Because going against conventions in India requires you to face off against a band of "convention guardians" who often approach u in groups. And these convention guardians don't attack u- they attack u r family's reputation and ruin the peace of the household. It is just that most people simply by default are more into buying a home, having a good time, getting a washing machine etc., more so than trying to reform convention.

Also, attempting 2 reform convention may also result in flak from u r near and dear who may be convention nazis. I myself only know how hard it is to bring up a kid w/ NATIONAL VALUES and NATIONAL MORALS over codified ethnic and theocratic morals.

In my moral system, a bhang smoking Shiva lingar enthusiast who goes 2 raves but volunteers to die 4 India when the CHinese Army arrives is more moral than a viceless family man who retires to the US the instant he reads "Chinese troops cross INdian border" on TV news. Trying to impart that value system in moder ...more

Because they don't want to take risk of being criticized, they want to remain in comfort zone .. want to keep their cheap popular image but they don't understand that there is no success unless they look outside the box. ... they don't understand that a life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent in doing nothing...........The trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more. The biggest risk in life is to risk nothing at all

They can not understand

First check if convention is good or bad ?

THEY ARE AFRAID OF FUNDAMENTALISTS( IN A SMALL INCIDENT,i FELT LIKE u)( U ARE
RIGHT? ARE WE HELPLESS.

Social disapproval... isolation...fear of new !
It needs a lot of guts to go against conventions!

It is risky and they can get ousted from the common stream. Unless convention undergo gradual changem which always happens, it is for the safe side to be with it.

Social Conventions are a hard cast strait jacket, that are difficult losen up in most parts of our country.
This is one aspect that will take some time to be accepted, as our minds are still very rigid.

Conventions is what keeps societies intact, going against conventions (However necessary it is) may lead to fall out from the society and be an outcast.