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insouciance
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Alot of people crow about "middle class" values!!...A great number of people especially girls pride themselves on being "Simple middle class girls" or having , for the want of a beter word, "middle class values" ....
Such terms constitute one of the most commmon and unfortunate cliche synonymous with moral rectitude, conforming to the societal norms, being pious/religious, being parsimonious, respecting each and every person who is elder in age irrespective of whether the person in question is deserving of the respect or not, giving the parents/family the carte blanche in matters concerning education, marriage etc, being so goddamn acquiescent and unquestioningly obsequious that any opposition/doubt is termed as insubordination
A person abiding by the aforementiond rules and if he/she hails from a family whose economic status falls in the "middle class" category, he/she is the "simple, virtuous middle class kid"...
Likewise, when viewed through the "middle class prism", the "spoilt, high-society person" is one who parties, drinks, spends money on stuff most people deem unnecessary, enjoys unlimited and unchecked freedom, is image conscious and shallow too...
What's even worse is certain relatively hi-fi people calling themselves "middle class" and claiming to have values which they most certainly don't possess
...Admittedly a stereotype, but what is staggering is that loads of people still harp about being "middle class"...
I'm not generalizing, neither am I advocating and endorsing any style/way of life...How does having the so called "middle class" values make one any superior a person and why do some people take such furious pride in being "middle class"
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Alot of people crow about "middle class" values!!...A great number of people especially girls pride themselves on being "Simple middle class girls" or having , for the want of a beter word, "middle class values" ....
Such terms constitute one of the most commmon and unfortunate cliche synonymous with moral rectitude, conforming to the societal norms, being pious/religious, being parsimonious, respecting each and every person who is elder in age irrespective of whether the person in question is deserving of the respect or not, giving the parents/family the carte blanche in matters concerning education, marriage etc, being so goddamn acquiescent and unquestioningly obsequious that any opposition/doubt is termed as insubordination
A person abiding by the aforementiond rules and if he/she hails from a family whose economic status falls in the "middle class" category, he/she is the "simple, virtuous middle class kid"...
Is this Kekta type ideation of middle class. Contemporary India's middle class is educated, uninhibited, pragmatic, street-smart, techno savvy, more prosperous then their parents . Some or all those of the middle classs sentiments are also shared by wealthy , capitalists, or upper strata of middle classes.
Likewise, when viewed through the "middle class prism", the "spoilt, high-society person" is one who parties, drinks, spends money on stuff most people deem unnecessary, enjoys unlimited and unchecked freedom, is image conscious and shallow too...
What's even worse is certain relatively hi-fi people calling themselves "middle class" and claiming to have values which they most certainly don't possess...Admittedly a stereotype, but what is staggering is that loads of people still harp about being "middle class"...
This must be inverted snobbery- a useful self justification tool by anyone with monetary or material comfort.
I'm not generalizing, neither am I advocating and endorsing any style/way of life...How does having the so called "middle class" values make one any superior a person and why do some people take such furious pride in being "middle class"
raj5000
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Joined: 01 January 2006
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Alot of people crow about "middle class" values!!...A great number of people especially girls pride themselves on being "Simple middle class girls" or having , for the want of a beter word, "middle class values" ....
Such terms constitute one of the most commmon and unfortunate cliche synonymous with moral rectitude, conforming to the societal norms, being pious/religious, being parsimonious, respecting each and every person who is elder in age irrespective of whether the person in question is deserving of the respect or not, giving the parents/family the carte blanche in matters concerning education, marriage etc, being so goddamn acquiescent and unquestioningly obsequious that any opposition/doubt is termed as insubordination
A person abiding by the aforementiond rules and if he/she hails from a family whose economic status falls in the "middle class" category, he/she is the "simple, virtuous middle class kid"...
Likewise, when viewed through the "middle class prism", the "spoilt, high-society person" is one who parties, drinks, spends money on stuff most people deem unnecessary, enjoys unlimited and unchecked freedom, is image conscious and shallow too...
What's even worse is certain relatively hi-fi people calling themselves "middle class" and claiming to have values which they most certainly don't possess...Admittedly a stereotype, but what is staggering is that loads of people still harp about being "middle class"...
I'm not generalizing, neither am I advocating and endorsing any style/way of life...How does having the so called "middle class" values make one any superior a person and why do some people take such furious pride in being "middle class"
First of all welcome back to DM and nice to see yaa Buffie!!
RE:Topic
Poor don't bother to raise an opinion why they are poor...similarly rich are rich they don't care of raising or appreciating any thing " Rock and roll baby" atitude...ok I understand there are exceptions...
Now talking about middle class there are in spot...basically confused whether to be happy for not being poor or sad for not being rich..and there comes 10 different reasons for the state they are in.... they acknowledge both the poor and rich...and hence try to justify thier stance ...let be saying we are most hard wokring... or we have values etc etc... may be as society has majority of middle people we hear more opinions about them...but barring few I think there is no distinction of status of living on following values in life.
As LH said rest is upto Ekta to figure out and mint money as usual
SholaJoBhadkey
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Joined: 23 August 2005
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Alot of people crow about "middle class" values!!...A great number of people especially girls pride themselves on being "Simple middle class girls" or having , for the want of a beter word, "middle class values" ....
Such terms constitute one of the most commmon and unfortunate cliche synonymous with moral rectitude, conforming to the societal norms, being pious/religious, being parsimonious, respecting each and every person who is elder in age irrespective of whether the person in question is deserving of the respect or not, giving the parents/family the carte blanche in matters concerning education, marriage etc, being so goddamn acquiescent and unquestioningly obsequious that any opposition/doubt is termed as insubordination
A person abiding by the aforementiond rules and if he/she hails from a family whose economic status falls in the "middle class" category, he/she is the "simple, virtuous middle class kid"...
Is this Kekta type ideation of middle class. Contemporary India's middle class is educated, uninhibited, pragmatic, street-smart, techno savvy, more prosperous then their parents . Some or all those of the middle classs sentiments are also shared by wealthy , capitalists, or upper strata of middle classes.
Likewise, when viewed through the "middle class prism", the "spoilt, high-society person" is one who parties, drinks, spends money on stuff most people deem unnecessary, enjoys unlimited and unchecked freedom, is image conscious and shallow too...
What's even worse is certain relatively hi-fi people calling themselves "middle class" and claiming to have values which they most certainly don't possess...Admittedly a stereotype, but what is staggering is that loads of people still harp about being "middle class"...
This must be inverted snobbery- a useful self justification tool by anyone with monetary or material comfort.
I'm not generalizing, neither am I advocating and endorsing any style/way of life...How does having the so called "middle class" values make one any superior a person and why do some people take such furious pride in being "middle class"
So true LH! This whole Ms/Mr Sob Sob Goody Two Shoes image is Kekta Mayee's gift to the Indian society. Real life is more complex and layered than her soaps, storylines and characters. However, this whole middle-class syndrome is a stagnating remnant of 18th century Victorian England where morals and virtues were associated with a class of people that weren't aristocracy or peasants. Those days are long gone in England, but we are still clinging to such generalised demarcations. And which middle class are we talking about - lower middle class or upper middle class???
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Yea, its nice to be back Popular Search Terms: middle class values in india, indian middle class values, middle class values india
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