Cultural Dilemma: A Grave Concern in Migrants
The most burning issue - cross-cultural confrontation - is developing in a complex and progressive way. The problematic situation has to do with instant migration, where the new generations are provoked to follow a new way of living. The writers of the Indian Diaspora have been writing about the dissatisfaction of an individual. On the contrary, they are the illustrations for coming new generations. How far is culture being shaped in a different cultural milieu?
The movement of people in search of a better life towards U.S.A., Canada, U.K., Trinidad, Australia, Arab Countries, etc., is a manifestation of the deficiency in our own culture and society or in the economy. The Colonial and Post-colonial experiences are representative of the bitter truth of immigration. We can analyse and come across the examples of such characters in the writings of V.S.Naipaul, Bharati Mukherjee, Jhumpa Lahiri, Salman Rushdie, Meena Alexender, Kiran Desai etc. We can judge the bewilderment, homesickness, insomnia, alienation, and a reflection of cultural change in immigrants. The human psychology is deeply disturbed in the selection of a new land.
The force of enthusiasm towards immigration leads to a never ending queue of new faces in new countries. The dynamics of thinking and decision-making paves the area of assimilation with a different cultural milieu. Before exile, there are several dreams of a luxurious life in the minds of an individual. But the reality is always different, because the desire to go abroad is just like that forbidden fruit which is eaten at any cost. Landing on foreign soil, facing the new climate, immigration leads to a confusing world of pungent experiences.
The expatriate sensibility brings an extra attachment for one’s culture and society. On the other hand, it is a test of the nature of society and culture. We carry culture, we follow culture, we apply it, but the confrontation with the other culture is all about conflict between two cultures. The discourses among educationists, social thinkers and diaspora writers put forward the sore experience of expatriate sensibility. Every year, a large number of people are migrating for a better future. Where is that threshold of future and success? Where is satisfaction? They are still in search of that unseen heaven on earth. A search for peace is never ending. However, meaning of peace is still a crucial question for any individual of any nation. The commencement of assimilation of the entire personality in a new land follows the strict immigration-laws. It is the best trial of an emigrant to prove his existence among the people of that nation. The social mores hassle again the perplexed mind of an individual to accept a redundant culture and society. Here, he feels the loss of culture and the drastic nature of new society.
Exile for a better future cannot be fruitful, but the assimilation and adoption of culture can lead to the ways of that new land. The tendency of double-culture makes tough the life of a fresh immigrant. He cannot show reluctance and even cannot prove his one sided culture. To assimilate with society, he will have to go for the adjustment with culture, trends and mannerism.
The social dilemma conveys the drawbacks of separate cultural systems, where groups are responsible for the change. A dominant perspective of the common group, however, purifies the ultimate target of changing culture and mannerisms. The nature of dynamic culture can carry over a huge slice of regular practices which are more progressive and adhesive to culture.
The social structure provides some factors to maintain the flow of culture. And the feeling towards it, recreates an emotional panorama of migrated people who are still suffering and struggling. They can observe circumstances, meaningless efforts and several issues regarding immigration. Religion and culture both lead each other to maintain the fulcrum of the diasporic milieu. The life-style changes but inner articulation demonstrates a different perspective. And the future holds the expectations of cultural dynamics in a shape of placidity. It seems very clear that the future of the ‘Indian diaspora’ and ‘cross-cultural encounter’ remains a dilemma.
Born in Pauri Distt. Uttarakhand India. At present Lect. in Professional Communication, DBIT, Dehradun and a Ph.D. (English) scholar from HNB GU Article Source:http://www.articlesbase.com/literature–articles/cultural-dilemma-a-grave-concern-in-migrants-980714.html
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