Cultural Emergency- An Impending Crisis In India
"India facing a Cultural Emergency", stated by Salman Rushdie recently in the Jaipur Literary Festival has a high probability of becoming a BIG problem in a multicultural society like India. In a country which amasses people brought up in different cultural ecosystems, the acceptance of a culture takes time. People are separated by walls built upon religion, culture, traditions, lifestyle apart from differences in their characters. This issue is very fragile and sensitive in nature as reactions to this can hurt people's sentiments. I'm not talking in favor of anyone, I'm just trying to express my views and hence please don't misunderstand what I'm registering. What caused the spark inside me to write this article is the commotion raised against the release of Viswaroopam movie stating that it hurts Muslim sentiments. I'm not a patron for Kamal Hassan or promoting his film, but it's absolutely ridiculous in targeting a movie even before it's