Today the term modern is associated with the clothes we wear, the food we eat, the way we speak and so on. But, somewhere it has lost its association with thinking and philosophies. We learned the way of expressing them, but have forgotten how to understand and evolve them.

I believe that being modern is not about wearing inadequate clothes or eating food in restaurant that doesn’t belong to our region and bowel system, or speaking foreign languages in weird accent. Modernity lies in the progressive thinking we hold and believe in. Modernity lies in understanding our history to shape our future. Our forefathers fought for freedom, the freedom to express ourselves, explore ourselves, develop ourselves and think ourselves to decide our destiny. But somewhere their sacrifice has gone in vain as the freedom they fetched us; we used it to be the slaves of the ideologies of our previous rulers.

We follow the west, but we often forget we belong to east. Our climate is different, our conditions are different, our language is different and our ideas are different. Then why should we follow them? I don’t believe in criticizing the west for imposing themselves upon us, all I wish is to urge the people to think before following.  Our forefathers have evolved the thoughts and culture so well that they still hold apt and strong. Our food, houses, communities, clothes and lifestyle have not just been imitated; they have been evolved in such a way that they suit our requirements in the conditions we live in.

My idea of writing the words above is not to demean the west or stop ourselves from mingling with the world; but to think before following and evolving things that would benefit our future generations. It is to ignite the spark in ourselves to think, to be progressive thinkers. Let us be modern enough to define our future.