Culture and the human mind

Religion, its allied festivals and celebrations were invented to give identity to the people. Language, culture, religion are ways of life;they show the individual a how to live out his life in society. Politicians and religious leaders use the different aspects to divide and unite the individuals as per their ambitions. Can there be an individual who can think without the influence of culture, language and religion? What sort of identity will he/she have?
Modernism will bring in a new society of logical thinking people, may be culture may not reveal itself.We may not give religion any importance, we may ignore religious occasions, we may change considerably and we may not stick to specific religious groups. Can we really separate culture form our individual personalities? Culture has embedded itself in our minds and has become part of our personalities. We really cannot separate culture from our minds.
Today people in Northern parts of India are celebrating the festival of "Karva chauth" It renews the bond of husband and wife. Wives pray for long life of their husbands. These festivals show faith in relationships and  they reflect people's aspirations of making an ideal marriage. In India human relationships are celebrated and bonds renewed in religious celebrations. If modernism changes all this,then what is left of the human culture in India?
We must adhere to culture, but we must not be slave to it--to allow others to divide us on basis of culture. (Caste division divides us)We must be consciouses of what to take from culture and what we need not. We should be selective in what we celebrate. We love to celebrate the devotion which is part of marriage in India.