From: Jiten Roy <jnrsr53@yahoo.com>
To: mukto-mona <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wed, Aug 1, 2012 5:05 am
Subject: [mukto-mona] Is exhibition of love and affection still a taboo in our cultural tradition?
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Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Re: [mukto-mona] Is exhibition of love and affection still a taboo in our cultural tradition?
I think it is a basic difference between eastern and western cultures. Not only in Bengal if you proceed further east, you may see more of the same phenomenon.
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I wonder if exhibitions of love and affection are still taboos in our cultural tradition in Bengal.
You might ask why I am suddenly raising this question. I am doing so because I used to ask this question to me when I was a child, and, now that I am outside of my motherland for a while, still that question is haunting me again.
It is hard to get rid this customary habit, even after living, for a long time, in an open and liberal society. I don't know about you, but - that's been my experience.
As I remember – our parents used to hold off their emotional outburst of love and affection towards themselves as well as towards their children, let alone allowing love and affection between young boys and girls. I don't think that has change substantially by now. Do you think these are good traditions of our culture? If so why?
Jiten Roy
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