MFA DISSERTATION Western Impact on Indian Culture and Art From Colonial‚ through Modern and Contemporary Times Vishan Darren Seenath 2/2/2012 In the past decade contemporary art of the Indian sub-continent has received increasing attention‚ perhaps on the merit of the artists‚ but most likely due to the increasingly strong Indian economy and the money that is being made through foreign investments. There is a glaring observation to be made‚ and that is interest in India by the West seems
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How has rampant commercialization and westernization of India impacted the society and its attitude ? Discuss some of the positive and negative aspects of the same. India‚ seventh largest country by area and second most populous country‚ is a land of diversity. It is one the fastest growing economy of the world and with transforming society. There are many factors contributing to the change but Commercialization‚ Westernization and Modernization are the main driving force. Commercialization refers
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may know Egypt for its pyramids and pharaohs‚ but there is more to Egypt than its ancient history. Egypt went through several changes to become what we know today as Modern Egypt. These changes include the history of European imperialism‚ the westernization of Egypt‚ and the impact on their education. Egypt borrowed a lot of money from European countries‚ mostly Britain and France‚ for internal improvements. Egypt’s most important cash crop was cotton. Around the time of the American Civil War
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indeed revolted by‚ aspects of a foreign culture. At the same time‚ we’ve probably also all occasionally felt that our national origin has dictated the way in which people have responded to us. Globalization ? the growing integration of economies and societies around the world. There are many reasons to think that globalization might undermine the feelings of national identity: * multinational corporations promote a certain kind of consumerist culture and ipso facto create similar lifestyles
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on this planet‚ and the United States has over three hundred million people. Up to eleven million of these people are suffering from eating disorders while approximately seventy two million people are obese (Kirby). The individualistic‚ Western culture that envelops the United States is a supportive environment for this negative body image epidemic that is taking place. Individualistic societies have loose bonds between individuals; every person is expected to look after his or her self and immediate
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Japan seemed to be getting controlled by the European powers. However‚ young‚ vigorous leaders took control of the government of Japan forcing a dramatic reconstruction of the nations polices‚ administration‚ class structure‚ economy‚ technology and culture. These leaders tended to be young samurai warriors in the han (feudal estates) of Choshu and Satsuma. The samurai were able to employ some of the technological information introduced by the Dutch from their station in Nagasaki harbor (the shogunate
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What do you think of “Westernization” in Malaysia? Provide argument and examples. Nowadays‚ we can see there is a lot of westernization in Malaysia. People in Malaysia like to copy the style from western country because they think that country more develop than our country. From my point of view‚ westernization in Malaysia give disadvantages rather than good thing. The westernization gives bad impact to the Malaysian people especially teenagers because we can see that teenagers today have lack
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he decide that Russia was not suitable for the modern advancements of their neighboring European nations. Not only did Peter adopt the standard of living of the western European world; his efforts sped up Russia’s development greatly. In the westernization of Russia‚ Peter made a more stable government. For example‚ he created a board of administrators to deal with certain functions of the government to make it run more smoothly. These ideas of "colleges" were borrowed from Western ideas. To make
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ALPONSA MATRIC HR. SEC. SCHOOL‚NAGERCOIL MONTHLY TEST‚CHEMISTRY STD : XI 11-AUG-1012 MAX MARKS
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accepted many different trends and systems of the western countries. Often people might hear each other saying India is under the westernization impact or you are getting modern. The term modernization and westernization are confused with each other. But in fact both are different. The question here arises is what should India opt for? Is modernization better than westernization? Modernization: It symbolizes the shift into a lot of trendy techniques and strategies.It merely means that the betterment
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