-Tina Williams/
The world is shrinking due to
several factors. Be it communication technology or easy & comfortable
transportation systems or easing of governance. Not only the people but also
goods are also moving from one geographical location to the other. Though this
movement has created a bigger understanding about the culture, lifestyle and
thinking of the alien people, still there are a lot of confusion to interact
with others. Here ‘others’ is used as a vaster connotation. There are gaps in
our existence as well as in ways of our lives. Gender, color, physical
appearances are many and biological in nature.
Economic situations, food habits, cultural practices are the
other reasons, which create differences among us. Whereas the first one is
beyond human control; the second is becoming more and more homogenous. Western
lifestyles have become dominant since the break of last century. We have
already crossed the road of modernism and moving ahead with new values and
altogether a new social and world order. Since the much of scientific
inventions happened in Western World, rest of the globe in one way or the
other, got influenced by the Westerners. Though, some cultural groups are not
‘polite enough’ to accept this contribution of the West. So, they are engaged
in criticizing and making terror attacks on Westerners and other innocent
people. They even don’t want to make a dialogue with the West. There is a
preconceived notion that Western civilization is bad and destroying other
cultures and their values. West has not only carried out massive scientific
inventions but also it is birthplace of several modern and human values like
democracy, fraternity and equality etc. Now, due to the process of
globalization all nations are becoming more interdependent. The economy of
America is dependent on Chinese and Indian economic situations. Interdependency brings more stability to
world. So it is very important to understand the ‘others’ to create a trustful
relationship. Our minds have become more and more adaptive towards others
cultures and individuals. A new flexibility can also be seen in political arena
too. President Obama’s visit to Hiroshima is a witness for the same. Countries
are in process of forgetting their old enmities and want to march ahead with
new commitments. Japanese government too, is readdressing and settling down the
issue ‘comfort women’ with South Korea. So the whole word is creating a better
understanding but there are still so many challenges. Many terrorist organizations
and few nations like North Korea are not willing to join this new world order.
There is also dominance of a few countries UN Security Council, which needs
reforms and G4 nations have their demand to be part of it. Despite all these
minor odds, the common people all across the world are developing better
communication at all levels among themselves.
