MAINS 2016
GS1
12.5 marks
To what extent has globalization influenced the core of cultural diversity in India? Explain.
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9 min
200 words
What the examiner wants
Assess how far globalisation has changed or merely reshaped the core of India's cultural diversity.
To what extent... ExplainAnswer exactly what the question asks.
Demand-wise check
- 1Changes: homogenisation of food, dress, language (English), consumerism, nuclear families, decline of some crafts and dialects≈35 words
- 2Resilience: core values, festivals, languages, family ties persist; glocalisation (localised menus, regional OTT content)≈35 words
- 3Revival: global spread of yoga, Indian cuisine, Bollywood, diaspora; GI tags for crafts≈35 words
- 4Verdict: surface changes, core adaptive≈35 words
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Answer plan
ConceptHomogenising effectsResilience and glocalisationGlobal spread of Indian cultureExtent verdict
Where marks usually go
- Only negatives of westernisation
- Not answering 'to what extent'
Draw this
- Spectrum: homogenisation ← glocalisation → hybridisation, with examples
Value addition
- ThinkerGeorge Ritzer's 'McDonaldization' describes cultural homogenisation; India shows glocalisation instead (e.g., vegetarian menus).Ritzer, 1993
- ExampleUN General Assembly declared 21 June as International Day of Yoga in 2014, with a record 177 co-sponsors.UNGA resolution, 2014
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Reviewed public-source references related to this PYQ. Same-syllabus references are labelled separately.
- Akansh Dhull · AIR 3 · Page 15 ↗Reviewed PYQ reference
- Ajay R Raj · AIR 109 · Page 9 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Akansh Dhull · AIR 3 · Page 35 ↗Same syllabus reference
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