Hi, I live in London, UK and am 17 years old. I just want to know from you guys to what extent has the image of a Sikh in their youth has changed to you?
I have a haircut i admit, along with many other Sikh people who are now cutting their hair to suit a more trendy, modern fashion - but how do you think this changes their attitude to Sikhism? Do you think that young Sikh's are gradually losing touch with what their religion means, and going after time-wasting pursuits with lust chasing women (how many times have you seen Asian boys and girls hanging about on street corners nowadays).
If you live in the UK, you may be familiar with a soap opera called Eastenders, which is watched by a massive 16 million people. Now recently we've witnessed a new asian family moving into the area, possibly Hindu. From the first few episodes we realised that a young modern girl, who's respective duty is to look after her family, has a boyfriend that her father forbids - yet she meets him anyway.
Now moving to my point, is that it showed the attractive girl giving a kiss with her boyfriend on the show. The main issues that come up to me, is the young asian audience of the best rated show in the UK, and how they may be perceiving it as. We know in Bollywood films, that kiss scene are very limited, yet now we face the fear that most young girls will be blindly going after pursuits of lust.
Now this is moving to another issue gradually, but this relates to the new hybrid culture.