Gateway of India

The rise and shine of India reappeared in the sixth and fifth centuries with thriving trades and the building of ramparts around the cities with bricks baked in kilns. The kingdom of Magadha was outfighting its enemies with a series of tactics and written language finally made an appearance back. This was an intellectual period that was influence by the early Greek philosophers, Hebrew prophets, Persia Zoroaster, the early Daoist’s in china, and Confucius. This eventually led to the rejections…

Buddhism is next, Historians believe Buddhism was formed in northern India around the 5th century B.C.E. This custom hints that the beginning to Siddhartha Gautama, who is known as Buddha. Siddhartha saw the sorrow in the world and went to find a solution. Through meditation and study, he reached an “enlightened state” of being that marked the end of accessories, and ultimately, upon his death, issue after the “cycle of rebirth”. The Buddha's wisdoms are often condensed in the “Four Noble…

as a fashionable women, because of the constant makeup she puts on whenever she leaves the house. Rubaiha migrated from India for educational reasons. As a kid she decided to graduate high school in India, and move on to college in America. This way her studies would be advanced, because Asians are known to be faster and quicker at learning than most Americans. “Leaving India was not an easy task. This would mean leaving behind my homeland along with my family and friends.” Rubaiha had token…

Anthony Seeger illustrates the musical and cultural traditions of the Suya Indians in his paper, “What Can We Learn When They Sing? Vocal Genres of the Suya Indians of Central Brazil.” Music is a very important aspect of Suya culture, but musicians and anthropologists have found it difficult to document why their music is so important. One of the reasons that makes it so difficult is that in some cases, the Suya Indians’ performance of one song can last up to fifteen hours. Also, their…

The Enlightened Ruler or Rutheless Conqueror More than 2,000 years ago, a ruler named Asoka led the Mauryan Empire. Around this time period, Asoka was making many different decisions and basing his actions off of his personality and thoughts circa that time period. Asoka was a enlightened ruler because, he believed that everyone deserved forgiveness, he rejected the path of violence, and Asoka stopped himself from influencing different wars with other countries. To begin, Asoka sought…

Jhumpa Lahiri is an accomplished American born, Bengali author who wrote many well-known successful short stories. She began to admire books and writing at a young age, but was not privileged enough to have her own collection. As we explore Jhumpa Lahiri's works, "Trading Stories" and the novel "The Namesake" which is now a motion picture, Lahiri's core values are displayed. Her value of belonging is what drives her to be a writer. This value is displayed in “The Namesake” as Gogol strives to…

about “who are Christian” and all the different diversity dazzles in the land of India. I learned that there are languages and tribes and castes by the numbers. I learned that there are a lot of religion of Hinduism, Sikhism which is a monotheistic religion founded in Punjab in the 15th century by Gura Nanak, and Buddhism is a religion in India, but it is spreading out throughout China, Burma, Japan, Tibet, and Asia. India have one of the biggest Muslim population…

On a Saturday morning I decided to do a family tree project for my English class. On one of the websites I went to an ad popped up on the screen telling me I can learn more about my family history through my DNA and it was for free. I decided to try it because I was curious about my family history, so I had applied for it. Three days later I had gotten a DNA testing kit. I had put the tooth cotton swab in my mouth and moved it around to get my saliva on it. After that I had sent my DNA back and…

For years, India had been under complete control of Britain, and the people didn't like it. They made stupid rules, and they forced the Indian People to buy their goods instead of making their own like they used to. The Indians had very low wages, so they couldn't afford to buy the products either. The people wanted change, and this is where Gandhi comes in. He was a very charismatic leader that wanted change, but by using nov-violent, peaceful methods. The people liked his ideas, so he…

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…