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How others feels for:Family Life and Family Values in INDIA by varsha mishra, technical Manager

How others feels for:Family Life and Family Values in INDIA

By : varsha mishra, technical Manager
Industry : Hospitality Functional Area : Change Management
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 In India the family is the most important institution that has survived through the ages. India, like most other less industrialized, traditional, eastern societies is a collectivist society that emphasizes family integrity, family loyalty, and family unity. Ø   Harry C. Triandis (1986) defined collectivism, which is the opposite of individualism as, "a sense of harmony, interdependence and concern for others" More specifically, collectivism is reflected in greater readiness to cooperate with family members and extended kin on decisions affecting most aspects of life, including career choice, mate selection, and marriage Ø   The Indian family has been a dominant institution in the life of the individual and in the life of the community For the Hindu family, extended family and kinship ties are of utmost importance. Ø   In India, families adhere to a patriarchal ideology, follow the patrilineal rule of descent, are patrilocal, have familialistic value orientations, and endorse traditional gender role preferences. Ø   The Indian family is considered strong, stable, close, resilient, and enduring . Historically, the traditional, ideal and desired family in India is the joint family. A joint family includes kinsmen, and generally includes three to four living generations, including uncles, aunts, nieces, nephews, and grandparents living together in the same household. It is a group composed of a number of family units living in separate rooms of the same house. These members eat the food cooked at one hearth, share a common income, common property, are related to one another through kinship ties, and worship the same idols. The family supports the old; takes care of widows, never-married adults, and the disabled; assists during periods of unemployment; and provides security and a sense of support and togetherness Ø   The joint family has always been the preferred family type in the Indian culture, and most Indians at some point in their lives have participated in joint family living With the advent of urbanization and modernization, younger generations are turning away from the joint family form. Ø   Some scholars specify that the modified extended family has replaced the traditional joint family, in that it does not demand geographical proximity or occupational involvement and does not have a hierarchal authority structure; This new family form encourages frequent visits; financial assistance; aid and support in childcare and household chores; and involvement and participation in life-cycle events such as births, marriages, deaths, and festival celebrations. Ø   The familial and kinship bonds are thus maintained and sustained. Even in the more modern and nuclear families in contemporary India, many functional extensions of the traditional joint family have been retained and the nuclear family is strongly embedded in the extended kinship matrix. In spite of the numerous changes and adaptations to a pseudo-Western culture and a move toward the nuclear family among the middle and upper classes, the modified extended family is preferred and continues to prevail in modern IndiaØ    India is an extremely pronatalistic society, and the desire to have a male child is greatly stressed and is considered by some to be a man's highest duty, a religious necessity, and a source of emotional and familial gratification Because male children are desired more than female children, they are treated with more respect and given special privileges.  Ø   . In a traditional Indian family, the wife is typically dependent, submissive, compliant, demure, nonassertive, and goes out of her way to please her husband. Women are entrusted with the responsibility of looking after the home and caring for the children and the elderly parents and relatives. Ø   Childrearing practices in India tend to be permissive, and children are not encouraged to be independent and self-sufficient. The family is expected to provide an environment to maximize the development of a child's personality and, within the context of the Hindu beliefs and philosophy, positively influence the child's attitudes and behaviors. Ø   Life expectancy for both Indian men and women is increasing. According to the 2001 Census of India, life expectancy was 61.9 years for men and 63.1 years for women (Census of India 2001). This has led to a significant increase in the population of elderly individuals. Ø   The elderly in India are generally obeyed, revered, considered to be fountains of knowledge and wisdom, and treated with respect and dignity by family and community members. Old age is a time when a person is expected to relax, enjoy solitude, retirement, pray, enjoy spending time with the grandchildren, and not worry about running the household or about finances because the oldest son is now in charge of the finances and family matters, and the oldest daughter-in-law is generally running the household. In most instances, the elderly care for their grandchildren and assist with cooking and household chores. Even adult children continue to consult their parents on most of the important aspects of life. do you feel the same? regards varsha
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  Commented by  Vishwas Gagrani, Game Developer, Freelancer    | 09 22 2010 12:14:30 +0000 
There might be a little truth, in what you wrote. But most of the points, are just plain bragging, seems as if you r going to get some prize for it :). Indian families are not always a good social structure. There are much better social structure around the world and no doubt in the developed nations, which people in India terms as dirty. Modern Indian families are following them. The bitter truth is since ages, Indian families  go through a lot of ugly family politics among the family members and relatives. The root is either ego, dominance with respect to money. 

What you wrote here: 
". The family supports the old; takes care of widows, never-married adults, and the disabled; assists during periods of unemployment; and provides security and a sense of support and togetherness " 
is not true for everybody. It's the modern Indian families who have recently started caring widows ( percentage is still very low). It's not very late when widows were burnt alive in the name of social system in india. The other things are similarly illogical. 
Varsha, just writing and bragging about things never solve things. Sorry, There are many lies in your article.
  Commented by  Darpan Sinha, Solution Architect, Fujitsu Consulting India Pvt Ltd    | 09 08 2008 03:40:01 +0000 
Nice
  Commented by  Abhishek Tiwari, Network Admin/System Admin, STPL INC.    | 09 07 2008 22:09:02 +0000 
This is the Main frame of indian family
  Commented by  Jai Prakash, Chief Manager, Sindri Unit    | 09 07 2008 08:21:20 +0000 
Great compilation...We Indians are proud of our values...
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