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--- Vidyadhar Gadgil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> In fact, I would like to have some clear definition
> of this word
> 'assimilation' which is being bandied around so much
> as a desirable
> value. What price the values of pluralism and
> multiculturalism?
>
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Dear Vidyahar,
There is currently an ad appearing on American
television, which I love. An African-American man
discovers by chance, an Indian video clip on the
internet. He stares at it for a couple of seconds,
with a "what the dickens" look on his face. After that
he starts dancing to it.
Given the cultural naivety and insularity of
Americans, this ad is a major leap but more than that
it speaks to the greater phenomenon of world-wide
cultural assimilation. Because of the information
flow, societies are going to chose from a myriad of
cultures what they want to adopt and discard.
As a human resource person, I can attest to the fact
that we are most likely to hire those that resemble us
in some way. As a new generation of Indians, raised on
a Indo-European fusion of everything from music, to
dress to food, take over as captains of industry,
Indians within India itself will be called upon to
embrace a new culture and assimilate into it.
Just a few thoughts on the evolutionary nature of
cultures and assimilation.
selma
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