Showing posts with label culture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label culture. Show all posts

Sunday, 17 February 2013

Veils: Banned Burka Helpful?


  Veils, a dress code existing since ancient times. Romans, Greek and every noble lady used them. Sculptures all across Europe can be found with women wearing veils. It was worn by European women as a symbol of royalty through the Middle Ages. It was used as a symbol of honor and respect, common women and prostitutes were forbidden from wearing it. Only the noble and the worthy were to wear the veil.

  Veils like symbols of royalty also has religious values attached to it. Judaism, Christianity and Islam are just a few examples of such religions. Jew women can be seen worshiping with veils in Synagogues. Christian women in Churches. While the Muslim women can be seen in their everyday life wearing a Muslim veil known as Hijab or Burqah. MuslimWomen are found in different types of veils all over the world. Full coverings, Half coverings, Scarves and many different types of veils are worn by the Muslim women. An Islamic veil protect's women, and covers most of the body (Their are different types and ideologies now). 
   The Islamic veil covers a woman's body and makes her less provactive and that makes her a lesser of a victim for unsocial behaviours. There are many threats in this society, for women most of them occur due to provactive wear.
  The Delhi gang rape case being the latest issue in the sub-continent, shows that problems like these occur due to provocative dressing. The panel of judges set for the case were in 68% support with the dressing being the cause of such sort of violence. Madurai Adheenam a Hindu High-Priest said that women should wear clothing that would cover their body entirely. They should wear Purdah like clothing of the Muslim Women. The Muslim veil for today's world of rape and murder is the best fit.
  Thus,the talks by Madurai Adheenam show that he though being a Hindu accepts what Islam has to offer. The High-Priest acknowledges what other religions offer and right now what is necessary for the betterment of the people. I completely agree with his statement, but many countries disapprove the idea and are banning the full veil. To me it's an opression of justice and freedom. You cannot take someone's freedom of clothing away. If these women want wear Niqabs or Burqah's, it should be upto them. At the latest, France Burka Ban and Belgian Ban on Burqa are examples of bad democratic examples. I think the revolt against burkas is wrong. What Do You Think?
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Wednesday, 6 February 2013

Food: Part of The Culture

  The way to a man's heart is a full tummy. It is a common phrase used for centuries. Food is in fact the way to a man's heart. Good food is what a man needs. It is what he desires the most.
  Food is a necessity for every human being. Young, old, men or women, every body needs food. Every living thing needs food. Abundance of food is what makes a society happy. A community's health depends on the food it eats. Men work the whole day to put food for the family on the table. It is what a simple being would desire, and most middle class and lower class men's top priority is to provide enough food for the family. Seeing his family have enough food is what really makes his heart happy.
 Different part's of the world have different types of tastes. Societies have their own cuisine. You definitely would have eaten Chinese, Thai, Italian e.t.c. These are all different kinds of foods which are associated with different cultures and societies. It shows the taste of the people and what they prefer to eat. It is a way of showing their culture. Food, it's preparation and it's presentation are a work of art. Cuisines show the most beautiful food and colours their artistic minds provide to the world. How wonderful and vibrant the culture is can be shown by the type of food they eat.
  Foods are based in each culture on what the land provides them with. Arabian culture has abundance growth of dates and as traditionally nomads and owners of herds in the past, they have many  meaty dishes and dishes which include dates. Malaysian and some other countries from that part of the world use a lot of chillies and the food they prepare is spicy. Whereas Thai and Mexican food has a blend of all four tastes.
  India on the other hand has too many cultures. Each culture having a completely different set of cuisine. In Madras you'd find DOSA. In Gujarat you'd find DHOKRA or THEPLA's and so on...
  There is virtually no end to the types of foods this vibrant world has to offer. From East to West there is a very wide variety of flavours and dishes to fill our tummies and our mouths with everlasting flavours. Each of them showing the beauty of their culture.