1. How has globalization affected Indian culture? Does it pose a threat to our indigenous crafts and knowledge systems?

Approach:

♤ The first part demands briefly explaining what culture is. A short definition such as “a way of life” would suffice. Then explain that it has been affected by globalization in three ways primarily – some parts of culture have been wiped out , some new elements such as new festivals have become its part and finally some existing elements have been enriched

♤ Second part must deal with cases of intellectual property theft such as bio-piracy and exploitation of local crafts (buying cheap, selling dear by the MNCs)

♤ Finally, suggest some measures to counter this threat such as traditional knowledge digital library must be mentioned.