Monsoon Wedding shows an Indiaa land with an old history and ancient culturesin the throes of transition. Age-old rituals and traditions coexist, not always peacefully, with cell phones and wrist calculators, television talk shows and cooking shows, a burgeoning film industry and daily stock market quotes. Locate some of the major effects of western acculturation and discuss their significance in the film. How do the various generations deal with the dialogue of the East and the West, the Old and the New?