Cultural Changes and How West is Effecting Us - By Zubair Khalil

Over the past few decades, everything is changing quite rapidly like science, technology, media, culture, and global environment. All these factors have great effect on humans but among them the most important dramatically changing is culture. Every country and community has its own particular culture which is influenced by the religion of the resident majority. Regardless of this, the world is divided into two big cultures i.e. Eastern and Western Culture. Eastern culture puts more emphasis on family system while Western culture gives the freedom of individuality. Before the seventeenth century AD (establishment of East India Company), the world was dominated by Eastern culture as the forces were emerging from Eastern part of the world (Asia today).With the rise of British empire, the western culture started to rule over the world. At that time the Eastern culture was at its peak in south Asia, ruled by Mughals. With the passage of time, people in sub continent became the victim of western culture brought by British government.

Now more than 50 years have been passed since the demise of British Government left in south Asia, but we are still under the influence of their culture. Western culture has different effects on our living style. Firstly, we still consider ourselves the slaves of British, psychologically. Secondly, taste of music has been changed from classical to pop. Thirdly, our cultural dressing is ruined by western style. And lastly, our new generation likes to eat western fast food.