Hindu temple

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…

Approximately eighty-four percent of Indians identify as Hindu (Zimmerman). Hinduism is viewed as more of a way to life in India as opposed to a religion. Karma is an essential characteristic of their way of life, meaning that the actions an individual takes throughout the course of his/her life will have an effect…

The 2002 Gujarat Riot in my city, Ahmedabad, was one of the most infamous Hindu-Muslim riots in the history of India after independence from the British Rule in 1947. About 750 Muslims and 250 Hindu deaths were reported (India’s Gujarat). There were thousands of cases of rape and children and women being burnt alive reported. Such riots are almost always ignited by some Godmen. It is…

is reborn again in an altered physical state. Reincarnation is a cyclical process of one’s self working off karma to achieve unification with an ultimate (Sire, 159). This practice disregards any importance of personality to any individual in the Hindu religion, because of the fact that individual souls cannot survive death. However, the Atman that they seek to become and join as one with Brahman will survive death (Sire, 158). The Atman will actually continue to return until it reaches…

In the documentary World Before Her, the stark contrasts of modern and traditional India are shown through the eyes of young women. One world shows the lengthy, painful, and often vain process that leads to being a contestant in the Miss India pageant, the other shows the strict and disciplined life of a member of the Durga Vahini, Indian nationalist women’s camp. Both sides of India, traditional and modern, face different issues revolving around the role of women in society but in very…

It was the first time that I heard and watched this movie---Sita sings the Blues. This animated movie won the best-animated feature on the Annecy International animation festival, and it also got the award nomination of the independent spirit of the 24th American independent filmfest. There is no doubt that this film is a wonderful film otherwise it cannot win and get these honors and awards and the focus from so many people around the world. But there are still many people think this film is a…

There are four statues of David. Each by a different person and each have a different history. The four statues artists were Michelangelo, Donatello, Bernini, and Verrocchio. All these statues are great; they have their similarities and their differences. Michelangelo’s David is a seventeen foot tall statue. It is made entirely of white marble. The sculpture is of a man that is naked. He is standing and looking left. He has his left arm up by his head and he is holding something. What he is…

Hindu is a pagan religion espoused by the people of India and Nepal, was formed through a long march from the fifth century BC to the present. It is a religion of spiritual and moral values as well as legal and regulatory principles taken several gods, according to related works, for every area of the god, and every act or phenomenon there a God for it. There is no specific founder for Hindu religion and most of their books they don’t know who the authors, the religion as well as the books have…

Britain a large power looking for opportunities and lucrative investments they found one. India a large country with potential, potential that Britain saw and acted on. They made an effort to build up India for self preservation which worked in the form of imperialism. India not considered a civilization at the time but soon would be the “Jewel in the Crown” of Britain. Imperialism was taking place and new times for India were on the horizon. Britain was able to gain wealth more goods…

Hinduism is a one of the oldest major religions that is still around, it is also known for being the structure of the cultural system in the Indian subcontinent. Some say that Buddhism was first branched out of Hinduism and then spread through central, eastern and southeastern Asia; it then became the religion and culture of these regions (Spodek 268). The Bhagavad Gita is key to Hinduism, also known as the “Sun God” this book is one of the most sacred and well known religious doctrines. (Spodek…