Culture Clashes

Naveen Mahaarachchi

One liberty that can be taken in composing is that definitions can be laid according to the artist’s consent. For after all definitions must have been made so in history.

With the conception of life a liver gets many invisible obligations that the liver has to fulfill. Obvious are the basics such as religion and various duties. A less obvious (arguable) yet one very visible are the concept of culture and its metrics. The encumbrance of the culture’s demands could vary according to each individual’s social background, but the percentage of the influence the cultural alumni can impose could be relatively high.

In “God of Small Things” Ammu wants to pursue her studies further, but her culture confines her to the walls of her home. Had patriarchy not existed, mammachi’s pickle factory could have been the major bread winner for the family. The fact is culture lays rules about how to behave, even whom to love, where and when…. Evidence is in law itself- customs are a method of determining conducts of behavior.

Culture is a practice propagated by an entity; let that be an individual or a group. The practice then gains awareness and acknowledgement and finally passes as a method of behavior. Natural legislation by the people. Practices can get outdated, rules can become unsuitable. The interesting observation arises when amendments are made for the set natural legislation.

The very purpose of this inquiry is to understand that the inception level of a custom is created by individuals. The compounding inquiry is to discern that the reversals or modifications of culture must also be undertaken by individuals themselves. Thus, very Eastern parents could produce a very Western child. Thus love laws, behavior ethics can be challenged; cultures can conflict and clash, within a household to a cultures hive.

The realization is not dramatic, neither is it intended to cause a change or an upheaval of constructions and streams.

The artist can let go of the passengers in midair, there never is an obligation to guarantee a clear, safe journey.