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quit India movement has expressed itself in a number of Hindus emigrating to other
countries, particularly for better job benefits. There are now small but significant Hindu
minorities in many Western countries including the United State and Great Britain. Yet
Hindu abroad generally appreciate their own traditional culture better than Westernized
Hindus residing in India. The reason for this
is that Hindus abroad, living apart from their cultural base, have developed a nostalgia
for it. They have also seen the limitations of Western culture-its crime, drugs,
promiscuity, greed and almost total lack of spiritual values-which is demonstrated to them
daily, particularly through the mass media. This makes traditional Hindu values of family,
natural living and spirituality more appealing to them, even if they are not possible to
accomplish. |
