Question

Do you think that globalisation is a threat to many indigenous crafts and literary traditions and knowledge systems? Give reasons.

Answer 1

Threat to indigenous craft and literary traditions-

• Modern development even prior to the stage of globalization made inroads into the traditional cultural forms and occupations based on them.
• Traditional crafts of weaving are dying out, unable to compete with power looms.
• There were a large number of suicides by traditional weavers.
• Similarly, attempts to patent the use of Haldi, rudraksh, basmati by multinational companies have highlighted the need for protecting the base of its indigenous knowledge systems.