MFA DISSERTATION Western Impact on Indian Culture and Art From Colonial‚ through Modern and Contemporary Times Vishan Darren Seenath 2/2/2012 In the past decade contemporary art of the Indian sub-continent has received increasing attention‚ perhaps on the merit of the artists‚ but most likely due to the increasingly strong Indian economy and the money that is being made through foreign investments. There is a glaring observation to be made‚ and that is interest in India by the West seems
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REPORT ON RELIGIOUS INFLUENCE ON INDIAN CUISINE BY AKSHAY DINESH KULKARNI S.Y .B.A.IHM Religious Influence On Indian Food India is a land of diversity. Her countless landscapes‚ different languages‚ magnificent festivals and multi-ethnicity reflect the culture and tradition of this land. Indian cuisine is also as diverse and wonderful as the colourful country. From the northern tip of Kashmir to the southern state of Kerala‚ and from the western ghats of Gujarat to Nagaland in the east
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observed a day in a senior adult daycare center. Most of the clients who attended the daycare were of Hindu/Muslim religion‚ only very few were Caucasian and catholic. Approximately 40 clients were in attendance on that particular day. It was noted that there were planned meals and activities throughout their day. It was also noted that there were planned meals(cooked on premesis by Hindu cook) ‚ The average age of the clients attending was age 71-91 years . The BSN student observed and
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the gods of India as opposed to god as being one are different. She hereby throws us into cultural context of India. She uses informal words like “roam” and the adverb “freely” to highlight her perception of the gods in India. She talks about the Hindu religion in a casual manner specially when she says gods are “disguised in snakes and monkeys” which gives us the feeling that she is speaking from an outsiders point
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HINDUISM ’S INFLUENCE ON AMERICAN CULTURE Hinduism is believed to have immigrated to America around the late 1800’s. Its influence on America and American culture and its peoples has been pervasive and varied. It was first introduced to mostly Christian America at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair at The Parliament of the World’s Religions by Swami Vivekananda (Guthrie 2). Since that time his descendants have grown so as to include indigenous Americans as well as many new arrivals from all over the
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foreign travellers were all fanciful in their writings on ancient India or that these ‘sacred’ texts played a very minimal role in governing the Hindu way of life. Apart from the absurdity of the suggestion that a traveller would lie in praise of a foreign land‚ the later scenario appears more probable because of another very interesting facet of ancient Hindu society- minimal State interference in the daily life of a citizen. Therefore there was no overarching government administering a code of laws
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Hindu Traditions: Food and Purification Ashley LeBlanc Introduction to Eastern Religions Dr. Patricia Campbell November 16‚ 2010 LeBlanc 2 Hinduism is a religion that originated in India and is still practiced by most of the Natives as well as the people who have migrated from India to other parts of the world. Statistically there are over seven hundred million Hindus‚ mainly in Bangladesh‚ India and Nepal. Approximately eighty percent of the population in India is Hindu (Encyclopaedia
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holy books worshiped. Both religions are similar and different at the same time. In the buddhism religion‚ the founder was not one person alone. Hinduism was developed over 3500 years ago by the Aryans. The Hindu religion was developed around the caste system. Important books of the Hindu religion are the Vedas. The Hindus are polytheistic‚ or they believe in many Gods. The caste system was the social class of India. At the top of the caste system were the Brahmins or the priests. Below them were
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INTRODUCTION OF GLOBALISATION The topic of ‘Impact of Globalisation on Indian Tradition’ reminds me of one of the famous quotes of visionary Swami Vivekananda‚ who foresaw the hazards of globalization and impact of MNC culture resulted from globalization in India as early as in 1893 when he spoke at the Parliament of World Religions in Chicago. He said “Shall India die? Then‚ from the world all spirituality will be extinct‚ all sweet-souled sympathy for religion will be extinct‚ all ideality will
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http://hinduism.iskcon.org/concepts/202.htm http://www.minoritynurse.com/article/hindu-dietary-practices-feeding-body-mind-and-soul http://www.netplaces.com/hinduism/the-bhagavad-gita/self-control-the-dharma-of-the-ideal-man.htm http://philosophy.lander.edu/oriental/yoga.html Ethics forms the steel-frame foundation of the spiritual life Ethics‚ which concerns itself with the study of conduct‚ is derived‚ in Hinduism‚ from certain spiritual concepts; it forms the steel-frame foundation of the
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