ExpertDabbler

I was browsing through one article by Gurumurthy. The writer begins in a manner which will hook any reader – yes the infamous, immortal Khushboo episode gets the first line. Then he goes on about how amoral sweden as a society is and how their family system and the country as a whole has suffered because of that.

The problem with people like Gurumurthy is that they have selective amnesia. And they forget that, a society does not decide like ‘Hey it’s 2007, so lets try to be like Sweden for a change’. No, it doesn’t work that way. A society moves from one set of practices to another for some reasons. It’s a slow long drawn process depending on environmental, economical and a host of other factors. So India will not become a Sweden in the foreseeable future. When it does, it will have its own reasons. So the only reason to cite Sweden in his article is to paint a scary picture to the readers. Never mind that we, like all cultures had a past with some glorious and some not so glorious practices which Gurumurthy will conveniently forget.

Also, since when did morality became equated to virginity and pre-marital sex alone?
According to the dictionary.com
Morality
Noun
1. concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct [ant: immorality]
2. motivation based on ideas of right and wrong [syn: ethical motive] Will Gurumurthy dare to compare Sweden and India on other moral issues/ behavior like law and order, corruption and caste discrimination, etc?

The actress that Gurumurthy talks about is running a peaceful family with her husband and 2 kids. She has made Chennai her home land and tamil her language even though she is originally from North India. As far as the general public knows, she has not spoilt anybody’s life by her acts and deeds.

On the other hand Gurumurthy, who essentially deals with the country’s elite for business purposes, would do well to look around his own friends, find the number of people who screw around, people treat their parents and wives and children badly, who think muscle and money power can do anything in India and give them a lesson on morality. That’s a more honest attempt to make this country a better place than all the gyaan on Sweden.