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We have a rich and diverse culture. But, western culture doesn't have such values and
social esteem.
They are spoiling the values and social fabric of Indians.
Few of the programs which Indian television imported from foreign like big boss are only
weird showcase of family values and they have no moral and social obligation.
Against
Foreign channels are serving good or bad programs based on the viewer demand.
It is matter of personal choice user want to view those programs or not.
Now with new DTH technology User can subscribe the channels as per his wish.
New Televisions have child lock which can give control to parents.
Television is a form of media to create awareness among people and to entertain people.
According to me, nothing is affecting our culture. Nobody is responsible for that. Each
individual is responsible for his or her success or failure. All the available sources will be a
favor or against to us in the way of utilization. If u looks at it in wrong manner, it is against
and vice versa. There r many channels such as BBC, DISCOVERY, STAR SPORTS, ESPN,
STAR NEWS and many channels which gives us a high standard and gives the information
about the nook and corner.
Conclusion
Foreign channels are only providing the programs. Viewer has full control over he want to
see and what he dont want to see. A more organized regulation body is required which
can take care obscene and vulgar programs.

jeeya2
39 months ago

In INDIA we have different television channels from different nations like US, UK etc. As all
those are foreign channels there are movies and some other programs which reflect their
culture and habits. What we all have to do is just to watch the channel programs and to

know about their culture, language, their way of speaking, accent, their way of living. If it is
better than ours we should try to inpliment in our lives. But this judgement is depend on
ones mindset. We have our own culture and they had their own culture. We can'tCOMPARE
these things.
Of course, government had made all the foreign channels available for us. There will be no
develoment if we consider our culture is top without considering all other cultures. We
should observe their lifestyle their innovative programs if any and we should try to broad up
our knowledge.
Hey people,
I want to make a point here that it is not the channel that matters, what matters most is the content.
How can we ban & blame foreign channels if our own channels are not any less in terms of spoiling our
culture. Can we appreciate songs of sunny leone, honey singh & bhojpuri dances? Are they a part of our
culture? Absolutely not. So we should first check out ourselves before blaming others.
The second lies in our conservative mentality and due to this the one who suffers the most are our
children. From the day he/she is born we start planning & saving for their studies in America and here
we are talking of banning foreign channels. Imagine them getting to Harvard the first day and being
ragged up because our very cultured children simply can't adjust to this new world, the will feel like
aliens and will die of inferiority complex.
In my view the whole world is like a village nowadays and we should try to respect the culture and
thinking of all of them. And we should teach our child as well to respect all cultures. The more we restrict
them the more we will lose them. So talk to them, tell them & be frank with them. Because remember,
TV is not the only medium it is one of the mediums. Internet, magazines, friends are still there.
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Sushil said: (Thu, Apr 9, 2015 05:58:24 PM)

Hello,
Talking in favour of the topics I would say yes Indian culture is somewhat affected by the foreign
television channels. Though the picturisation, graphics and finally telling the moral of the episode is
best of all other television channels along with that some of these foreign TV channels simply attracts
the viewers because of their various beauties of presentation.
But, the purity of India is its culture like obeying our elders, respecting senior citizen, knowing about
the wrong and right thing from our inner soul which at times tells us not to do the thing which it feels
incorrect or wrong is somewhat easily affected by that great western culture TV channels.
Since the great religion tells the beauty of the world simply by their beautiful and sensible words
(Such as The Mahabharata, Indian Vedas, The Bible, Quran etc) and not by any vulgarity.
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Rajesh Kumar said: (Tue, Apr 7, 2015 04:37:31 PM)

Hi friends.

I don't think so that by the foreign television, how can destroy our culture its depends upon a person
and his views TV channels are for entertainment. So they would never harmful for our culture. Just
need positive thinking and believing in our-self. Nothing can destroy our culture. If we have good
intention and positive thinking.
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Rajkumar said: (Wed, Apr 1, 2015 06:07:22 PM)

God evening friends, I think all the foreign channels are not bad, also most of the Indian television
channels are not good.
Say for instance discovery, NGC, History channels etc are showing many good documentaries, have
the quality of info regarding science, history, business, innovative ideas etc.
But in contrary most of the Indian English News channels having the slave mindset adopted from
colonial British and Macaulay way of education indulge in airing of biased news, twisting of facts,
aligning with one particular community or religion or political party and ignoring attacks and
conversions problems faced by other religion and community and also lobbying for foreign imported
culture like gay life style and Freedom without any responsibility etc.
And indulge sensationalism and shady journalism, avoiding intellectual debate on national issues and
totally ignoring positive aspects of our country and its rich culture, focusing only on spicy, negative
and airing news and maligning particular community or organization or individual without any proof.
In fact, some of the documentaries shown in discovery channel on ancient Indian philosophy and
pilgrimage site in Himalayas, Kethernath, with the respectful manner along with lines of Upanishads,
without western prejudiced view and twisting of facts.
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Deepika said: (Wed, Feb 4, 2015 08:40:53 PM)

Hi friends,
This is a burning issue in India to talk or speak about. It's not correct to make foreign channels as a
wrong issue. If we see a new thing we would like to watch it with more excitement. But watching is
only our duty but not imitating it. Even we don't have right to judge what is wrong or what is correct
because we ourselves are part of it.
Why should we think foreign channels are the reason for the reason for destroying our culture. Why
don't we think mistake in ours?
Friends I would like to say one more thing with an example.
If a boy of clever student has failed his examination due to illness. So he asked to his teacher to give
him one more chance. The teacher has excused him and given a chance to write an exam in one
separate room and keeping with him an invigilator.
So the teacher have kept papers near him and she has gone away. The teacher had confident that he

is a clever student so he will not copy and she left that place. By going teacher outside he has decided
to copy exam and he has copied the exam.
Mistake is in boy or in teacher. No there is no solution for it. Because teacher have a confident that he
will not copy the exam and by keeping papers in front of student he will definitely have a little hope to
copy the examination.
So it the mistake is in ours we don't have right to judge what is right and what is wrong. So I would
like to say one more thing whatever we do it depends on our mindset. believe in you and your heart
then nothing is going to be bad.
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Debjyoti Dutta said: (Fri, Jan 30, 2015 08:32:55 AM)

If foreign channels can be accused of spreading bad taste to the delicate minds of our youngsters then
give me a reason of not blaming Indian mythologies to stimulate public to carry out the shittiest
cultures like polygamy, dowry, physical assault, rapes and so on. Because its totally Indian.
If something seems to be very much indigenous causing problems carried out through long time we
hardly could imagine to hoarsely protest against it, just because its belonged to the local geographical
area where we have been used to live in since long.
Just put a glance over Linga puja thriving in India where as no other country barely think of
pampering such bad practices going on in massive scale as religious beliefs. Just watch Ramayana
where Rama relinquish his beloved consort in a doubt that she might be touched by some uneven
aspect, still we worship that character as a god in a hidden desire that someday if we could smite our
girls the way he as we thought did.
Even Mahabharata we show explicitly the worst fortune suffered by two women namely Radha and
Droupadi by their lover and relatives the way which we glorify as our pride. There is no dearth of
examples set in Indian mythologies showing violence, incest, demoralization immensely we hardly
count them. If sexuality are supposed to be as bad as worth paying nothing but immense disgrace,
then how could you guys flag ancient temples like Khajuraho and Koark which promotes nudity and
eroticism hugely as our national pride.
If you guys wants to go for subjugating foreign shows promoting violence which you jerks blamed for
spreading the sense of inhuman intolerance among youngsters then my question to you is how could
those illiterate people, from the villages who never been in such a situation to afford television sets or
cable channels to get connected, be so violent?
And those shittiest TV serials emphasize on frail characters as a good and ideal one who can do
nothing but futile moaning and weeping with petty sentiments. Why not they show some strong
women who fights with boys. Why your Indian TV serials fend off from reality and choose to live in
utopia?
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Ameya said: (Sat, Jan 24, 2015 02:49:37 AM)

As for scenes which aren't very suitable for television viewing, they are edited by the channel before

airing. For example, swear words used in the big bang theory are muted and the words are not shown,
and love scenes are cutout, which in my opinion is a good thing.
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Ameya said: (Sat, Jan 24, 2015 02:44:29 AM)

Before broaching the subject I think it would be wise to remember that the reason English shows are
becoming more popular in our country is the lack of hyped up drama scenes (except for shows that
actually belong to that genre).
Secondly, it may be correct to say that the shows a person watches tend to affect his or her mindset,
however in the end it depends on the viewer's personal discretion or a child's parents decisions
whether or not a particular program is healthy for viewing. I agree that Indian culture is at the
opposite end of American culture.
In fact in my opinion, even though we have our faults, as a whole, the country is good. As for
creativity, it seems that most of the shows, in our country have become repetitive and the standards
have gone to the dogs. Earlier, when we used to have weekly shows on Doordarshan (like the prime
time shows in US) , it allowed for better scripts, character development and plots.
Concepts also seem to have taken a backstage. Production houses today, are going with the tried and
tested formula of what seems to work with the masses, which is sadly a relentless drone of
melodrama. Also, when directors do try to send a better message to the people of our country, most
people tend to not focus on it, due to the glamorization of antagonistic roles. The television today in
India could play a pivotal role in the development of society.
However it is necessary also, to maintain a harmony between public awareness, education and
entertainment factor. As for corruption of culture by foreign shows comes into play, need anything be
said about the type of statements made on certain comedy shows, or the somehow stupid argument
that Hindi movies have to have a item song, which has a crass tune, pathetic musical arrangement
and lyrics, along with offensive videos. Shows such as the blacklist or many others may not send a
public message, and it isn't necessary that every show does.
Because there's just a time when you need to unwind after a hard day's work and watch something
funny. But that doesn't mean it has to have double meanings like most our Hindi movies, or have to
have slapstick comedy either. The immense popularity of Sarabhai vs Sarabhai proves this. Also,
nobody says this, but its probably time that certain shows end. I mean, some shows are humiliating
and portray Indian police in bad light.
Our police don't repeat the same sentence over and over 10 times just for dramatic effect. They are in
fact brave, and very intelligent, however the characters portrayed in a few shows are stupid and
dumb. Also, the plots just keep on getting worse. Mantras? Bhoots? Either make an intelligent cop
show like crime patrol or criminal minds or castle, or just don't make one. Indian audiences are
intelligent.
However in some shows, the directors feel the need of over explaining things, as though the Indian
popularization able to place two and two together. Make TV intelligent. Make morally responsible
shows which are also entertaining.
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Monica said: (Fri, Jan 16, 2015 11:33:39 PM)

I think that to pace up with the running world we have to transform our mindset. Instead of looking at
the darker side we can also have a glance of the brighter side. Wearing jeans, t-shirt and other foreign
clothes, aren't they a threat to our culture. We couldn't compete USA. Just by copying their modern
lifestyle. We should also try to have modern thought like them.
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Rohit said: (Mon, Dec 29, 2014 05:56:58 PM)

I strongly think that foreign TV shows especially like Star World, Zee Cafe etc and foreign products
advertisements are strongly trying to attack our Indian culture by showing extra marital affairs,
violence, fights in families, exposure to sexual encounters openly etc. We should understand that
these things don't exist in our society. We Indians believe in family system and respecting each other
and our parents.
When Indian youth, kids, women and all people watch such serials violence, extra marital affairs and
infidelity seem acceptable to them. This happens because it is shown continuously on the television.
Women are objectified in the western culture which can be easily seen in their TV shows, movies and
advertisements etc. So think about it. It is an indirect attack on the minds of young people who start
justifying lusting women, violence and various other crimes.
If this is not attacking our citizens and its culture, then what is? Some people have mentioned in their
answers that it depends upon us what we need to accept from their shows. But what about the young
minds especially the teenagers who have just begun to see the world and understand it.
Do these young minds really think about judging it? Watching television automatically shuts our brains
and we just keep watching and putting in whatever stuff the television set feeds us. Do you really
think that the young minds are going to filter the violence, crime and lust shown in these foreign TV
series?
Please think about it.
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Maqusud Alam said: (Fri, Dec 26, 2014 08:08:40 PM)

Hello friend,
At this time India is a developing country and I think the development of this country completely
depends on us so we should expand our thinking. It's not limited that foreign channels destroying our
culture so at this time what is the condition of our culture everyone got introduced that if there is no
existence of a good and developed culture than what is destroying here.
In this modern and hi-tech world, there is India in which villages having no condition that anyone
since their childhood can learn something from their culture that help's to lead in their future life.
Culture is nothing but our thinking only if you do best for yourself and everyone than its good so
foreign channel may be helpful for someone its nothing for destroying our culture.

Thank you.
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Poulami Roy Chowdhury said: (Wed, Dec 24, 2014 09:50:45 PM)

Hello friends,
According to me foreign television channels can not destroy our culture. We are responsible for that.
As par my point of view we are learn many things like communication skill, language skill also and we
also improve our ability. So it is our responsibility how to handle it.
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Manvi said: (Mon, Dec 15, 2014 08:24:15 PM)

I am also a youngster and according to me, what I think it is only depends on the state of our mind
that how we perceive it and I do not think that foreign channels are destroying our culture or
devouring our rules of India. We are living in a modern world so we should adopt broad thinking, not
only this we should open our minds in a new direction making our own rules by committing some
mistakes and of course adopting a positive attitude towards things and even with the foreign channels
also. As I have implement this in my life when I was at the teenage and mark my words that day and
this day has brought a lot of changes in my life.
Even you try this in your life. You will yourself get to know the changes yourself. And share it with us
also.
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Tejaswi Ananth said: (Fri, Dec 5, 2014 07:47:24 PM)

Well hello guys I feel that Indian culture is getting ruined just because of how we Indians are taking
the matter into consideration as we are not taking a negative aspect as a negative aspect.
Eg: If a hero is smoking, drinking, ruining a woman's life our youngsters feel that they should make all
those activities to become a hero. So even though the foreign channels do not affect directly but they
are indirectly affecting the Indian culture and heritage.
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Vishwaranjan said: (Sun, Nov 30, 2014 04:57:46 PM)

I think Foreign channels destroying our culture in many ways because by seeing foreign channels
youth forgetting their own culture and adopting foreign culture and also forget their parents.
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Shilpa said: (Thu, Sep 25, 2014 12:19:15 AM)

Hello everyone.

In point of view, foreign television channels are not responsible for destroying our nation. Its totally
depends up on us how to get the knowledge and information from them and everything depends upon
viewers. So we are responsible for destroying a nation.
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Borgio said: (Sun, Sep 21, 2014 01:44:50 PM)

I don't think foreign TV channels are not destroying our culture. Because why I am saying like this the
reason is foreign channels providing good knowledge, through this we can improve my ability,
language skills, and also communication such as channel like animal planet, discovery.
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Manish Kumar said: (Thu, Aug 21, 2014 12:22:32 AM)

According to me foreign channels are not destroying our culture even I think that according to the
present era some of our Indian channels are trying to destroy our culture.
Its because we all know that from the past few years we see that in our Indian channels more vulgar
stuff is shown in TV shows and movies.
We can understand this thing easily by checking out the difference between the older Indian movies
and the newer movies shown on our channels, here you will find a big difference in anything like
clothes, style, culture etc.
So according to me we are responsible for destroying our culture and not others.
For eg :- if you do hard work for getting success in your work, you will get the best results its not your
neighbour who is getting success and if you do bad things it affects you not others.
Foreign channels facilitates us with the latest information, technology etc. All around the world.
And some of the channels which we use to see or heard about from our childhood like discovery which
is very helpful for sharpening our brains, so how can we say that foreign channels are destroying our
culture.
I know that everything in this world have some advantages and disadvantages also so its upto you
which side of the coin you want to choose.
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Shikhar Jindal said: (Wed, Aug 20, 2014 10:45:02 PM)

Hi guys,
I think that foreign channels in no way destroying our culture. It is up to us what we want to accept
and what not. There are many channels which help us in many ways to improve our communication
skills, to expand our knowledge and to keep pace with the growing advancement in technologies.
If something is right and will help us then why to hesitate in accepting it. Please tell me is it really

possible for us to wear dhoti-kurta and work for whole day.

At last. Our culture is best and it is not so weak to be destroyed so easily.
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Rajesh said: (Fri, Jul 11, 2014 10:13:48 PM)

Good evening friends.

I have read everyone's view and I am in agreement with many of my friends. I don't think that all
foreign channels are bad. Many foreign channels are there which provide us good knowledge about
science and technology, about various parts of world, about various types of animals plants, about
various minerals. Indian space programmes are not well advanced so some foreign channels provide
lots of information about space and its related contents. There are channels which shows talent shows.
Based on these foreign channels and programmes many programmes are made in India which provide
platform for the talented people of the country to show their talent in front of the world.
Why we go for the negative aspects of it why can't we think of the positive things related to many
foreign channels. May be we may not like many things related to their culture but Its not wrong
according to them. Why just we can't absorb positive points and discard the negative things.
I want to conclude that just because we don't like western culture we should blame all channels.
Thank you.
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Sweta said: (Wed, May 14, 2014 02:34:49 PM)

Hello guys.
I dnt think so foreign culture destroying our culture. We are blaming others for our mistakes. We all
Indians are responsible for destroying our cultures not others. Just 1 eg here suppose if you do good,
do hard work for getting success in your work. You will get the best result, its not your neighbor who
is getting success. Similarly if you do bad things its affect you not others or others do wrong thing it
will affect them not you. So my point is that we should not blame others for our fault.
We are letting ourself to choose the best one whether it is bad good. We can't blame others for our
choice. Its up to you what do you want.
I agree that they are accepting western culture its not bad also because if you see number of foreign
channels provide good knowledge and information about the new technologies. Nowadays english
language become the king of the world. Everywhere we use this lang for eg in corporate world, school,
business etc. Without this we can not think ahead if you want to get success in your life in this modern
world. Elders suggest us to see english channel to improve language.
Some of the channels are not good so don't prefer it. Its human nature to accept bad thing very
easily. So guys at last I want to say that dnt blame others for destroying our culture.
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Sameer said: (Wed, Apr 30, 2014 06:44:33 PM)

Wise people said that people do what they think and what they watch. But this is not right to blame
that foreign channels are destroying our culture. Because people should become responsible that what
they are watching. This depends on people that what they are watching and what they want to watch.
Foreign channels are showing their own culture and there are many good things which we can learn
from them. And if we talk about bad things then Indian channels are also playing their role. Some
Indian serials are more responsible for family conflicts than foreign channels.
But I also want to mention here that parents should keep an eye on their children that what they are
watching. Because they are innocent and do not know the difference between right or wrong. So
parents should guide them to watch good programs. And there are also many knowledge and science
based foreign channels like discovery and animal planet and channels based on food cooking etc which
explore new and creative things to people's minds and enhancing our knowledge.
Change is law of nature. Today we do not have the same tradition, values and beliefs which we had
thousand years ago. And if we are changing our culture to great extent then foreign channels are not
only responsible. There are many other causes of it too. Blaming foreign channels in particular is not
right.
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Kamal Bahadur said: (Tue, Feb 25, 2014 10:27:45 PM)

Hi, guys.
I don't think that foreign television channels are destroying our Indian culture, it is foreign tv
channel's right to show their culture, even all other country 's right to show their culture. If we taking
positive way, foreign tv channels are beneficial to us. We can get information around the world by the
foreign news channel, we can get different kind of knowledge by discovery, planet world, net
geography channel these are from foreign TV channel there are so many other channel which provides
information and knowledge.
Thank you.
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Prateik said: (Wed, Feb 12, 2014 07:40:15 PM)

I think that foreign TV channels had made a great impact on Indian culture. As we all know India is
famous for their Indian classical music and its dance forms. But due to impact of foreign channels
people in India are showing interest in other dance and music form. Nobody is interested in our Indian
dance and music. I don't say that foreign dance our music are bad but as we are indians we must
show interest in our culture. This is my way of thinking. And I respects the views all of you had said.
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Binu said: (Fri, Feb 7, 2014 01:38:27 PM)

Hi to all.
I am totally Disagree with the topic.

As it is not the foreign channels which are destroying our culture. Its us only.
We are adopting every wrong from where ever we get. We have become brain less. And after any
wrong result is seen than we blame foreign channels, westernisation.
The fact is we are coward enough not to take the responsibility of our deeds by ourselves, so intend to
blame others for our not so good behaviour.
We have already destroyed the very essence of our culture, we have forgotten the morals and values,
so what is left here in our country to be destroyed by any channel.
We always neglecting the good things to be adopted rather go for the wrong ones.
Aren't we mature enough to distinguish between good or bad.
So ultimately it's up to us which side of coin we want to see.
Thank you.
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Nishkarsh said: (Wed, Dec 18, 2013 01:31:02 AM)

Hi guys I think foreign TV programmes are not destroying our culture. It depends upon us than what
we take and what we take. And bad things are everywhere and good things are everywhere bu t
instead of bad thinks there are many good behaviour person in our society. So we want think it no one
can not destroy our culture whenever we don't want thanks.
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Narender Seervi said: (Sun, Dec 15, 2013 10:53:20 AM)

Hai guys.
Well, I don't think that foreign channels are destroying our culture. Depends on the type of movie.
Vulgar scenes and double meaning dialogues definitely harm the society especially young children but
there are many movies which encourage us to think from new perspectives.
No, your think is wrong, some channels are sometimes presence in your way. But most of the media's
are as a good teacher for improve our knowledge.
Everything what Foreign Television Channels are giving us, till great extend it is enhancing our
knowledge like giving us good channels eg. Discovery, national geography, history channel, animal
planet and so on.
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Sowjanya said: (Sat, Oct 12, 2013 06:56:29 PM)

Well, . It depends upon on the person whether he or she wants to imbibe a positive or negative. Do

you think it right to put blame on others for all our wrong actions? What is happening in our society is
all because of us, not because of any person or any foreign channels. There are so many good
channels which is useful for our development. So everyone try to grasp positive things from the
channels.
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Inder said: (Tue, Sep 10, 2013 10:48:20 PM)

What kind of culture here we are talking about? I mean guys, just think about it. The quality content
which we can get from BBC, can we expect that from India TV? definitely not. I am not saying all
Indian channels are bad, but foreign channels are providing us the kind of information we need, we
get to know whats happening around the world. We are not interested in knowing what a sadhu is
doing or teaching, right?
As it has been said, I am totally in favor of foreign channels as I think they have more humor,
information which we can't expect from any Indian channel.
Is there any science related or technology related channel in India ? no there is not, but there are few
foreign channels which are making us more knowledgeable in every aspect. Here you can find more
than 20 religious channels but not even 1 where we are provided with stuff which actually makes us a
good human being. People do big talks, but I think its what we perceive that matters. Today in India
they is a huge number of people who have open mind to each and every aspect of society which
wasn't the case earlier. So I think we all can see that no matter what we talk about foreign channels
are indeed making us more wise by opening are narrow mindedness.
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Harshika said: (Fri, Aug 16, 2013 11:30:04 AM)

Firstly, foreign televisions are making the minds of youths vulnerable and they are adopting foreign
culture forgetting their parents, culture and traditional values.
Secondly, foreign televisions are making people's mind disturbed and aggressive. They are adopting
illegal methods to earn money instead of working hard and efficiently.
Thirdly, foreign television creates a differential attitude in all the youths since they are not believing in
the concept of unity thus making the country full of illegal and addition of divide and rule policy in all
over the world.
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Juby said: (Mon, Aug 5, 2013 10:05:43 PM)

Hello everyone,
Well, I don't think that foreign channels are destroying our culture. It depends on the thinking of the
viewers that how do they interpret the material being viewed on these channels. Now a days the more
vulgar stuff is being shown in Indian television shows and Indian movies. Foreign channels like
discovery, fox travelers, tlc etc are good channels which gives knowledge about the earth, the people
and different cultures all around the world. These can also help in improving communication skills

which are very necessary these days.

Thank you.
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Rohit said: (Thu, Aug 1, 2013 10:31:14 PM)

If we really compare in term of knowledge, then foreign television is much better then Indian because
the technology they are using is much advanced. If you talking about their dressing. Then its people
rights to wear what they like. Culture can't be destroy. This question is arise just because for young
generation. Young people of India wants to be advanced like other country. But beside this journey
you can't neglect your own culture.
"do you know that India is the only country where people bend and touch feet of the elders for
respect".
I accept that lots of Indian television Channel like balika vadhu and more others they don't have a
story without weeping.
Old people think that it is a part of culture but young generation knew that it's fake or just a idea to
get TRP.
All knowledge base Channel broadcast by foreign channels.
I bet, if you think foreign culture destroy Indian culture than your age is greater than 40. Vise versa.
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Kamalakar D Ayare said: (Wed, Jul 24, 2013 10:10:55 PM)

Macauley had done enough damage in revamping our education system in introducing English (even
though English is a spoken language by 3% minority people all over world) to such an extent that
patriotism will never come up for another hundreds of years or rather thousands of years by their
policy of divide & rule, which is carried further by any political party for their Vote bank politics.
Foreign intruders/invaders have seen to it in thousands of years in the past that no remnants of
glorious history in Vedic period remains so that future generations will live with distorted history with
slave mentality nurtured by the Westerners in Indian minds.
While handing over freedom, Westerners have seen to it that power is not shared by nationalists like
Vallabhbhai Patel etc but purely by their Kala Angrez agents like Nehru since 1947 itself. Indian homes
are flooded with foreign branded goods due to brainwashing advertisements over TVs to such an
extent that swadeshi goods have lost their identity. Due to paid media in India, now what is remained
to harm India & it's culture, even if no Foreign Television Channels are not telecast ?
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Sonu said: (Fri, Jul 5, 2013 04:25:34 PM)

I don't think foreign channels are spoiling our culture. Why are we just considering the bad things why
can't we take up the good things they are offering. Nowadays spoken English and a good vocabulary is

all we need to become the jack of all hearts. And we are often suggested to watch English news
channels and some other English channels to improve our English. Some English channels are
updating us with the recent technologies round the world. We can even get to know their way of living.
We can adopt their work culture. And who is asking us to adopt their culture. Its totally up to us what
we choose to adopt and what not.
Nowadays the cable operators have come up with the set top box system where we are given the
facilities to choose just the channels we would like to watch. Then why can't we strike off the channels
showing any harmful contents. Or simply stop watching them. We have many things to learn from
them so choose the good and leave the rest.
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Anusha said: (Tue, May 28, 2013 10:06:04 PM)

I don't think foreign tv channels are destroying our culture. We always have a habit of putting blame
on someone or the other for each degradation we face either in our life or in society. But what we
forget is, it is us who is responsible for everything. If these channels are showing something which we
feel is destroying our culture we should not follow it. After all we are educated Indians who can
understand what is good and what is bad. What these channels are showing is there culture which
anyways we should understand can't be blindly followed. But what our channels are showing is it our
culture. ?
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Subhankar said: (Thu, Apr 25, 2013 12:10:31 AM)

Hello guys, I think every one have rights show there opinion, compare foreign TV channel to our TV
channel both are have some good and some bad parts. It is fully depend upon to ourselves which side
we take, if we take the bad parts of channel so, it is bad for ourselves or we take good parts of those
channel so, it is good for us and the sentence is foreign TV channel only destroying our culture it is not
true, we are also destroying our culture first we need to think in ourselves how much we are
confidence to our culture and how much respect we are giving to our culture after that blame others
and last word I want to say our culture is best culture nobody can destroying it.
Always think positive.
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Shreeniwas said: (Wed, Mar 27, 2013 03:47:05 PM)

Every coin having two side advantages and disadvantages means how it taking for benefit and useful
means we use foreign channel for getting extra knowledge and leave it unnecessary things which are
not important not need.
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Kanadante Mayavadenu said: (Thu, Mar 14, 2013 12:48:20 AM)

After seeing all the comments I seriously felt to comment on the answers.
1. The topic never says about the programs that's shown in India. Its completely about the foreign

television channels who are destroying our culture.

2. Whoever has written the answers over here has not seen many foreign channels or serials other
than animal planet, discovery, nat geo on one side and other cartoon serials which they are damn sure
are not created in India.
The truth is there are certain serial makers who are insulting our culture and making fun of it. Now we
may say its the power of Bollywood that has made its magic all over the world but nowadays it has
become a fashion to put a minimum of one Indian character in each and every serial. This seems to be
great but its not. The directors are making those Indians to insult our culture. They are making fun of
the rituals we follow, the superstitious beliefs which we had believed from a long time (and some
which has scientific reasons too, which obviously we don't know). They are making those Indian actors
over there to eat beef which you know how much a serious crime it is considered in here.
I should accept that animal planet, discovery and other channels showing about wildlife and cars and
what not but not based on a certain story, are doing a good job. Just see those serials which has a
story then you will get the answers.
I do accept that the reality shows are worst in our country since many of you might have guessed by
now that its completely fake. But other serials are doing a good job where they are concentrating
more on women empowerment. Some serials are showing about the crimes that have taken place
before so that people esp. House wife's' can get to know about it and be mentally prepared for it. And
the best of all, almost all serials, may be a bit boring, but have never gone against our culture.
Note: It may be any particular's choice to see the channel or serial. Its his right if I have to please
him/her. But it never meant that we support those channels or serials esp. Foreign channels to
comment or insult our culture. It was always our culture and I'm proud of it.
Jai Hind.
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Vipasha Sharma said: (Mon, Mar 11, 2013 04:12:02 PM)

I agree that its us who has to keep a check on what we are adopting from what we see hence foreign
channels can not be held responsible for the deterioration of out culture. But would you still say the
same thing about a 10 years old kid who is watching a program in which two foreigners are using the
swear words, wearing bikinis and getting intimate? Will you say the kid is responsible for what he is
learning from it? Or I should ask- What (else) do you expect the kid to learn from this kind of
program's? What we and specially our kids learn from what we watch is sometimes NOT really in our
hands. We have to understand that it is the social responsibility of media to see that it is not harming
the culture and the youngsters. Media is very powerful and as its said- With power comes
responsibility. Yes, it applies to the Indian channels too but because of this fact foreign channels can't
get away with it since they are the ones which started all of this.
With this I would like to say foreign channels are responsible for the effects it has on our culture and
not only our but on the culture of their country as well.
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Manmeet said: (Tue, Feb 12, 2013 08:14:40 PM)

Foreign channels come in many forms news, sports,etc. So rather than blaming these foreign channels
for destroying our culture we should ask ourselves that have we been completely honest with our
culture. We should always take positive things from what we see and foreign channels just display
their culture they do not force us to accept their culture. It is we who take all the negatives out of
their culture and embed these things to our brain.
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Awantika said: (Wed, Dec 19, 2012 08:52:34 PM)

I think that foreign channels are not the main factor for destroying our culture. There is some amount
of hand of foreign channels in destroying our culture but we can not blame only the foreign channels
in destroying our culture. It is also we to destroy our heritage culture. But we should try to use the
foreign channels to increase our knowledge. Before blaming others we should look at ourselves and
ask are we perfect to blame anyone do we have that capability to blame or not. That's all for today
see you all next time.
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Shivangi said: (Sat, Oct 6, 2012 08:23:12 PM)

Excuse me guysszz. , .
How we can blame foreign TV channels for today's degradation of youth what our TV channels are
doing. Exactly they are also doing the same. Degrading today's youth in the same way as the foreign
TV channels are doing. But just look towards the great channels which are gifts given by the foreign
TV channels like Discovery, Netgeo, animal planet, fox traveler. So just look towards your self than
point someone else.
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Pradeep Kumar said: (Fri, Sep 7, 2012 07:52:03 PM)

Thanks all the above friend, according to my suggestion foreign channel don't effect our culture it
show the thinking power of our culture,it show so many type of advertise on every day and how
interpret this advertise depends upon us.... it also provide the motivational channels i.e (technology)
that increase our thinking. though it we learn their culture,their activities of progressing ahead.........
of thinking..... if we take it's searsouly then it is very benifical for us...... every cartoon, every
technology developed different ...different way.............
"IF WE TAKE GOOD ,WE LEAVE BAD"
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Jay said: (Mon, Sep 3, 2012 04:39:42 PM)

I say that foreign channels are not alone responsible for the destruction of our culture. The most
important factor that is a threat to our Indian culture is indians themselves. The attitudes of indians
are changing as time passes and we are forgetting our valuable culture. The most important group
here is the young generation. They have started adopting everything easily. But at the end of the day
it is upto them to what they are getting adopted to.

Foriegn channels show their way of practices which can be watched by us so that we get an idea about
their culture, but on the other hand we must not lose our individuality.
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Abhi said: (Wed, Aug 29, 2012 05:03:31 PM)

Hello friends according to my views foreign channels are not destroying our culture they are just
improving our knowledge and shows about their culture.They are not saying to us to follow the culture
of their.I think that india has very strong culture from any other part in the world.foreigners are keen
to get indian culture not our indian man and i think that indians are mentally very strong than others
so there is no point of foreign channels are destroying our culture.If we have control on us than what
the channel even they own are not capable of changing our views and teaches us wrong...
Thank you.
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Nanditha said: (Wed, Aug 22, 2012 01:08:24 PM)

Our culture is not that weak to get destroyed by foreign channels. Its a heritage. They are just
telecasting their show and its left to us what to accept and what to ignore, what to watch at and what
not! There are many foreigners who are trying to follow our Indian culture and we should be proud of
it instead of thinking that their channels are destroying our culture.
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Prasanna said: (Mon, Aug 13, 2012 08:46:48 PM)

I never think that foreign channels are destroying the Indian channels. The help us to improve our
spoken English and knowledge skills. The best examples are Discovery, Animal planet etc;.
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Mrudula Kale said: (Sat, Aug 11, 2012 01:42:44 PM)

I don't think that foreign channels will destroying our culture. Besides it boosts up the imagination also
focuses on different thinking. Its on us that what to take or apply in our life. It not just very good
entertainment but also helps to understand foreign culture, English language and expand the
knowledge. !
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Jasmine Farhana said: (Mon, Jul 30, 2012 12:35:39 PM)

In my point of view the channel is not only change our culture so do not blame the foreign channels
they don't ask you to change the culture we are only change the some sort of things based on habit,
way of living dress codes etc. We are Indians so we don't copy from others we want teach our culture
to foreign people that is a Indian culture.
Channel is not a problem humans the way of thinking is the problem.

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Abhishek said: (Tue, Apr 24, 2012 06:00:12 PM)

We can never say that foreign channels are destroying our culture just before we say that we should
first ask our selves that are we not that strong to hold our culture firmly. Foreign channels show their
culture & they never ask you to copy those what they show. After being matured people are actually
eligible to take or adapt right things therefore do adapt the good stuffs & forget the wrong stuff
(according to our culture). But when it comes about our little children then for them there parents or
the elderly people around them should be strict & cautious enough to deprive them from viewing such
stuffs nothing else can be done cause television is the only medium where everything can be shown
be it adult movies, be it animated movies for children or traditional stuffs.
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Divya said: (Sun, Apr 22, 2012 10:52:43 AM)

I like to say that foreign channels are not destroying our culture. They are just showing what their
culture is. But they never asked us to follow their culture. Right? then why should we blame them?
Our country, India. Has a great culture and tradition which is respected and liked by the whole world.
We should feel proud about it. The thing is, how an individual receiving the things shown in foreign
channels? it depends upon an individual. And the foreign channels really gives lots of information
which we doesn't get from our channels. The best example is Discovery channel. Everything we watch
in it is very informative and useful. Helps to improve our knowledge on it. So it depends on us what
we take from those channels and what we ignore.
TAKE THE GOOD. LEAVE THE BAD. !
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Anita Burman said: (Wed, Apr 18, 2012 01:53:21 PM)

I think In my opinion, I am not agree that foreign television channels are responsible for it because it
provide us so many knowledge of channels like discovery, animal planet, history, national geographic
channel and so on. Foreign channels enhancing our knowledge.
We are human and knew that what is right or wrong. There are so many Indian and Foreign shows on
TV which is diverting our mind, specially young generation. It depend on us in which types of shows
we are watching on TV. Finally we have to watch knowledgeable and entertainment shows.
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Arya Sree said: (Tue, Mar 6, 2012 07:19:17 PM)

There are a number of foreign channels which give us valuable information. Those channels of course
show some sort of over exposure which we consider vulgar but actually part of their culture. So we
indians are not suppose to blame them for that because even in our custom earlier women were not
allowed to dress properly.
So my point is that our culture is deeprooted and hence impossible to get destroyed by a foreign

channel. We should keep in mind that only we can contaminate our culture by inculcating their habits
to our routine. So if our culture get destroyed we are responsible and we are to be blamed for that.
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Madhira said: (Thu, Feb 23, 2012 10:44:59 AM)

In INDIA we have different television channels from different nations like US, UK etc. As all those are
foreign channels there are movies and some other programs which reflect their culture and habits.
What we all have to do is just to watch the channel programs and to know about their culture,
language, their way of speaking, accent, their way of living. If it is better than ours we should try to
inpliment in our lives. But this judgement is depend on ones mindset. We have our own culture and
they had their own culture. We can't compare these things.
Of course, government had made all the foreign channels available for us. There will be no develoment
if we consider our culture is top without considering all other cultures. We should observe their
lifestyle their innovative programs if any and we should try to broad up our knowledge.
In the same way there are also other channels like Discovery, Animal planet which deals with the
nature, science, etc. There are no Indian channel in this fashion. It is good opportunity for us to know
about all the different kinds of birds, animals, through this channels.
So I conclude that No foreign channel will try to distroy our culture. The Indian culture is developed by
Indians and all indians should respect it and should not forget it though he had well known with the
other nation cultures.
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Sinu said: (Fri, Feb 17, 2012 08:42:02 PM)

All of you are true and logical..its depend on ourselve how to take things. we need to change aour
attitude, grasp only that thing who is good for us.Our indian culture is pure and diffrent. we must give
respect and value it.
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Deepika said: (Wed, Feb 15, 2012 07:46:17 PM)

I don't think that foreign channels are destroying our culture. Infact it providing us various technical
knowledge which Indian channels are not able to providing due to budget etc. You can see there are
so many Indian channels are there which providing some uncensored kind of programs. So it depend
on one how he would take it. Foreign cartoon channels providing more knowledgeble programs by
which children can learn some basic things of schooling & they can aware of various things. So I would
say that foreign television channels are not destroying Indian culture rather they are providing more
appropriate channels.
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Neha said: (Tue, Feb 14, 2012 05:26:54 PM)

According to my opinion foreign channels are not at all destroying our culture. They are the one of the
means of learning foregin languages and knowing their culture. Morever, people in India need to know

outside culture as most of the Indian countries are doing business with western companies. And in
addition to it, if children in India are adopting the western culture so it is of concern with upbringing of
their parents.
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Poorni Nishadi said: (Sun, Feb 12, 2012 08:58:24 PM)

I'm thirteen years old. And I'm not a Indian citizen. I'm a pure sri lankan. But India and sri lanka are
very close countries. So I think our cultures are also very similar to each other. Foreign channels don't
distroy our cultures. If we use it as a tool it won't do any harm to us. But the problem is most of us
think that they are the reason why our cultures fade away smoothly. ! if we look deep into this
problem, we can perfectly figure out that its our own minds which distroys our cultures.
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Anil Kumar said: (Tue, Jan 24, 2012 10:17:53 PM)

I think that the foreign channels is not destroying our culture. Its depends on our thinking and leaning
that, what I am getting from these channels and what is our thinking after watch. From these channel
we improve our knowladge and we come to know about the word. For ex in discovery channel they tell
us many funny fact of animals. In cartoon channels there are many program play, these program
developed the childern's thinking and improve their ideas.
If we think about that there are many vulgar seen and program run in these channel we should not
learn it or not use. Its for youth for their entetainment.
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Rathore said: (Sat, Jan 7, 2012 09:37:55 AM)

According to my opinion how we can say that foreign channels destroying our culture. Most of the
resources are coming from foreign companies and real India is also given by Britishers concerning
development, Information technology and many more. So we cannot blame them. Fact is our thinking
is only to make money for that we cannot bother what is good or bad but we need it by any cost. So
at last I want to say that culture is maintained by people not by any channels or programes its all our
understanding.
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Ravi Vedwan said: (Thu, Dec 29, 2011 10:10:00 AM)

The term culture is something which our parents got from our grandparents and which we are getting
from our parents and today if we say that by seeing some filthy or some foreigner channel we are
losing our culture then I would like to say that this is not the foreign channel which are destroying our
culture but this is we people who are not able to adere to our culture firmly.
Friends the only aim of any channel is to entertain the mass and some channel shows this type of
programmes to which if some youth watch, it work as an entertainment for them but if same youth
watch that same thing with his family it appears vulgarity to them and if we say that if that some
youths are watching the vulgar scenes with their family then it doesn't mean that they lacks culture or
moral but it is so because they have good understanding between them.

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Abinash Singh said: (Tue, Dec 6, 2011 08:27:22 PM)

According to my all friend I am also not satisfied that the foreign channel destroying our culture. It's
totaly based upon us what we think for it. Everyone watch ftv, discovery, and many of those foreign
channel because they like to watch it rather then our cultural channel.
So its our thinking that it destroying our culture.
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Ghanshyam said: (Mon, Oct 3, 2011 08:47:00 PM)

Culture can't be destroyed by a mere foreign channel. It is our mind and duty to understand the our
own culture. It obvious that we can get the knowlede of the whole world what the other country
people are thinking of our culture. We also know that when vivekananda was allowed to tell on the
subject called zero he has given the rite knowledge and culture of India to the world and the world has
accepted it.
So telling that culture can be destroy by the foriegn culture is not very rite. Seeing the intresting thing
on the foreign channel we can devlope more intresing thing. At the end if you don't know the culture
of other how can you diffrenciate. So many evil thing are alredy present in our culture, first we have
to delete that like caste system, reservation system etc. So telling about the others culture we must
have to look on our own. It is the mind set that adopating foreign culture from channel only, we have
now a day internet day we can connect ourself to the world and world can also connect with us.
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Sudee said: (Mon, Sep 26, 2011 10:54:37 PM)

My friends we INDIANS have a great culture and what happened in earlier times was when British
entered India and astonished about our way of doing things we all were having a accepting attitude all
good things every one in the country was happy and enough thins to live. Now I'm saying a fact that
is the British person some higher level ranking wrote a letter to the vice Roy of Britain that I don't
think we can control the Indians since they are following a excellent system which inhibits in their
culture and every one have good knowledge the answer from the vice Roy was this destroy their
culture and make them believe they are wrong and mix other way of doing things. Till now we are not
aware because we INDIANS have a good heart of accepting every one thus unknowingly we think bad
about our culture and support them. Build a view of critical thinking then you will understand. IN BBC
whenever they are showing INDIA they always shows some slums or other bad events EG: when
INDIA conducted common wealth games the news from BBC was this out of poverty INDIA have
hosted common wealth games. And they were only showing the bad events like steps falling down etc
as all you said before we have negative sides but why British have to hi light that and hiding good
things.
Take example of women dress cord INDIAN women used to dress neatly now we start following
western does does fashion require showing of sexual organs. My request to every one is that wherever
you go stick to our culture learn good things from them but don't allow to flow the sand under our leg.
People respect the one who follow their own culture.
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Amit Bisht said: (Sat, Sep 17, 2011 10:04:11 AM)

Well according to point my view I would like say that it is not devastating our culture, although it all
up to to the human mind, weather he get useful thing or get unacceptable things, now we talk about
the children destruction to watch the vulgar or unethical channel, but it really must be control by TV
lock system, I must emphasis that both good and the bad, we really can get a lot of information about
western culture, some knowledgeable like discovery, animal planet, English news channels and kids for
various cartoon channels. It has a lot of limitless advantage compare than the disadvantages. So your
endeavor must for good one.
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Yamini said: (Fri, Aug 19, 2011 10:23:20 PM)

According to my opinion, we cannot blame completely foreign channels for destroying our culture.
There is something to learn from everything what we take from these depends on our wisdom. There
are channels which are very useful for our education and there are some channels which brings out
our hidden talents like axn etc and the cartoon channels are a boon for the children for improving their
ideas and for their entertainment. But there are some channels which portray unethical culture. An
adult can make a wise decision but this may not seen in the case of kids so there must be adult
supervision on such channel which destroy our budding minds of kids as the childhood is the crucial
time values of our culture should be learnt by every child as long as the parents and people around
the child are responsive in carrying the culture then these channels will never effect our culture.
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Narasimhan said: (Tue, Aug 16, 2011 12:04:39 AM)

Indian culture can never be destroyed by any so called foreign channels.

Its based on people and how they take it.
If something inapprophiate is seen, it is his/her duty to switch over and where that is not possible
there is feature in probably in every TV sets "THE PARENTAL LOCK".
I really don't think so that a 14 year old would ever find the password. ;-).
There is always problems in life but overcomining those problems is the beauty of life.
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Sajan said: (Sat, Aug 6, 2011 03:25:53 PM)

I am not agree that foreign television channels are responsible for it because it provide us so many
knowledge of channels like discovery, animal planet, history, national geographic channel and so on.
Foreign channels enhancing our knowledge.
We are human and knew that what is right or wrong. There are so many Indian and Foreign shows on
tv which is diverting our mind, specially young generation. It depend on us in which types of shows we
are watching on tv. Finally we have to watch knowledgeable and entertainment shows.

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Sajan Bhatia said: (Sat, Aug 6, 2011 03:06:29 PM)

I am not agree that foreign tv channels are destroying our culture because foreign tv channels provide
us so many knowledge channels like discovery, animal planet, history, national geographic channels
and so on. Foreign tv channels enhancing our knowledge. It depends on us in which types of shows we
are watching. There are so many good or bad shows on tv which are diverting our mind, specially of
young generation. Finally we have to watch knowledgeable and entertaining shows.
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Jaskaran said: (Fri, Aug 5, 2011 10:38:58 PM)

I don't think foreign t.v. channels has anything to do with this. Even indian t.v. channels are showing
off the same thing. Let,s face the fact,T.V. channels telecast only those things which are in demand. In
my opinion we are responsible for this destruction.
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Dhaval said: (Mon, Jul 18, 2011 12:17:22 PM)

In my opinion, we, the indians are totally respnsible for destroying our culture not the foreign t.v.
channels ,because we are the humans and we must have to know that what is right and what is
wrong. These t.v. channels are promoted by ourselves, their TRP's raising due to us ,so why we are
watching such type of channels if i think that it destroys our culture .
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Sayrabh Akshant Shukla said: (Fri, Jul 8, 2011 11:21:31 AM)

In my opinion, we, the indians are totally respnsible for destroying our culture not the foreign t.v.
channels ,because we are the humans and we must have to know that what is right and what is
wrong. These t.v. channels are promoted by ourselves, their TRP's raising due to us ,so why we are
watching such type of channels if i think that it destroys our culture .
We can take an ex. of a t.v. channel colors (channel of spain) that always shows reality shows like
"khatron ke khladi" , "big boss" etc. which is meaningless and we all know that this is meaningless,we
can't get any type of knowledge but still we are watching these channels ,...so its our fault not blame
to others.
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Sachin Agarwalla said: (Fri, Jun 24, 2011 06:12:36 AM)

Hi we know India is underdeveloped country and we need to develop our country a lot. Youths have a
major role to play on these. What I believe is there are some bad things on TV channels which are
diverting the minds of youth and as a result they are not utilizing there talent fully or they giving
much less than what is expected from them. At the same time youths need to understand what is
good and what is bad.
To develop our country and to improve our culture work has to be done from both way (to do it in

least time) I. E. Stopping bad channels as well as telling youth/children about it in loving manner. We
can't force them because we are living in independent country. A team of dedicated youth is required
to do the work and I am willing to participate.
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Liz said: (Sat, May 28, 2011 01:28:30 AM)

Well, according to me a human being not only requires knowledge but also requires 'entertainment'.
Now lets be a little truthful, we can't forever watch discovery, nat geo etc channels. We definitely need
a break from our boring and monotonous lives. But I do agree to the fact that foreign channels are
destroying our culture, but who is following it?Our nation's leaders (politicians) who are supposed to
be examples of justice & truth are corrupted & filled with treachery & deceit. Our democracy stands for
freedom of choice, so I guess every Indian has the freedom to choose whatever he or she likes. Now
I'm pretty sure if given a choice most of us will prefer to watch '--x & the city' over animal planet. But
its the children of our nation whose minds should be protected. Parents should take necessary steps
like child locking certain channels. Nowadays even cartoon network shows cartoons of such violent
nature that I feel even that should be prohibited. But in the end its a person's personal choice. We
can't simply blame everything on the foreign channels.
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Disha said: (Fri, May 27, 2011 03:52:16 PM)

It depends, what exactly todays generation wants to take. Todays generation is very smart enough to
understand what exactly they are looking for. And what is good for them. Everything what Foreign
Television Channels are giving us, till great extend it is enhancing our knowledge like giving us good
channels eg. Discovery, national geography, history channel, animal planet and so on.
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Tamojit Mitra said: (Wed, Apr 27, 2011 12:53:27 PM)

I think a culture can be changed but cant be destroyed.

If we think just 4 a while. Any of us can say what is the original culture of India. I sure we cant.
From the very beginning Indian culture is absorbing the all foreign culture in it. But the good things,
the good manners and that's the sprite of our Indian culture.
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Tandu said: (Thu, Apr 21, 2011 09:56:24 AM)

I think it totally depends upon the individual that in what kind of stuff he is interested in. There many
channels which gives us loads and loads of knowledge. So we can't just blame the foreign channels.
But its human nature rather tendency that we try imitating others or we like to look like others and
that makes us to change ourselves. As looking trendy and fashionable is the youth's choice now so
they usually end up destroying our culture.
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Himanshu Singh said: (Wed, Mar 16, 2011 07:15:53 AM)

All of my above friends are very true and logical. What I suppose that all the English channels that we
have with us are very important in the time of globalization because we get to know lot many things
about each and every corner of the world because of these channels only. And also along with the
good things about these channels there are some bad things which can affect our youngsters or kids
but it depends upon our nutrition and guidance because end of the time we ourselves have to inform
them, when it is necessary, about each and every thing to make them clear about good and bad so
that they can defend themselves without anybody's help. And before the time of need we can stop our
kids to go through such bad things with the help of technology like lock up the channels.
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Bilind said: (Sun, Feb 27, 2011 04:47:27 PM)

I suppose that foreign channels are good sources of education and learning. Moreover, nowadays
globalism is inevitable thing, and we must cope with the idea of globalism. we are all humans; sons
and daughters of Adam, so let us learn from each other. finally, i would like to say "no for racism."
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Aaliya Khan said: (Mon, Feb 21, 2011 06:22:38 AM)

There is a need to make the children familiar that what is good for them or not it is not just the fault
of foreign networks, today many Indian shows are there which consist of many things which are not
good for the children so we should not blame only one. Even many foreign networks are
knowledgeable we are already familiar with them. In our society one should be careful while watching
something and also aware their children about this.
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Pallavi Mahajan said: (Wed, Feb 16, 2011 10:39:40 AM)

Ya we should have some filters for hiding the channels which are bad for children. Now a days as the
technology is getting improved, most of the televisions have the facilities to lock the channels. So we
can also lock the bad channels for children without affecting the other foreign channels like discovery,
cartoon channels etc which can good for children. So acc to me foreign channels are not destroying
our culture as we can increase our knowledge from these channels.
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V.Vincy said: (Thu, Feb 3, 2011 03:58:01 AM)

No, absolutely its our mistake thinking that western tv programs are spoiling our culture. Its our luck
to watch western programs and gain our knowledge without hiding inside our local programs and
culture. The good and bad are based on our mind. So watching western program is one of the blessing
given to us by god to improve us.
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Sathesh Kumar said: (Sun, Jan 30, 2011 11:42:03 PM)

No, your think is wrong, some channels are sometimes presence in your way. But most of the media's

are as a good teacher for improve our knowledge.

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Achintya said: (Mon, Jan 17, 2011 11:38:12 AM)

instead of focusing on the bad part of the chnnel..,why dont we just see the good part such as
creativity,passion....its on us to decide what is good for us and what is bad for us..
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Goran said: (Tue, Jan 11, 2011 05:35:31 AM)

Media is like a gun if we don't know how to use it we kill ourself, also if we don't know how to use TV
we kill our cultures, so we should not allowed all shows to be published, or we could say they should
go through some filters not to let affect on our people especially children, so bringing up our children
in a good way is important, because being educated is efficient for our society if we want to have a
good society. So educate them and no one can affect them.
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Latha said: (Sat, Jan 8, 2011 02:50:22 PM)

According to my opinion, foreign TV channels are destroying our culture. Many people generally think
that it depend on us to use them correctly. Yes, it's correct for adults as they know what is right and
what is wrong. But what about about children. In many families, both mother and father are
employers and children are left alone. So they may watch either good or bad channels. And it's easy
to get affected to bad than good. The children may even spoil their careers by watching these bad
channels.
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Manju Tavane said: (Mon, Dec 20, 2010 01:03:39 PM)

According to me foreign channels are not destroying our culture. If you think so, now a days in Indian
movies are subjected some unnecessary things in it, but what we want we have to chose that only. We
should have positive attitude. Then only we can conclude that the above statement is not correct in
every time....
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Pratik said: (Thu, Dec 16, 2010 02:36:43 PM)

According me people has to change their mind set. Instead of focusing bad part of the foreign channel
people has thing of positive part such as innovation, creativity, passion, skill, technology. People has to
thing why foreign channel are so forward. Why can't India built this kind of channels. So think on it.
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Priya said: (Wed, Dec 15, 2010 12:29:21 PM)

I do agree that a person is mature enough after 16 age wise to know what is good and what is bad for
him but there is one more thing which is curiosity which makes a person to watch all that rubbish so I

feel the objectionable content whether it comes from foreign TV or local TV harming our youth as well
as our culture in one way or other way.
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Anish said: (Wed, Dec 15, 2010 10:36:14 AM)

According to me everything have some good qualities and some bad qualities so we should adopt only
good qualities of others but I m not saying that it not destroying our culture it is our fault that we are
adopting their bad intention. So we cant blame on western culture.
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Priti said: (Mon, Oct 4, 2010 02:46:23 PM)

According to me every thing has its both effect good and bad. The same is with foreign channels. It is
the way from where we can know about the outer world and their culture and progress. Some more
technologies are developed their which we don't know and can get information easily by foreign
channels eg. Discovery, national geography etc.
Some entertaining channels are also there such as cartoons network.
Now the question remains about destroying our culture, definitely we can't blame them for it. It is our
duty to decide what to take and what to not take. And these all rubbish things are followed by us
without any concern which reduced the difference between foreign channels and local channels.