In the past people wore their traditional clothes and followed their culture. These days most people wear similar clothes and therefore look very similar to one another. Do you think this is a positive or a negative development?

Today, we do not belong to a big planet Earth; we belong to a small global village. In

this

shrunken

world

, the cultures have

also

come closer and

as a

result people

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result, people

all over the

world

are dressing up in similar clothes and looking similar.

This

is largely a positive development. On the positive side, people have become more tolerant of each other and are accepting each other in a much better way. They have a feeling that they are all connected even though there are different religions and ways of life.

For example

, when the tsunami disaster occurred, the whole

world

felt the devastation. People from all over the

world

offered their support and sent money to help victims.

Instead

of saying that different parts of the

world

should deal with their own problems, everyone made other

countries

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countries'

problems their own.

This

shared belief of safety and happiness brought people together for comfort and relief. Every

culture

can agree on

such

beliefs. What is more, the idea that the

world

is shrinking its’ differences and uniting, makes us stronger and more capable to accomplish anything. Another positive aspect of

this

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cultural

exchange is that all over the

world people

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world, people

are accepting the good points of each other’s

culture

and

this

also

makes them more aware of the good points of their own

culture

.

For example

, the western clothing, jeans and T-shirts, is very comfortable and easy to manage.

Therefore

, people all over the

world

have adopted it. In the same way, we can see the inclination of many foreigners towards our cultural

values

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Values

and living style. Our holy books, ‘Geeta’ and ‘Ramayana’ have gone global. Yoga and meditation have gained worldwide popularity. Our Indian classical dances are being taught in western countries and

such

classes are not monopolized by the Indian students; they have a diversity of students from all over the

world

. On the negative side, some people feel that it is leading to a loss of global diversity and people are forgetting their own cultural and traditional values.

This

seems true on the face value, but I still feel that there are some deep rooted cultural differences which can never be forgotten. Wearing similar clothes and accepting other people’s cultures can never make anyone completely aloof from one’s own

culture

. To put it in a nutshell, I pen

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down, saying

that the worldwide similarity among people is largely a positive trend.