Certain Clashes of Cultures

We always have different opinions on how to take upon our life or perhaps how we perceive the very definition or life itself. Thus by far, I can only surmise that they way we live life and see it, is gravely affected by the way we think, and believe of it. This so called perception is called our "philosophy in life" which primarily is comprised of values and experiences. In the Hindu drama called Shakuntala primarily a love story, between the lovers, namely: King Dushyanta and Sakoontala, wherein they unfold how love and fate moves in mysterious ways, and find there way back to one another and feel the warmth brought by rekindled love.

As such, as I read the masterpiece, I found that some of ideals and beliefs in the story seem contradict to my opinion about certain things in life, like that of love. One of which is when they believe that something such as: a lifelong partner is destined for you. But I do believe that, everything in life is earned and is not just destined for you. That in life one does not get what one deserves, but of what one negotiates, and strives hard to attain it. And also the fact of condoning the act of bigamy, wherein King Dushyanta married Sakoontala given the circumstances that she was already married with Queen Vasumati. Such act, clashes with that of my cultural values.

Yet, aside of the contradiction that arouse, I found something that I could compare with that of my view about other things, such as love. Wherein love is said to be true and pure, if it changes you're entire well being, your perception your entire opinion of everything, as such love, like art makes you see everything in new light, it makes everything unfamiliar from you; this I saw through King Dushyanta, when he fell head over heels for Sakoontala.

Life as seen in the Hindu masterpiece "Shakuntala", relates to me, not only of its commonalities to my views but also because of its contradictions to what I believe in. Given the foregoing circumstances, I must respect Indian Culture, for if we judge a culture, we do so with our own standards, we are judging them prescriptively, while she should just be looking at it openly.