Dreadful Impact of Indian ‘Yellow Culture’ on Bangladeshi young generation

Md. Abdun Noor Shaheen

Lecturer in Sociology

Generally, culture refers the customs and beliefs, art, way of life and social organization of a particular country or group. And, of course, we have a very rich culture which we can feel proud of. But the shocking fact is that that our culture is now under a great threat because of foreign cultural aggression. Indian cultural practices, have especially added a new flavour to this extent and satellite TV channels run by India have made the path of aggression easier. Our young generation is so much affected and influenced by those channels that they are trying to practise what they see on the television screen. So from my point of view, Indian cultural practices are now turning as a threat rather than mere source of amusement.

Some Concrete Facts of Indian forms of Culture: Indian films, for instance, are now at the epicenter of the culture wars. They are corrupting our youth. There are about ten Indian channels, showing movies and movie songs round the clock. We are quite stunned at many of the shows in Indian TV channels that are apparently for children. The Indian channels are full of contests when ten year old girls are dressed up and made up like Bollywood actresses, rotating to some hit Hindi songs, making all those suggested moves in front of thrilled audiences and approving panel of judges. Then, there are singing contests where again, little boys and girls sing out their hearts some vulgar Hindi songs. We also find the identical shows in our own channels with the same ridiculous dance sequences performed by pre-teens, wearing layers of makeup and making moves that would put any Dhaliwood film extra to shame. Where are the children, we begin to wonder. Oh No! They have been replaced