Unfortunately, Yes. In today’s era, we have grown so much that we have forgot our own art forms which were a part of a human civilization, a society. Indian classical music and dances were the celebration of everything, people who performed were immensely respected. These art forms were the means to express love and devotion to the deities, to god, to goddess, and to peoples’ unity. However, this concept have declined drastically. The new generation would be more interested to be a part of pop-culture as they think their own classical art forms are slow and boring. And the saddest part is when these very people blame each other for not preserving their “cultures” and values.

How many people would be interested in going to a classical dance or classical music recital? Probably, only a few. Artists who have devoted their lives for music, for dance, are now performing in front of a smaller section of the population. There are some people who are not ashamed of getting up in the middle of the performance and stepping out, showing disrespect to the artist, to the art.

We are raising this question in this era, may be because we do not introduce the children to our heritage that was worshiped by the world at some point of time. We have to start teaching the children or our own heritage will get killed by our own hands.