Festivals and celebrations are occasions to be enjoyed collectively while preserving sanctity. However, due to the influence of indecent material, the nature of these festivals has undergone a major change. Indecent elements have intruded into the songs played, dances performed, and overall presentations during public celebrations. Often, songs with double-meaning or completely indecent lyrics are played in festival processions. As a result, the spiritual or cultural significance of the festival is sidelined, and only shallow entertainment gains importance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not just songs, but incidents of harassing young women or staring at them perversely during festivals have increased. Young boys attempt to implement the scenes or mindset seen in indecent material in public places. This often makes celebrating festivals with family difficult. Instead of preserving the sanctity of festivals, unrestrained behavior is gaining space. If this situation persists, the wrong legacy of festivals will be passed to future generations. This indecent behavior under the name of celebrations is a major sign of cultural degradation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This entire degradation began with cinema in this country. Under the guise of masala movies, some indecent song is unnecessarily inserted into one Hindu festival or another, and this is happening not only in Hindi cinema but also in regional films. Why do filmmakers do this? Because we do not protest; in some cases, such songs filmed in temples and festivals become famous solely due to cult fan following.[1]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n 13.2 Public Indecency: When Online Habits Spill onto the Streets<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Humans are social animals, and certain unwritten rules must be followed while living in society. This gives rise to concepts like public morality, civic sense, social understanding, and social duty. Due to addiction to indecent material, the boundary between a person’s private and public life becomes blurred. The indecent and violent behavior a person sees in the online world gradually reflects in their public conduct. Acts like indecent behavior or speaking in vulgar language at public places such as bus stops, parks, or trains have increased. When habits acquired online come onto the actual streets, they take the form of public indecency. And when someone records such behavior and posts the clip on social media, it also tarnishes Bharat\u2019s reputation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Due to smartphone use, viewing indecent videos or playing such songs at high volume in public places has become common. This violates the privacy and dignity of others, especially women and children. Such behavior creates a sense of insecurity in society. In a society where public civility was once valued, openly committed indecent acts are now ignored or sometimes even supported. This tendency is leading society toward barbarism, where only one’s own perverted pleasure is prioritized without considering others’ feelings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 13.3 Mockery of Values: Social Media Trends That Degrade Traditions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Social media is the most influential medium in today’s era, but it is often used to trample values. Various challenges or trends resembling indecent material frequently appear on social media. Many young men and women are seen mocking their own traditions and culture to gain fame or likes. Performing indecent gestures while wearing traditional attire or using religious symbols in wrong contexts are part of this. These trends lack any originality; they are merely copies of viral videos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These trends spread so rapidly that the standard of moral values in society declines. A new criterion has emerged: the more obscenity or bizarre elements, the more fame. As a result, demand is increasing for shallow and stimulating content instead of quality art and literature. Mocking our glorious history or the thoughts of great personalities through indecent humor is becoming a new culture. This mockery of values is making society intellectually hollow, with long-lasting consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 13.4 Regional Responses: How Different States Are Reacting to This Wave<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Various states and regions are showing different reactions to counter this growing wave of obscene material. Some states have made legal attempts to ban adult websites, while in some places, social organizations have raised their voices against it. Different provinces in Bharat have their own cultures, which are now in danger due to this external aggression. Traditional values are still preserved to some extent in rural areas, but the people there, lacking digital literacy, are falling victim to such unrealistic, objectionable, and indecent material. Due to the Digital Bharat policy, smartphones and internet have reached every village, but digital literacy is not even in cities\u2014then what about villages?<\/p>\n\n\n\n In many states, cyber crime departments are being strengthened, and strict action is being taken against those spreading indecent material. Lessons on cyber safety are being taught in schools and colleges. However, due to the global nature of the internet, controlling it at the regional level remains challenging. Indecent material created in local languages attracts youth in those regions more, and local laws are proving inadequate to stop it. To halt this wave, government restrictions alone are not sufficient; there is a need for a large wave of public awareness at the regional level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 13.5 Disappearance of Shame: Changing Attitudes toward Public Decency<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Shame or modesty is a natural human quality that helps keep a person within limits. However, due to excessive use of indecent material, shame is disappearing in society. Things that once caused hesitation to speak or view are now done without qualms. The definition of public decency has changed. Obscenity is now seen as a form of freedom of expression or a sign of progressive thinking, which is actually misleading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This change is felt everywhere, from clothing choices to the use of language in speech. When the sense of shame in society ends, that society gradually becomes morally weak. Lack of shame makes a person more aggressive and insensitive. Indecent material has so commercialized sexuality that its sanctity and privacy have been completely destroyed. Preserving decency in public life is considered a sign of backwardness, causing civilized citizens to feel insecure. 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