Are you Modern ? Modern v/s conservative

If you value your traditions and culture, you're branded conservative. While modernity is judged by clothes rather than thoughts. What's you take on this topic? #ModernTradition

 

 

Most of the Educated Individuals must have sometime or the other uttered this proverb" A Book is not judged by its Cover" Now, i don't know how deep is their understanding for the same!

To begin, Let me tell you my casual outfit is jeans but i also wear a neatly tucked scarf covering the strands of my hair.Now what will you call me"Modern because i wear a jeans or conservative for my veil!

In our Mediocre culture,this is a serious issue.Everything is weighed in terms of looks or outward appearance.Why?Why is it that we blindly accept the seen not wanting to know the unseen.

If the words Modern and Conservatism is taken in parallel with clothes and culture then i think we are violating the grass root definition of these words.Here i don't want to go in depth explaining the meaning and the difference of the two.We are well aware of them.

All that Glitters is not Gold.So,its better we put in extra effort before blindly coming to a conclusion.

 What is it about being Modern or Traditional?

Being Modern is not about a low waist jeans and combo of hookah and cocktail in hand, just to flow with the trend, and regressing to a limited reasoning and not being in a position to offer any sensible opinion when matter of change rises ,neither being traditional is about sitting by the feet of(few) hypocrite Pundits and Mullahs who not only limit their sensuality and growth of thoughts but also of others who blindly follow them without giving them a thought.

For those,mere outfit equates to being advanced/conservative,i can surely say there is no one more regressed than you!

 So,Who has a Liberal thought?

*Following ones culture and value doesn't bring you down to being conventional rather it helps you to climb the next rung of the ladder.I am a staunch believer of rationalizing things.Whenever i am told you are suppose to/not suppose to do this.My first question is why?Each and Every custom or tradition i follow is first analyzed.I yearn for a logical answer and i am successful in getting one

*If you can reason out successfully and your thoughts are not tied by the shackles of stereotypical s ,then i am sure you are moving at a right pace.Here, if you stick to your culture and traditions it  gives you a base to further understanding of right and wrong.

*"Seek and you shall find"Dig in to your values and culture to find appropriate answers,it will not only strengthen your thoughts but also liberate them to be more mature and sensible.

We humans are deep thinkers.There is a long run thought dynamics.We keep on seeking for the change.If we look at the advancements around us,they don't come up magically.Each of them have their roots in past.Be it cable wires being modified in to today's comfort" wireless".Or,the Laptop evolving from the big screen cabinets called computers.Nokia 1110 was a brand of modernity once but today it is mere Dabba phone.Now the concept of advancement will keep changing but the root of it will lie in the invention of Graham bell.

If you study today's research and lift our history, you will not be amazed to know its the same culture/tradition put in a different way,that is a brand of advancement.

Life keeps moving and so will the trend.If i am following my traditional and moral values,then who are you to judge my outlook (rather lame term mentality). By questioning me on being conservative you are just proving how conservative you are.Because conservative is a person who lacks ability of acceptance.

Respecting each others differences and walking in hand to bring a sensible & a logically analyzed change is first step to being modern.

This post is written for IndiSpire 19th edition.

-SSW