We can hear this Hindi word commonly used in the newspapers
and the news headlines. There are very few people know the actual meaning of it.
Even Hindi speakers are unaware about the meaning of Rudhivadi. Let’s try to know
the actual meaning of this word.
Rudhivadi is a word for that type of people who loves their
tradition too much and never thought twice to break any rule to play their customs
and traditions. These types of people follow the foot step of their elders and don’t
want to go with modern society. Because they thinks that the modern culture
will destroy their traditional values whatever they got as heritage from their
elders. These people think that the elders were always right and they made the
customs and tradition after think on it a lot and with their life experiences.
Sometimes these values are true but not always. In several cases a group of
people loss their independence because of these traditions. For example in some
traditional areas of India ladies have to live behind veil and they haven’t
permission to go outside alone. These types of customs never allow equality in
the society that’s why a special group of people have to be backward and
opposite group can exploit it easily and without any fear.
That’s why Rudhivadi (English Meaning: Conservative) thinking
could play role as an obstacle on the way of development for a developing and
non-developed country. That’s why it’s not
always good for a society but it attached with the emotions of people that’s why
we can’t take direct step against it. The best way to make the people modern is
only awareness. Once people started being aware about the modern culture and
its benefits then surely the Rudhivadi thinking will reach to its end and we
will get a modern society where equality will be the prime motive.
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