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<strong>India</strong> <strong>Festival</strong> <strong>2010</strong><br />
Preserving the National Cultural Identity:<br />
We need to be clear about the concepts mentioned<br />
above. If will be easy to find out ways to preserve<br />
and sustain our onwn identity as well as relate it to<br />
national identity. If I am a citizen of USA means my<br />
state identity is US citizen and I need to follow all<br />
the laws of the land and be patriotic to my country<br />
of adoption. Hindus around the world have been<br />
citizens of more than 115 countries, but we will<br />
never hear any incidence of unpatriotic activities by<br />
Hindus and I attribute this quality to our cultural<br />
identity which our Hindu identity and Hindu values.<br />
In many countries Hindus have contributed in the<br />
independence struggle of that country and we all very<br />
proud that Mahatma Gandhi has been instrumental<br />
even today to inspire many world leaders because he<br />
practiced the Hindu values all through his life.<br />
Some of the simple ways we can preserve and<br />
sustain our Hindu identity as well as establish<br />
ourselves as part of the great Hindu cultural nation<br />
are:<br />
• This process will help all countries and<br />
cultures around the world who believe in<br />
Dhamic traditions and cultures who had<br />
great ancestral heritage and cultures<br />
• Creating and protecting diversity of the world<br />
is God’s work<br />
• With this feeling everyone has to work on<br />
preserving, protecting and dedicating oneself<br />
to the idea of renaissance of the cultural<br />
identity<br />
• Let us join hands in helping each other to<br />
achieve the dream of cultural renaissance<br />
of all the ancient cultures, world diversity and<br />
heritage<br />
Compiled by Yashwant Pathak<br />
• Creating pride about one’s national Cultural<br />
identity<br />
• Creating a feeling of oneness within individual<br />
and society with the nation concept<br />
• Creating a feeling of belongingness; a feeling<br />
of I owe to the Nation<br />
• Creating a feeling of I am responsible for the<br />
preservation, protection and upliftment of<br />
my own culture, way of life and nation<br />
• Involvement of Youth’s in all this process<br />
• Creating a team of youths and Adults who<br />
dedicate themselves for the cause<br />
www.gujaratisamaj.org 51 GUJARATI SAMAJ OF TAMPA BAY
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