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Traditional values relate to a community as do roots to a tree. Neglect the root,
the tree withers away slowly.
In a developing economy, material prosperity and people’s mobility go hand-in-hand.
At the dawn of independence, the country saw many enterprising youngsters migrating
to Mumbai in search of a better tomorrow. Karnataka, the neighbor next-door, had
a good share of such out-bound birds, mainly from the Dakshina Kannada and Udupi
regions.
Over the decades, these migratory birds have reaped some benefits. With the passage
of time, the 2nd and 3rd generations of the early ‘settlers’, now stand distanced
from their roots. The vital link with the native land, the mother-tongue, the native
art, literature and tradition is thinning out alarmingly. This ‘self alienation’
is further helped by the round-the-clock media impact through T.V. channels, the
internet and the mobile. It is poverty hidden underneath a projected prosperity
– an object surrender of spiritual values to discarded notions of western commercialism.
The younger generations of these migrants resemble an uneasy fish under perennial
thirst….. The dithering soul needs to be anchored and the wavering son, reassured.
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