Relevancy of traditions in the modern world

"Tradition and modernization are incompatible. One must choose between them."

One of Man's enduring abilities has been his capability to pass on traditions through generations and generations. Custom&rituals followed by our ancestors are still practised & evn followed today. But at the same time, comes a question about how compatible these customs are and how relevant are they today.

Conflicts between the traditional side of life & modern side of life are common. Lot feel, that only one can exist and that one must choose between. I tend to disagree with this argument, I feel that both can co exist. After all one must agree that, lot of these customs & rules laid by our ancestors are pretty relevant even today & are better not being disturbed. But at the same time, one must also agree some of them are also irrelevant in today's world. Some of the modern traditions are also pretty good and at the same time some are also rubbish.

If you look at olden times, families were more closer, the bind between them were so much more stronger & weren't driven by money. Today's concept of nuclear families I feel isn't all that healthy. People visit parents & siblings once in a while. You might meet at a marriage or maybe at a funeral. If families were much more closer, its a healthy thing for all concerned. You don't leave you parents all alone, you take care of them even in their old ages and your children are so much better having cousins to spend time with and get close with. Whatever said, the relationship between families is something that is very different from friends. In today's world you'll find, families who still maintain relationships with their relatives who are so much happier than those who don't.

But at the same time you need to look at some of the old customs such as women being housewives & not allowed to work. These customs in today's world is pretty outdated. After all women too want to work and explore the world and themselves and shouldn't have to confine themselves to a household. People who complain that, they don't get time to take care of their children are pretty ridiculous, it's the duty of both the husband & wife to take care of their children and not alone the wife's.

As life goes by, we might find situations where more & more traditions seem irrelevant and modernization might play a bigger role, but one must never forget those core traditions that made us such a strong race but at the same time forget those who made us weak as well. Its all about balancing... And that we must...