Question

Due to urbanization and impact of western culture, the Indian society celebrates which of the following with pomp and show even though it’s not native?
A. Diwali
B. Dussehra
C. New year day
D. Sankranti

Answer 1

Hint: We have to remember that the Indian’s cultures and traditions are changing according to the different periods. Because each state and religion in India has different types of New Year according to their traditions. For example, Tamil peoples celebrate their new year in April $14$ and Muslims celebrate their new year on the first day of the Ramzan month.

Complete answer:
Normally we Indian’s don’t celebrate New Year as a festival. But after urbanization, many countries in the world adopt January $1$ as the New Year’s. India also adopts western culture due to socialization with other countries. We all need a common calendar that is why we adopt the New Year culture of western countries. In the world of modernization, we all are forced to adopt western culture. But one has to remember and respect his or her traditions. Though one celebrates festivals like New Year to socialize with western countries he or she would not forget their roots. Countries like China celebrate two New Year's, one is according to their traditions and another one is according to western culture. In the world of socialization, it is hard to avoid western culture. One should learn to balance both western culture and his or her tradition. Celebrating New Year in India is a way of socializing with others. People celebrate New Year based on the Gregorian calendar. Before the Gregorian calendar, we used the Julian calendar. Each country has different types of the calendar but in the modern world, we all need a common calendar method for globalization. New Year is not an Indian festival but Indians celebrate it because of urbanization.
Christian people usually celebrate their New Year in Jan $1$. According to Christianity, the New Year’s day is the feast of naming and circumcision of Jesus. The Roman Catholic Church celebrates the solemnity of Mother Mary on this day.
The Gregorian calendar is based on the solar dating system so it is used as a common calendar. The Gregorian calendar is a solar calendar with $12$ months.
The Gregorian calendar was found $1582$ by Pope Gregory $XIII$ . Before the Gregorian calendar people used the Julian calendar. The Julian calendar was implemented by Julius Caesar in $46$ B.C.
So, the correct answer is Option C.


Note: We have to remember that the Julian calendar is $10.8$ minutes longer than the Gregorian calendar. Because the Roman emperors miscalculated the length of the solar year. The early Roman calendar was created by Romulus and it consists of $10$ months. Before the Julian calendar, Jesus used the Hebrew calendar in which the lunar months and years are based on the solar years. India started to follow western culture after British period. Two hundred years of the British rule left India with its shadows through western culture. Indians have to realize that six decades of self-depreciation have not helped us to be progressive. This is the time to strengthen the belief in ourselves and our culture.