Perhaps you do not understand the meaning of the cultural diversity. Indian singers and Bollywood actors have been practicing cultural assimilation, not diversity, and reaping the benefit.
Many of us practice cultural assimilation in the West as well. We participate in the Thanksgiving, decorate our houses with lights, exchange greetings cards and presents in the Christmas time, celebrate New Year's Eve with champagne, and participate in many other cultural practices of the West. We do those things because, we want to be American. This does not mean we have given up our own culture.
By participating in the cultural assimilation, one can show good-neighbor attitude, instead of remaining as an out caste in the neighborhood.
From: "Subimal Chakrabarty subimal@yahoo.com [mukto-mona]" <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com>
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, November 28, 2015 1:53 PM
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] UNESCO Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity
India is a great example of success of cultural diversity. Many religious groups, many tribes, many ethnic groups, many languages are some of the many aspects of the Indian society. India as a nation is not monolithic. Look at only one aspect like music as an example. See the diversity and also see how every day it is getting enriched though interactions and syntheses.
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On Nov 26, 2015, at 9:30 PM, Jiten Roy jnrsr53@yahoo.com [mukto-mona] <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Farida,Just because an international organization declared something, does not mean it will work. These are political organizations. I don't have faith in them. I gave you some reasons why it does not work, and why it's a very bad deal for minority cultures. You gave me nothing; all you said is - it's an old fashioned concept; that's not a logical talk. Give me some examples of success of cultural diversity. Will you?
From: "Farida Majid farida_majid@hotmail.com [mukto-mona]" <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com>
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, November 26, 2015 6:01 PM
Subject: [mukto-mona] UNESCO Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity
Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity
Adopted by the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization at
its thirty-first session on 2 November 2001The General Conference ,Committed to the full implementation of the human rights and fundamental freedoms proclaimed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other universally recognized legal instruments, such as the two International Covenants of 1966 relating respectively to civil and political rights and to economic, social and cultural rights,
* * * * *<< Reaffirming that culture should be regarded as the set of distinctive spiritual, material, intellectual and emotional features of society or a social group, and that it encompasses, in addition to art and literature, lifestyles, ways of living together, value systems, traditions and beliefs, 2 >>>
The concept of "reforming of culture" for the sake of modernity (expressed by Jiten Roy) is totally idiotic and old-fashioned imperialistic.
I am reminded of Justice Radhabinod Pal's Dissenting opinion at the Tokyo Tribunal, War Crimes Trial 1946-48. That Trial was held for Japan's role in the World War II and the war crimes committed. The Tribunal judges found the Japanese leaders guilty of charges of war crimes. Eight of Japan's top ranking leaders got death sentences and 17 others were sent to prison in different terms in their Majority Judgment. In all eleven judges were appointed to constitute the Tribunal. But the Judge from India, Dr Radhabinod Pal gave a Dissenting Judgment and refused to be bound by the charges brought against the defendants by the Prosecution.
Our own Bangalee, Radhabinod Pal, showed and reflected his nationalistic sentiments against European domination of Asia. He felt Japan blindly and diligently emulated Britain in an effort to modernize -- it was trying to be "one of the boys". Modernizing meant becoming imperialistic.
Today's Islamic fundamentalism is similarly driven by a desire for an 'empire', a khilafat, a kind of Mussolini modern totalitarianism. Local and traditional cultures of various Muslim communities in the world, and even the traditional archaeological heritages of Mecca and Medina, are shunned by the Wahhabi imperialists.
A new and very interesting observation on my part, and I would like people to comment without any galagali.
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