<!--QuoteBegin-ravish+Feb 6 2009, 07:13 AM-->QUOTE(ravish @ Feb 6 2009, 07:13 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Rajesh ji â I am not aware in which part of India you stay, but it is a sad reality that in todayâs urban India, western way of life has already made a deep impression. The conflict of culture that we see in Mangalore is the true picture of the urban youth of the day. It is true that the degree of influence of the Western culture in the mind of the youth is obviously not uniform. A few are still conservative in their outlook and behaviour while a few are in the middle unable to decide which way to go. Yet there is another group which has transformed itself completely.
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Mangalore area is still conservative. There is only one street in Mangalore - Hampankatta road and other than that road the town is still like a village.
It is still a small town with old worldy atmosphere. Some of the most famous temples are around this town which attract religious tourists.
But Mangalore had bars and clubs even in 1960s and 1970s. MotiMahal Hotel was known to have dancing and bar girls even in 1970s. But all these were done discreetly before out of the major public eye. So public did not see it as a nuisence.
After late 1990s Influx of money and city life style is creating social tension in a conservative region.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The current political fallout from the Mangalore event is rather a politically motivated public disorder rather than the venting of spontaneous anger by the urban youths themselves.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Do you know Mangalore? Have you interacted in Mangalore to find out what is the real situation.
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Mangalore area is still conservative. There is only one street in Mangalore - Hampankatta road and other than that road the town is still like a village.
It is still a small town with old worldy atmosphere. Some of the most famous temples are around this town which attract religious tourists.
But Mangalore had bars and clubs even in 1960s and 1970s. MotiMahal Hotel was known to have dancing and bar girls even in 1970s. But all these were done discreetly before out of the major public eye. So public did not see it as a nuisence.
After late 1990s Influx of money and city life style is creating social tension in a conservative region.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The current political fallout from the Mangalore event is rather a politically motivated public disorder rather than the venting of spontaneous anger by the urban youths themselves.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Do you know Mangalore? Have you interacted in Mangalore to find out what is the real situation.