Indian people’s way & style of living so called culture of India differs from place to place within country though languages are many but still there is co-ordination religions living in harmony dance varies according to state traditionally music stands as per epic architecture magnificient,old enough to stumble people’s thoughts, food could differ with customs but there is an amalgamation of several cultures, all over the country spanning over millions of years for millions of people . diverse cultures is mainly based on religion , yoga & tasty indian cuisine having an edge around the globe. Among hinduism, buddhism, Jainism & Sikhism in the present era hinduism and Buddhism stands with over 2 billion followers proclaiming to be the …show more content…
Prahalad views modern India has many languages, religions and traditions with diverse cultures. Children begin by coping and learning to accept and assimilate in this diversity. Prahalad says , that Indians, like everyone else in the world, should be treated as unique, as individuals, expressing themselves seeking innovation Nancy Lockwood of Society for Human Resource Management, world 's largest human resources association with members in 140 countries, writes that in the past two decades traditional Indian culture has undergone great social change by giving education opportunities to girls, accepting women working in office, expecting a career, and women attaining managerial roles in corporate India. though slow, out of India 's 397 million workers, 124 million are now women a great cultural change Amartya Sen, the India born Nobel Laureate in Economics, modern India culture is complexed with historical traditions, colonialism influenced over centuries and current Western culture - both collaterally and dialectically. Sen observes that external images of India in the West often tend to emphasise the difference - real or imagined - between India and the West. The deep-seated heterogeneity of Indian traditions, in different parts of India, is neglected in these homogenised description of India. The perceptions of Indian culture, by those who weren 't born and raised in India, tend to be one of at least three categories,
The British improved and modernized India which formed their efficiency that they have today. They established railroads and bridges so people can travel thru their country easier. The British also ingrained a fair trading system between India and British. Some may claim that it was not fair because the Indian textiles were getting sold less and less. From 1790 and so on the sales of Indian textiles progressively declined (Doc. 6).
Many Indians, like Massoon, became too afraid to wear traditional Indian clothings, such as saris or bindis, in public. Some parents refused to send their children to school in order to protect them and because the children often felt insecure and ashamed of their heritage because of the bullying and bias (Kamen, 1992). A few businesses owned by Indians were forced to close because Indians were afraid to shop in Jersey City (James, 1989). No Indians walked alone, because, according to Vishnu Patel, they were “‘afraid to go out.’” Patel explained that even “‘people who work nights or return late at night are not going to their jobs,’”
In Philip J. Deloria’s book, Indians In Unexpected Places readers are provoked with questions. Why is there an Indian on an automobile? Why is she getting a manicure? Why is the young man in football apparel? Indians have been secluded into a stereotype of untamable and wild animals.
Sexual violence is a sensitive topic for any and every woman. Whether it is sexual harassment, rape, or domestic violence, no woman wants to be taken advantage of by any man or even a woman. In the article, “Not an Indian Tradition. The Sexual Colonization of Native Peoples,” author Andrea Smith contrasts sexual violence and history from white woman to Native American women. Sexual violence differs for woman of color than white women alone.
“In thirty-three years of marriage, we have lived in every part of North America. By choosing a husband who was not my father’s selection, I was opting for fluidity, self-invention, blue jeans, and T- shirts, and renouncing the three thousand years (at least) of caste-observant, “pure culture” marriage in the Mukherjee family” (Mukherjee 548). Moving to America was a new beginning for Mukherjee, and she took every advantage of that. Marrying outside of her father’s choosing opened a new world of opportunity for her. She was able to wear what she wanted, travel wherever she wanted, and make herself who she wanted to be without her Indian heritage holding her back.
Native Americans Native Americans are very different from other tribes. They eat, live, dress and do many things differently. The things I’m going to be talking about in my interesting paper is What they eat? What they wear? Where they live?
Sherman Alexie wrote Reservation Blues. A novel that relates the struggle of being a Native American trying to succeed in life, in and out of the Spokane Reservation. Thomas Builds-The-Fire, Junior Polatkin, and Victor Joseph are three Spokanes who form a blues band named Coyote Springs. The band begins to gain the support of other Indians and even two of their fans are white girls, Betty and Veronica. Soon they are invited to perform at bars outside the reservation.
Indians, described to have been always present, aren’t found but are neglected by almost all upper-class individuals. They are used as merchandise and so people do not associate them with power,
Hinduism was the first to start here in India. According to Document A, Hindu people believed in many gods and they believed in the process of reincarnation. There was also a caste system in Hinduism. This system separated the people into groups where they had different jobs. Also they believed in karma and dharma.
" 'Don’t forget the legacy we passed on. Don’t let it lapse. Pass it on, stronger and stronger to your children. Let the "Cherokee language laugh, speak and sing again. Let our history be known and discussed.
In this novel Sherman Alexie challenges stereotypical representations of ‘indianness’. In this essay I am going
Religion and Philosophy Collection, go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?p=GPS&sw=w&u=ko_k12hs_d71&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CA130047610&asid=b32ed7e0f51af43dc7e6fb2823603de1. In this article, Christopher Key Chapple summarized the main components of Hinduism and what matters most to them based on their religious beliefs. Hinduism is much different than our religion however, the author grabbed the main points about Hinduism and its ecology to give a better understanding for me, the reader. This article touches on the dynamic, multicultural society of Hinduism.
Namastey London (bollywood movie): Study of cultural differences between Indian and European cultures. ABSTRACT The study aims at analyzing the cultural differences between European culture and Indian culture, comparing different dimension of cultures. How cultural differences can be managed.
In one of her book named Eating India, the award-winning Chitrita Banerji takes us on a marvelous journey through national food which is formed by generation of conquest and arrivals. She describes who the newcomers are bringing new ways to mix the native spices, saffron, mustard and poppy seeds with vegetables, grains and fish are the base of Indian kitchen. And she also visits traditional weddings, rooms where tiffns are packed, markets of city, roadside shops and tribal villages to know how Indian history is shaped with the help of people and their
Women are perceived to be disadvantaged at work. Indian laws on Rape, Dowry and Adultery have women 's safety at heart, but these highly discriminatory practices are still taking place at an alarming rate. Gender discrimination in India refers to health, education, economic and political inequalities between men and women. Gender inequalities, and its social causes, impact India 's sex ratio, women 's health over their lifetimes, their educational attainment, and economic conditions. Gender inequality in India is a various issue that concerns