No

- A large number of people associated with the Beef industry will be unemployed. These people might involve in illegal trade.

- Beef is a cheaper source of protein compared to other forms and banning it will deprive the poor section of it.

- The ban is only on the beef from the Indian buffaloes that burden the farmers breeding them. It had been an alternate source of income for them.

- There will be losses in the Export business as a large part of beef export will be impacted by the ban.

- Various industries such as Pharma will be affected as many of their products involve ingredients like fats from buffaloes.

- State does not have a right to impose a certain food culture in any form on people. If it does, it becomes a theocratic state.

- It will hamper the cattle economy. There will be no one who will nurture buffalo, cows or bulls, which are neither useful for meat nor agricultural purposes.

- Nothing is done about imported beef. There are many restaurants that use Angus beef from USA and Australia.

Individuality: Studies have shown that students find it difficult to express themselves in schools that have uniforms. The freedom of choice and expressing through dressing is lost. In a country like India where people of different community, caste and culture live together and have different ways of dressing, it is like banning children from wearing what they prefer to wear. Instead of focusing on uniformity students need to be taught to respect each other irrespective of their community and what they wear.

2. Uniformity lost: Talking of uniformity, these days some advanced schools have different sets of uniforms for different activities and even different days. Is it really just on the part of the financially backward parents to afford these dresses? And that’s not all. Uniforms change once students go from one class to the other. This is a waste of money and unjust on the part of those parents who work really hard to afford the education of their children in a better school.

3. Teenage problems: Teens involve in gang activities and usually get into competing with students of other schools. Uniforms make them easily targetable by the students of other school who can bully them or even worse, beat them up. In this rebellious age, uniforms can also be a reason why the student might start disliking the school. The comfort level in school uniforms is also lesser than what one wears casually at home.

4. Other studies: Contrary to what scholars say, some studies have shown that uniform does not improve academic performance of a child or the way he/she develops in life. In fact, there are studies that show students who went to schools with uniforms have a bad dressing sense later in life

It would be best to allow the children of a school poll and decide what they want as dress codes. There can be uniformity in colours of the dresses but there should be choices in ways of wearing them. However, school uniforms are actually the least bothering factor that needs attention right now. There are more serious issues that need to be tackled like corruption in education system, ways of providing valued education to the underprivileged and providing financial support to those deprived of these rights.

RE: Should school uniforms be chucked off? sahana (11-28-2014)

Uniforms should be there because of reasons already mentioned like uniformity.

Already India is a place full of disparity and choosing what to wear when you actually cannot afford much like rich kids can be a stressful event for school kid.

Whereas if students need to express themselves they can have 1 day a week for non-uniform day.

RE: Should school uniforms be chucked off? Deepa Kaushik (11-28-2014)

Chucking of school uniforms would be no good. School children might get irritated with the same dressing especially in the teen age, but they lack the social sense the way adults can think to protect them from the rage of external world.

We find the country becoming more and more insecure especially for the girls / women. in such a scenario, letting the children coming up in different colours and costumes could attract the evil eyes. The other way around, the mischievous children bunking the school premises could be spotted easily with the uniforms. The most important factor would always remain the uniformity amongst the students. The children would be coming from the families of different socio-economic strata. The lower income group children should not be looked down upon just due to their appearance. The uniformity in the costumes helps the students to blend well without the partial behaviour.

School uniforms have their own pride and charm. Wearing the uniform is not only specific to the schools but the same is being followed by various companies and shops as well for their employees. Such uniforms also help the students in having some sort of restrictions in life and they learn to be disciplined in their life. Uniforms definitely have lot many benefits particularly for the school children and there is no point considering chuck-off the uniforms.

Indian culture is about sharing the values and showing unity in diversity that is still prevalent in India.

• The dress culture must have changed but that doesn’t means that sarees and other Indian dresses are forgotten. They are making an impact on the foreigner people.

• People from all over the world come to India to see the TajMahal, Ellora caves, taste the Indian food and many other activities.

• Culture is about openness to accept the other people and respect their culture. Indians are still best at it.

• Touching the feet of elders with humility and grace is still prevalent in the Indian society and is even followed by the affluent families.

• All the festivals in India are still celebrated with the same spirit and joy as it used to be in the past.

Both Indian Culture and Western Culture are right at their places. There is a lot to learn from both the cultures. For last few decades, Indian culture has been influenced by the western culture, and they are adopting the merits of the western culture like cleanliness, equal rights for both men and women, frankness, etc. which helped in removing the shortcomings of Indian culture. Similarly, western culture is also getting an Indian touch regarding Indian cuisine and yoga.

A couple of years ago, I had invited my best friend Jenene, to attend an Indian wedding. I thought it might be fun for her to experience the different foods, clothing, personalities, and religious beliefs that were particular to my culture. Later on that evening she had pulled me to the side and told me that the culture that she was raised in was completely different from mine. She was raised in New York all of her life and she had never experienced such a distinct culture. At that time I told her that she did not know half the story! As time went on, she attended more and more Indian functions and realized that the main differences between the western and Indian cultures were religion, marriage, and social interaction.

The western culture is predominantly of the Christian faith praying to one God. Growing up in the Hindu faith, I always wondered why my mother used to pray to many Gods. As I became older, I built up the courage to ask a Pandit (Indian Priest) why we believed in many Gods whereas all the others believed only in one. He had informed me that we only believe in one God, Lord Shiva. It may appear that we are praying to many Gods, but in fact we are praying to the many forms that he appeared to us on earth.

The Hindu and the Christian religious beliefs are predominantly very similar in that they teach individuals to be good and giving people. The main difference between the two religions is our belief in the after-life. Christians believe that after we die, we wait to be judged (Judgement Day) and until that time, your soul remains in an everlasting sleep (purgatory). After Judgement Day Christians believe that they answer for the wrongs that they committed upon the earth. This determines whether they go to Heaven or Hell.

Hindus believe in reincarnation, which is life after death. We believe that after you die, your soul is transferred into another body or form. Depending on your dharma (behavior...

in your previous life will determine your karma (actions that will affect your next life). If you were a good and giving person, your soul will be transferred into a human, the highest life form. If you were bad, your soul will be transferred into an insect, animal, or a lower life form. In any case, both the Christian and Hindu religion teach good values, beliefs and morals which constitute an ideal individual.

The topic of marriage is quite dissimilar in both cultures. The western belief in marriage is that first, you look for the right person. Secondly, there is the process of getting to know the right person through dating and spending quality time, which can last up to several years. Thirdly, is the engagement where a ring is placed on the female's finger and a promise is made for marriage. Finally, the wedding is where vows are exchanged

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Tradition and progress are complementary to each other; they are not mutually exclusive. Too much of traditional bondage is as harmful as is too much of progress at the expense of traditional values. In fact the concept of ‘generation gap’ is but another name for this divorce between ‘tradition’ and ‘progress’.

Indian Society is a permissive society and progress is its watchword. Science has been making long strides and it has made our day to day life progressively simpler with increasing material comforts.

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