Do traditions hold our country back from developing? It’s a disturbing question.
Tradition is mainly about thinking about how people lived in the past and using that as a guideline to our lives. But if we keep trying to live in the past, we distance ourselves from the gradual changes arising in society.
Traditions are not static. They are constantly emerging and with time, new thoughts and new ways of doing things evolve into focus.
However, we seldom recognise this within the context of the culture and traditions which continue in our country. People often think that the familiar is better and different is bad, and that perspective needs to be corrected.
I have been convinced that traditions and the Indian belief system create barricades which hold back the nation as a whole from reaching high peaks of success.
The sole reason we are not an advanced country is tradition.
Instead of immediately doing things that would make humanity better, we stick to tradition, and science gets pushed back as it ruins the barricades of traditions.
In the name of tradition, superficial and unreasonable laws are used to hurt the weaker sections of society and women, many of whom are confined to their homes.
Sadly in India, any attempt made to make way for development by breaking the traditional laws is nipped in the bud by certain mindsets.
To take our beloved country up the slopes to the peak of success, a few of these traditions have to be kept apart as they obstruct the path to success.
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