"The Locked Minds - Conservative People of India" by Heeba subhani shaik of B.Sc FNZC Final Year 

Picture Credit : Special Arrangement 

what is conservatism ?

Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy, that seeks to promote and preserve traditional institutions, customs, and values. In India after its independence for many years this has always been a journey of hope with challenges, and as each decade passed the hope persisted and the challenges changed. The question arises about what happens to the sense of freedom when Indian society is turning conservative. There is not much desire for freedom to break barriers in social and cultural terms. There is less zeal to change things.

The division in the society :

The narrow mindedness and non progressiveness has led to many kinds of discrimination and division among the people of our own.

Hierarchy - Societal hierarchy is evident in caste groups, amongst individuals, and in family and kinship groups. Castes are primarily associated with Hinduism, but caste-like groups also exist among Muslims, Christians, and other religious communities. Within most villages or towns, everyone knows the relative rankings of each locally represented caste, and behavior is constantly shaped by this knowledge.

Purity and Pollution - In Indian society differences are expressed in terms of ritual purity and pollution, among different castes, religious groups, and regions. Generally, high status is associated with purity and low status with pollution. Some kinds of purity are inherent; for ex - a member of a high ranking Brahmin or priestly caste is born with more inherent purity than someone born into a low-ranking sweeper, or scavenger caste.

Family Authority and Harmony - In the Indian household, lines of hierarchy and authority are clearly drawn, and ideals of conduct help maintain family harmony. All family members are socialized to accept the authority of those above them in the hierarchy.

The Seclusion of Women - This is an

independent country then why...why?.. do the girls still don’t have freedom to work as per her choice, to choose her life partner, to decide for herself when she wants to get married. Family should be a support system which encourages you to persue the life you want but Sadly in our country, conservative families insist on pushing their dreams, rules, ways onto their children. You are entitled to live your life on your own terms.

‘The radical distinction between religious and political order, and the need to build the art of government without depending on the law of God’.

- Karl Mannheim

"The greatest discovery of all time is that

a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude."

 -Oprah Winfrey

SMALL STORY’S OF WOMEN :

and how would you answer it ?....

1. Ruchika a 19-year-old University student steps out of a mall after a quick shopping. She is holding many bags one of them has her wedding dress. Would she want to get married, someday? Yes, she says with a laugh. Love marriage or arranged marriage? Love marriage. Does she think a woman should work after marriage? Of course, says Goswami, who is in the first year of bachelor’s degree in biological science. Should a woman listen to her husband? Not at all, she says firmly, as dusk falls over the mall and the trees glow under the lamps. Does she think there should be reservation in colleges for Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe students? No, there should be equal opportunity for everyone.

2. Nagar, Bharathi Janardhanan was almost done cooking and cleaning a house. She works in five houses, and there were two more to go that day. Do men make better leaders than women? No, of course not, says the 21-year-old, wearing a golden-yellow kurta, her hair in a braid. Should women work after marriage? “Of course. I make over Rs 12,000 every month and that is important,” says Janardhanan, who had to stop studying after Class V. Will she get married? Maybe after a year. Will it be a love marriage or arranged marriage? Arranged marriage, of course, says Janardhanan.