Indian culture-a myth or a reality? -Rukmi Sarmah India’s one billion people have descended from a variety of races. The oldest ones are the Negroid aboriginals called the Adivasis. Then came the Dravidians‚ the Aryans‚ the Mongols‚ the Semites and innumerable inter-mixtures of one with the other. A blend of migration and movement across ancient boundaries‚ travel and colonialism gave India the culture it is said to have today. According to Amartya Sen‚ the India born Nobel Laureate in Economics
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Traditional Indian Weddings When it comes to weddings in India‚ people celebrate in extravagant by creating a grand affair. The marriage ceremony begins and ends with various traditional rituals and it is accompanied by plenty entertainment‚ food‚ colorful clothing‚ music and dance. Although‚ Indian weddings vary from region to religion‚ they take hold of similar traditions. Traditionally in India‚ marriages are arranged between the groom’s and bride’s parents depending in the caste one is in
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culture of India is an amalgamation of these diverse sub-cultures spread all over the Indian subcontinent and traditions that are several millennia old. Regarded by some historians as the "oldest living civilization of Earth"‚ the Indian tradition dates back to 8‚000 BC and has a continuous recorded history for over 2‚500 years. Several elements of India’s diverse culture — such as Indian religions‚ yóga and Indian cuisine — have had a profound impact across the world. Religions and spirituality
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India by Vijay Jaiswal On August 29‚ 2013. No comments In a modern democratic political system of India‚ with governments based on Parliamentary model‚ political parties are central to the working of the political system. Political parties in Indian Democracy grow up the as spokesman of organized interests. Thus a Political party system in India is an organization of like minded people based together either to preserve and promote group interests or to promote a particular ideology. Usually every
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runners in the world”‚ yet barely anyone has heard of them. These very shy and isolated people are known as the Tarahumara Indians‚ and they are incredible endurance runners. This is evident in the way they live and how they incorporate running as a part of their lifestyle. The Tarahumara Indians also call themselves the Raramuri‚ which translates to mean foot runner. These Indians live in the Sierra Madre of Mexico‚ in “small isolated clusters with most of the population concentrated in the…Copper
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The Indian Consumer The middle class male consumer The middle class of India is for whom most of the advertising is targeted. Even in the lower middle class‚ consumer products like biscuits‚ talcum powder‚ hair oil‚ hair cream‚ toilet soaps‚ leather foot ware‚ casual foot ware‚ wrist watches‚ quartz watches etc. are purchased. To get a much better understanding of the middle class “male” head of the family‚ consider the following characteristics: Security Seeking: The middle class
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rampant inflation‚ the abysmal state of infrastructure‚ communal disharmony and disorganized foreign policy. During the past decade it has been seen quite clearly that Democracy in India is struggling to provide the basic necessities to people; 33% Indians live the below poverty line‚ 56 lakh villages don’t have power connection and drinking water access. Moreover the public education system is in shambles‚ there is a lack of accountability‚ lack of internal security and various public schemes fail
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The Blackfeet Indians‚ or Blackfoot Indians in Canada‚ was a confederation of four factions. They were called Blackfeet because their moccasins were painted black. The tribes are called the Siksika (or called the North Blackfoot‚ or the Proper)‚ Kainah (or called the Blood)‚ North Pikuni (North Piegan) and South Pikuni (South Piegan). These tribes controlled territory from the North Saskatchewan River in Alberta‚ upper Missouri River in Montana‚ and on the west by the Rocky Mountains (Waldman). Due
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 The Pueblo Indians are the historic descendants of the Anasazi peoples‚ also known as the "Basket Makers". The Pueblo people live in several locations in northeastern Arizona and northwestern New Mexico in compact‚ permanent settlements known as pueblos. Pueblo means village or town in Spanish. The Pueblos were first encountered by the Spanish in 1539‚ by the Spanish Franciscan missionary Marcos de Niza. A year later the Spanish explorer Francisco Vaasquez de Coronado‚ searching
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The reasons that the Cherokee give for rejecting the idea of moving beyond the Mississippi River is because they cannot endure to be deprived of their national and individual rights‚ and exposed to a process of intolerable oppression by the residents who live near the river already. 2) The Cherokees understood their “national and individual rights” as not having the rights‚ which the fathers planned‚ in their favor. The U.S. see them as an evil eye unlike many other Indian tribes. Many of the members
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