Continuities And Changes In Asian Society

Traditional Asian society is considered to be the time prior to the 1700s. In the years following that time, different influences have transformed these traditional societies into the modern states that they are today. These influences have changed the way that Asian societies function and these changes also vary by the region of Asia. The government, religion, and family all influenced the way that Asia was shaped into the modern state that it is today.
The government clearly had a role on how different parts of Asia were shaped into the modern states that they are today. One part of Asia that was changed by the government was India. During this time many changes occurred. From the 1750s to 1857 the British East India Company ruled India. However after the 1857 the British Crown decided to take over for them. Once the British …show more content…
One example of this is the custom of arranged marriages. This custom currently being challenged in India through call centers. In these call centers the majority of the workers are women however it is a mixed gender working environment. In the United States this would be completely normal. However, in Asia there is a custom of arranged marriages and many believe that socializing between the sexes may lead to the end of arranged marriages in modern India. Another influence that family has on Indian society is shown in the book Punjabi Century. In this book the narrator talks about his father and says that, “My grand-uncle had been educated under similar circumstances by my grandfather; it was now his turn to educate my father. This debt my father repaid, when his turn came, by educating his three younger brothers” (Tandon 25). In this instance, it is shown how families help each other during desperate times and that family ties can make or break a family given that without helping each other nobody would’ve gotten the education that they were looking