Culture of India

performed only in Arabic” (Eaton 3). This tradition was sought out to effectively unit the Islamic religion with Arab culture. However, South Asia, a non-speaking Arabic region, found multiple ways to make a general understanding of the Qur’an. You might wonder how, though. How can a non-speaking Arabic region compromise one-third of the world’s Muslim population? It’s clear that India had to have some minuscule translation of the Qur’an to accumulate so many Muslims, even if the “translation”…

cultural forms of the region in various ways. With this in mind, compare and contrast the belief systems of two or more philosophies or religions that have started in or traveled to South Asia, noting, where relevant, their connections to empire and culture (literature, theater, dance, music, art, and architecture) The history of South Asia countries have been shaped through centuries by the influence of different immigrant groups such as, Islam including (Sufism as a mystic variant…

a former co-worker, Ramesh. We worked together several years ago at Wal-Mart. I would spend my breaks with him and his wife. His culture is very interesting to me as well as his opinion of his home culture. He has lived in America for many years, he moved here with his new wife as a young man to go to college. Ramesh is from a very wealthy Hindu family in south India, his father is the prince over a territory there. He moved here with his wife in the early 1970’s. He spoke of the beautiful…

marvellous story. Reading throughout the novel, it was easy for me to understand the words and the storyline compared to my non- Indian classmates. Even though I am an Indian, I never know all the cultures and traditions fully until I read this novel. For me, this novel is an eye-opener for me to understand the cultures fully and why do we practise these much in Indian community. In this novel, I found out three themes which are really close to my heart. One of the main themes I would like to…

“India, the country that occupies the greater part of South Asia. It is a constitutional republic consisting of 29 states, each with a substantial degree of control over its own affairs; 6 less fully empowered union territories; and the Delhi national capital territory, which includes New Delhi, India’s capital. With roughly one-sixth of the world’s total population, India is the second most-populous country, after China” (Schwartzberg). India can be a shock to some when it comes to their…

INTRODUCTION It is a well know fact that the colonizing of India by the British was not just done with “the power of superior arms, military organization, political power, or economic wealth – as important as these things were”, but it was “sustained and strengthened by cultural technologies of rule” (Bernard S. Cohn, Colonialism and its Forms of Knowledge, ix). The British “had to devise novel, and exceptional, theories of governance,” (Thomas R. Metcalf, Ideologies of the Raj Vol. 3, ix) as…

experiences of his life as a Dalit. The Outcaste captures the impacts of violence and discrimination against Dalits. In this novel the author is haunted by the crisis of identity. This is an autobiographical novel which shows the dark side of India in which the Dalits are oppressed. . He uses the metaphor, idioms and imagery to explore his inner grief and quest for identity. He faced the discrimination at the school when he was a student. The pupils from high caste like Brahmin and Wani…

advanced city life, “a counterpart of the civilizations that had emerged along the Tigris and Euphrates and the Nile appeared along Indus river in northwestern India.” (Edgar, Robert R, et al 66). It was the most punctual known human progress in South Asia. It is known as the Indus Valley Civilization. It was the main human progress to thrive in India. This kept going from 2500 BC until 1500 BC. It is in some cases alluded to as the Harappan human advancement, named for the site of Harappa, one…

ideology which refers to Hindu religious values. The Sangh Parivar, or “family of organizations,” is a group of Hindu nationalists, which emerged from bitter confrontations with European colonists, who sought to establish their own national identity in India. In the 1920s, the Hindu nationalist movement gained support amongst Hindus who felt oppressed by the British colonists and desired a return to India’s pure roots. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), or the Indian’s People Party, identified…

Importance of Dusherra: India is famous for its rich culture and tradition. The country is also called the land of festivities and celebration. Synonymously known as Vijay Dashmi, Dusherra is celebrated to commemorate the victory of good over evil. Dusherra is known by a number of other names like Dasara or Dashain or Durgotsav. Dashmi being the tenth lunar day of the Hindu calendar month the festival is celebrated on the tenth day of Navratri. The festival falls in the month of Ashwin…