Empowering Women to Protect the Social Values and Culture
| DOI | 10.1177/0019556120140314 |
| Date | 01 July 2014 |
| Author | Shantilin Lazarus |
| Published date | 01 July 2014 |
| Subject Matter | Article |
EMPOWERING WOMEN TO PROTECT THE
SOCIAL VALUES AND CULTURE
SHANTILIN LAZARUS
It
is
a well-known fact that globalisation is inevitable and its
impacts-positive
as
well as well negative are evidently
effective in all walks
of
life in every nook and
comer
of
the
world, for the world is shrinking day-by-day and the contacts
are
widening.
Consequently,
the
negative
forces
of
globalisation
and
materialism are slowly and systematically
penetrating the Indian society and youth than ever before. One
of
the greatest strengths
of
the Indian society is its strong family
foundation. Obviously, the major targets
of
the evils
of
Western
materialistic life are Indian family system and values which
have been nourished with utmost care, being bounded with
the invisible thread
of
love and mutual care. In this context, in
order to strengthen the family values, the present article intends
to analyse the negative impacts
of
materialistic life in the West
and
its impact
on
the Indian
family
system. The article
highlights the importance
of
safeguarding
and
nurturing the
family values in India to save the fature society. The article
farther suggests that women as home builders can play a vital
role
in
human building imparting the family values to the young
ones. However, they need some special training to protect their
families from the onslaught
of
cultural invasion
and
therefore,
it
is
high time
for
the higher educational institutions to take
initiatives to empower women with value education to save
fature generation from disaster.
INTRODUCTION
PRIME MINISTER Narendra Modi, in his first Independence Day speech
on August 15, 2014 underlined the responsibility
of
the parents to monitor
and educate their teenage and adolescent children. 1 Understandably, the
1
'Narendra
Modi
Speaks
Extempore
and
Strikes
a Chord',
Times
of
India,
New
Delhi,
p.l.
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