Preserving
Tradition & Ethics
Gradually, a shift can be seen in the moral and ethical values that are being passed on to the next
generation. Youth wish to opt for western culture instead of Indian Tradition and ethical values.
There are many reasons for this shift, as this change is noticeable, must act as a trigger for better
building of our future generations, because one gets attracted towards an easy path, may it have
repercussions later.
Indian tradition and ethical values are eternally rich and can be followed easily just with its
understanding. The holistic and rich Indian tradition has always presented the dignity of human
race and its right to live in a respectful and dignified manner. The rich values and ethics that
once existed in India are now gradually disappearing from the era but Indian traditions are being
copied and followed by the Western countries in their social welfare and organizational conduct.
Busy and Working life of parents can be considered as the biggest reason of the transition, these
days parents are too busy and are not able to give much time to their children at the edge. It
requires time to talk, discuss and solve their problems. Story- telling which was the biggest
source of transmitting knowledge, culture, tradition and ethics is now being replaced by
electronic gadgets. Each hand is busy in one or the other electric gadget, may it be of parents,
children or even of infants, which in turn is leaving a deep impact on the ethical values possessed
by the young generation.
Change in education pattern is also contributing towards the turbulence. Most of its credit goes to
well-educated men and women. Before independence, when very few people had access to
formal education, it was imparted through formal gurukuls only. Gradually such institutions
came out of the era and modern education came into being. It was a way of life that educated
people woulddepicted civilised behaviour, good manners, decencyand ethical conduct. As the
Indian education system lead through huge expansion, much effected and picked traits from
west, gradually western education spreaded its roots, the standard on which performance a child/
student is measured as measured by the percentage of marks or grades obtained in the
examinations is on rise to highly risky levels. Somewhere or other it has contributed to teen
suicides.At the advent, unfortunately there is a remarkable decline in theknowledge possessed
about our traditions, ethical &moral values, characterand behaviour of students passing out of
various educational institutions. Majority of the educational institutions, there is a complete lack
of the concept for human development and nation building in the education processthat is being
followed, which actually needs to be in- built. The focus instead, is on making money and
materialism. This has showed gradual depletion of values amongst people and the society as a
whole. This pattern is required to be reversed if we really wish to protect Indian tradition and
ethical values and it needs to surviveand acquire its due position in the world. The mere way to
arrest this decline in the level of ethics is in providing value-orientation in our educational
system.
Further parents are considered to be the first and best teachers, as parents and teachers we must
join our hands together to build the upcoming generations and the nation as a whole. Each one of
us must try to contribute towards the welfare of the young generation to in- build their characters
with the ethical values that we have proudly received from our parents and grandparents.
Dr.Rashi Gupta
Assistant Professor
Department of Management Studies
JIMS Engineering Management Technical Campus
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