This final project will discuss the music of India, specifically the music that my interview subject, Mr. Ravi David, grew up listening to. I had the pleasure of interviewing Mr. Ravi David, a member of Bayview Glen Church, in Thornhill, Ontario, Canada. He is a retired gentleman who serves as an Elder in my church. He was born in India in the 1950’s and lived there until he old. He was raised in a traditional Indian family; however, he is a seventh generation Christian. Due to his fathers work…
will discuss a tradition that I personally follow. Everyone in my household looks forward to Diwali-Festival of Lights. It is celebrated by lighting small lamps called diyas which is arranged in beautiful patterns. It is the time when we gather with loved ones, celebrating our family, our friends and the prosperity God has bestowed upon us. I specifically remember always being hyper as a child because Diwali is one of my favorite holidays as it is celebrated around my birthday which is in…
day. And keeping that in mind, people are not allowed to eat on the roads or in any restaurant. Other Hindu festivals such as Holi, Diwali, Onam etc. are also celebrate. Similarly, New Delhi being the most diverse city in India, celebrates mostly every festival of the country. During the festival time, the atmosphere is lively, and city looks beautiful. Holi and Diwali are two of the major festivals celebrated in the…
In the story Namesake, the author Jumpa Lahiri uses flashbacks and settings to help the characters remember their culture during tough times in their new life in America. Flashbacks are important to remember good times and bad. Remembering the bad times helps to know that even through bad times something good can come out of it. Moving to a new country is ruff getting used to a new lifestyle but the Ganguli family fights through the hard times and makes a new living in America. In 1961…
As alluded earlier on that employing a more diverse workforce could enhance an organization’s service or products to a wider range of clients or customers. For example, Deloitte and Touche, a decade ago had to introduce a positive organizational culture after an alarm bell sounded on the high rate of men and women turnover in the firm, Susan E. Jackson, et al (2003). It was observed that with the new culture, members of the majority and minority subcultures felt respected and equally expressed…
I mentioned to the kids that the school I came from, is one that requires english to be spoken in the school. Additionally, I talked about Diwali the festival of lights that i celebrated and still celebrate here with abundance of fireworks. In a sum I was curious about the American culture and asked my new friends numerous questions. This gave me a chance to discover the cultures about me and…
Religion is the belief and the worship of a superhuman referred to as god. Throughout the centuries many religions have been formed and dissolved while some are still being use. For example, religions like Egyptian, Babylonian, and Greek died while Hinduism, Judaism are still worshipped. I think religions separate people from others. There is no doubt that they hold a spiritual understanding to the world but I think that all religions mention mostly the same. I was born in a Hindu family,…
Racism is a belief that there is a definite difference among various human racial groups which leads to unequal treatments. Racist is usually prejudice, and some people might discriminate someone because of his or her race. Everyone has done something racist in their lifetime, but the level of discrimination is different. It is a common fact that one should not treat a person base on their race, and everyone should be respected equally. Although children have been educated about ethnicity, not…
Case study of Unethical Public Relation practice Ethics can be described as the branch of philosophy which gives us lesson about what is wrong what is right. It gives us concept about what is wrong and what is right what is injustice. Ethics also gives us lesson about morality. Ethics can be described as well that what way adopted to live and what way we adopt to create relationship with other people of society. As a whole ethics are the whole system of moral values live in this society. Ethics…
The US, in many countries in known as America but we call it the United States and just like that India, whose official name is Bharat, but Indians still call their motherland Bharat. India and America, may not have so many similarities between each other, but they do have a couple that are noticeably big. Although both countries have few similarities, they have many differences which happens to be the main cause why both countries are very different. The biggest similarity between the two…