator?
Off course, the great communicators should have a good knowledge of Law, besides other things, which they can use as a tool of protection at the time of speech. Now it is very important to note what were the specialities in Gandhi’s communication, which made him great communicator were; that is the truth or satya, the non-violence or Ahimsa, and the non-profession or Aparigraha. These things create trusteeship among masses. When Gandhi led labor movement in South Africa, he became very popular among labour community around the world. Consequently, he was called by peasant- leader in champaran as a good advocate because peasants were being exploited by planters and he was the only reliable alternate who could mediate the case of peasants and government. When Gandhi was about to come at Motihari Railway station(champaran) thousands of people were desperately waiting for their Messiah. Thus, Gandhi won the trust of labour class people first, then highlighted issues of the emancipation of women and farmers such movements kept helping him to develop good leadership quality. Gandhi started campaign against British ever since he get insulted by white English in Africa. He accepted the challenge that Angrez felt in 1947.
Truth occupies the first place and non-violence the second. In the course of his pursuit of truth, he discovered Ahimsa. His goal was to search truth and he wanted to realize truth through Ahimsa. To him truth is harmony of thoughts with words and of words with actions. To Gandhi, the statement, “god is truth, is only partial. The statement ‘truth is god’ is all-inclusive and pervasive. Gandhi says wife, children, friends and professions- to be held subservient to truth. Each one of these should be sacrificed in search of truth.” Gandhi’s experiment with truth became very popular among masses.
The idea of trusteeship was inherent in the ideology of Ahimsa, “non-violence is the law of the human race and is infinitely greater than and superior to brute force.” For him trusteeship was an increasable stage in the methodology of a non-violence revolution. It was not transitional. It is a stage that yields the result that one was seeking in that sense, therefore, it was both a ‘means’ and an ‘end. Hence, Gandhi claimed, “no other theory is compatible with non-violence.” While acquisition stands for violence, non-violence stands for non-acquisition. A votary of non-violence keeps away from procession. Every kind of procession is based on exploitation, which is a form of violence. A non- violent society is a non-exploitative society. It can be non-violent only when it assumes economic equality.
Aprigraha or non-profession is the ethical idea of non-possession: of the renunciation of ownership, of liberation from the subtle as well as the course bond those processions forge for one. It is hoary ideal sanctified by every religion. According to Gandhi, “non possession means non-dependence on material things. It implies total abolition of private property of all kinds of belongings, a view more radical that of extreme communist”. He says, I suggest that we are thieves in the way if I take anything that I do not need for my own immediate use and keep it. I thieve it from somebody else. I suggest it is fundamental law of nature, without exception that nature produces enough for our wants from day to day and if only everyone took enough from himself and nothing more, there would be no pauperism in this world. For Gandhi, politics and personal life are not two different things but are inseparable to each other, therefore, it created trust among the masses on Gandhi to forge a powerful protests like Non-Cooperation, Civil-Disobedience against the British. This shows the popularity of the ‘Mahatma’ and makes him ‘the great communicator’.
Syed Taqui Asgar Rizvi
Mass Communication
ELECTRONIC CAPITALISM IN INDIA : PROTESTS AND POLITICS
ELECTRONIC CAPITALISM IN INDIA : PROTESTS AND POLITICS
The emerging order of electronic capitalism in India became particularly clear in November 1996 . when the miss world competition was held for the first time in india , in the picturesque garden city of Banglore . like many other postcolonial nations,Indias fascination with beaut contests seems to be connected to transformation brought by the emerging culture of a transnational consumption . the expansion of satellite television services and the concerted goverment policy of economic liberalization since 1991 are often cited as the forces fueldling widespread changes in the national community . however , even in past decades , a large number of beauty competition were staged with considerable pomp and pageantry at exclusive clubs, women’s colleges, and even high schools throughout the country. At the national level, femina, Indias leading womens magazines organizes an annual miss India contest whose winners go on to participate in international competition like miss world and miss universe . these events have drawn sporadic and localized protests from political groups and womens activists . who find beauty contests “unhealthy and sexist “ and derogatory to women in general. At the same time , beauty contests on the globle stage have inspired significant outpouring of national pride , as when miss India, Susmita Sen won the miss universe title in Manila in 1994. national enthusiasm grew even more intense and when later that year, India ‘s Aishwariya Rai was crowned miss world in sun city of south Africa . consequently many have commented that the attractions of indias emerging consumer markets go hand in hand with the success of Indian women on the globle beauty stage . yet the connections between the trajectorie are obviously more subtle and complex in the transnational order of electronic capitalism. The beauty contests not only represent the power politics of electronic capitalism in India but also are markatable events for the nations new image in the transitional order . But when the miss world competition was held for the first time in Banglore, the policies of internationalism and translocalism literally collided in the streets of Banglore , it beame clear how many of the cultural tensions between the old and the new, tradition and modernity,left wing and right wing, patriarchal and feminist critique were turned topsy- turvy by the rapid spread of electronic capitalism in post-colonial India. On the face of it, many of the protests by womens groups are about the explore and exploitation of the female bodies for a masculine gaze protesters characterized the miss world contest as the subordination of women to the status of sex objects as the most prominent rationale for opposing the miss world pageant. The miss world controversy brings to attention some of the many problems faced by womens groups when they strategically align with Hindu nationalist parties like the BJP to ensure the momentum of their protest movement against the growing hegemony of electronic capitalism in India. Thus several political parties were blatently opportunistic, exploiting the miss world contest to gain leverage in Indias always contestuous electoral politics. Among the political formulations evolved in such a manoeuvre were the left wing communist parties in India. Although they were partners in the coalition government led by the Deve Gowda left wing parties like CPI and CPI(M) were vociferous in their criticism , despite the obvious embarrassment it caused for the Prime Minister in whose home state the pageant was being held. The power politics between the various idiological formations were once again prominently displayed on national , transnational, and translocal networks during the general elections of 1998 considered to be Indias first television elections.
The emerging order of electronic capitalism in India became particularly clear in November 1996 . when the miss world competition was held for the first time in india , in the picturesque garden city of Banglore . like many other postcolonial nations,Indias fascination with beaut contests seems to be connected to transformation brought by the emerging culture of a transnational consumption . the expansion of satellite television services and the concerted goverment policy of economic liberalization since 1991 are often cited as the forces fueldling widespread changes in the national community . however , even in past decades , a large number of beauty competition were staged with considerable pomp and pageantry at exclusive clubs, women’s colleges, and even high schools throughout the country. At the national level, femina, Indias leading womens magazines organizes an annual miss India contest whose winners go on to participate in international competition like miss world and miss universe . these events have drawn sporadic and localized protests from political groups and womens activists . who find beauty contests “unhealthy and sexist “ and derogatory to women in general. At the same time , beauty contests on the globle stage have inspired significant outpouring of national pride , as when miss India, Susmita Sen won the miss universe title in Manila in 1994. national enthusiasm grew even more intense and when later that year, India ‘s Aishwariya Rai was crowned miss world in sun city of south Africa . consequently many have commented that the attractions of indias emerging consumer markets go hand in hand with the success of Indian women on the globle beauty stage . yet the connections between the trajectorie are obviously more subtle and complex in the transnational order of electronic capitalism. The beauty contests not only represent the power politics of electronic capitalism in India but also are markatable events for the nations new image in the transitional order . But when the miss world competition was held for the first time in Banglore, the policies of internationalism and translocalism literally collided in the streets of Banglore , it beame clear how many of the cultural tensions between the old and the new, tradition and modernity,left wing and right wing, patriarchal and feminist critique were turned topsy- turvy by the rapid spread of electronic capitalism in post-colonial India. On the face of it, many of the protests by womens groups are about the explore and exploitation of the female bodies for a masculine gaze protesters characterized the miss world contest as the subordination of women to the status of sex objects as the most prominent rationale for opposing the miss world pageant. The miss world controversy brings to attention some of the many problems faced by womens groups when they strategically align with Hindu nationalist parties like the BJP to ensure the momentum of their protest movement against the growing hegemony of electronic capitalism in India. Thus several political parties were blatently opportunistic, exploiting the miss world contest to gain leverage in Indias always contestuous electoral politics. Among the political formulations evolved in such a manoeuvre were the left wing communist parties in India. Although they were partners in the coalition government led by the Deve Gowda left wing parties like CPI and CPI(M) were vociferous in their criticism , despite the obvious embarrassment it caused for the Prime Minister in whose home state the pageant was being held. The power politics between the various idiological formations were once again prominently displayed on national , transnational, and translocal networks during the general elections of 1998 considered to be Indias first television elections.
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