Foreign Television channels are destroying our culture. In my opinion as the coin has too sides ... this topic is also having both advantages and disadvantages. Coming to advantages some of the foreign channels like BBC, Discovery, National Geography, Animal Planet, BSNC, Star sports, Ten sports... are very much useful to us to update our knowledge. And the technology used by these channels is excellent.But coming to the disadvantages of course there are some channels, which destroys our Indian culture.All it depends on our mind set. If we use those channels in right way they will be useful to us. If we use in wrong way it creates bad impact on our culture.

Well that is my opinion. Add your opinion for broad conversation.

Hi All,

Foreign Channels! The things that strike our minds are CNN, BBC, ESPN, FTV, STAR MOVIES, AXN, and other n no. Of channels which do dominant the viewer ship choice. The point here is do they affect our culture. Coming to our culture, it is diversified and has a broad spectrum. One point I would like to make it clear to the outset is that foreign countries like America or such developed countries took a long time to shift the modern culture we are witnessing. The trend was a continuous one and it was never a sudden shift. So, the transition was smooth and they do have no complaints about it. The children and parents do have a mindset to tackle their day-to-day scenario, which may look absurd to us. Yes! They do have a different culture and its common for them to have two or three marriages in a lifetime and women also have the strength to live an independent life. Even the children do have the courage to face any consequences and they also become independent very soon in their career. Given this scenario the channels they do portray a mirror image of their culture and their tastes. It is ok for them to view semi-naked or naked movies or shows and it’s a part and parcel of life over there. Whereas in India a women is treated as god (at least what our culture says). We can’t expect our people to behave in that manner. It can be taken as a way of entertainment, but cannot be replicated. The recent trend of movies and shows by Indians is much alarming. The divide between the rural and urban does have an impact on this society. Nowadays the anchors or heroines or songs do have an adverse affect on our culture, which are showcased by our own Indian people. So, where does the question arise that they destroy our culture. Suppose, we have a knife in our possession, using it to kill a person or to cut a vegetable solely lies in our hands. We can’t blame the knife for it. Now, looking at the better side of the aspect. We do have informative news channels, which have 24*7 coverage of world. They do provide information and knowledge to all age groups. The cartoon channels are a big boon to our kids. The creativity in animation and the digital effects of sound they put in, virtually they put life into those pictures. It is in our hands how many hours our kids spend before them. The channels like AXN and the like do bring out our courage to face life in all their ups and downs. The sports channels do give us coverage of complete sports where we can watch our sports person performing in an international arena like we saw our speedster Karthikeyan. It is again in our hands how much time we glue ourselves to the idiot box. The NGC or Discovery channels do add the spice of life with their coverage on wide range of topics from War Scenarios, Scientific missions like rover to mars, Animal kingdom, Volcanic eruptions, Tornados, etc risking their own life providing us the best from the world. Life has now become an inevitable for many of us without listening to those English beats thanks to some of those channels. So, we do have something to ponder upon to decide for ourselves to deal with the present scenario. Good for good, bad for bad.

HI,

India is known and it is outstanding from other company’s bcoz of its culture. Still it is known for its culture. Television is a form of media to create awareness among people and to entertain people. According to me, nothing is affecting our culture. Nobody is responsible for that. Each individual is responsible for his or her success or failure. SO foreign channels r not affecting our culture. Not only television, all the available sources will be a favor or against to us in the way of utilization. If u looks at it in wrong manner, it is against and vice versa. There r many channels such as BBC, DISCOVERY, STAR SPORTS, ESPN, STAR NEWS and many channels which gives us a high standard and gives the information about the nook and corner.

But if we think that foreign channels are affecting our culture, then not only foreign channels, Indian channels are also affecting our culture. And it is wrong only if Indian channels affect our culture. Culture is not in the way of dressing and culture is not fashion. It is the behavior, manner etc. So according to me, all depends on the way in which we take. So if u watch the channel in a wrong way, then surely it will destroy-not our culture, it will destroy u.

Yes they are destroying our culture in some ways, and in some other ways they are helpful in inculcating good knowledge.We were well known for our tradition and culture. But becoz of these foreign channels people is getting attracted towards western culture. As one of our famous Indian SWAMY VIVEKANANDA explained about Indian culture in a meeting of Chicago, which inspired the people of other countries to great extent that they wanted to follow the Indian tradition. But its unfortunate thing that today we are forgetting out Indian culture and trying to follow foreign culture. we know that people get attracted towards bad then good .So these channels have become a source of getting attracted towards bad then good. Channels reflect ones culture to a great extent. So they are a source to become well known about different cultures. And also to know about their standards of living. So finally we should grasp well and leave the bad .Any technology is useful is we use it in proper way.