Post by taiwan on Mar 11, 2011 4:45:46 GMT -5
It has been realized over years that there is a global consumer culture that is spread by companies like McDonald’s and Coca-Cola. Even Indian companies have started following their pattern to remain competitive. Ice cream and soft drink parlors, Chinese French, Spanish and Italian cuisines are among hot favorite eatables in the prominent business centers.
The ambulatory van carrying chat has disappeared since ages from all the metro cities. Florists and costly gift shops are flourishing. In certain localities, on the other hand, the classical scenario still remains and is functioning properly. The chat and chhole-bhature vending itinerant and fixed booths continue to function.
The famous lanes named after food specialties are even now hot areas because their trusted customers are still patronizing paratha and jalebi in the Cochin. Eatables like kulfi-faluda, cheese pakora, dahibara, halwa, drinks like sugar cane juice, lemon sharbat, jal jeera, lassi etc., are hot favorites among the immigrant population. These items are within the purchasing power of low income group population, though with the elites also these items now stay put. This may not be labeled as a cultural crisis.
Culture is much deep rooted. However, if one looks beneath the surface and ask the people from different states as to where their loyalties lie, how they regard their families, and how they regard authority, there will be enormous differences. The proliferation of Apartments in Cochin has lead to significant bonding between different cultures and along with it there is a craze for foreign cuisines among the local population.
When people examine a culture, they pay too much attention to aspects like the kinds of consumer goods that people buy. This is the most superficial aspect of culture. A culture really consists of deeper moral norms that affect how people link with one another. This aspect needs much deeper understanding when analyzing both culture and trade.
The ambulatory van carrying chat has disappeared since ages from all the metro cities. Florists and costly gift shops are flourishing. In certain localities, on the other hand, the classical scenario still remains and is functioning properly. The chat and chhole-bhature vending itinerant and fixed booths continue to function.
The famous lanes named after food specialties are even now hot areas because their trusted customers are still patronizing paratha and jalebi in the Cochin. Eatables like kulfi-faluda, cheese pakora, dahibara, halwa, drinks like sugar cane juice, lemon sharbat, jal jeera, lassi etc., are hot favorites among the immigrant population. These items are within the purchasing power of low income group population, though with the elites also these items now stay put. This may not be labeled as a cultural crisis.
Culture is much deep rooted. However, if one looks beneath the surface and ask the people from different states as to where their loyalties lie, how they regard their families, and how they regard authority, there will be enormous differences. The proliferation of Apartments in Cochin has lead to significant bonding between different cultures and along with it there is a craze for foreign cuisines among the local population.
When people examine a culture, they pay too much attention to aspects like the kinds of consumer goods that people buy. This is the most superficial aspect of culture. A culture really consists of deeper moral norms that affect how people link with one another. This aspect needs much deeper understanding when analyzing both culture and trade.