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Balancing Culture and Progress: Traditions That Challenge Modern India

Author(s) Dr. Dipanjali Barman
Country India
Abstract India’s modern journey is a complex dance between deep-rooted traditions and the urgent demands of progress. This article explores the intricate tensions between cultural heritage and modern aspirations, analyzing how traditions ranging from caste, gender norms, religious orthodoxy, and language politics to environmental customs and age-based hierarchies that can both empower and obstruct societal growth. It delves into key conflicts such as the Sabarimala verdict, the Triple Talaq ban, and Jallikattu protests, revealing the challenges of balancing constitutional morality with cultural sentiments. The article further investigates how India’s education system, legal frameworks, and development agendas grapple with cultural sensitivities, and emphasizes the need for reforms to emerge organically from within communities rather than through top-down impositions.
By highlighting voices from rural women, Dalit youth, LGBTQ+ spiritual leaders, and traditional artisans, the piece underscores the lived realities of navigating this duality. It also identifies promising pathways where tradition and modernity converge—through hybrid identities, digital rituals, eco-conscious festivals, and inclusive spiritual practices. The conclusion advocates for a pluralistic, participatory approach where policy, education, and civil society enable critical engagement with culture. Rather than discarding tradition, India must reimagine it as a living, evolving resource that informs and enriches a just, inclusive, and progressive society. Only by weaving its heritage into the fabric of modernization can India build bridges between its past and future, ensuring that culture becomes not a constraint, but a catalyst for national transformation.
Keywords Paradoxes, Cultural heritage, Pluralism, Social Reform, Modernity
Field Sociology
Published In Volume 7, Issue 3, May-June 2025
Published On 2025-06-13
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i03.48028
Short DOI https://doi.org/g9qqc9
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