fundamental to the lives of Indians today as sources of spiritual inspiration‚ cultural expression and pure entertainment. India is made up of several dozen ethnic groups‚ speaking their ownlanguages and dialects‚ having distinct cultural traditions. Classical music The two main traditions of classical music are Carnatic music‚ found predominantly in the peninsular regions‚ and Hindustani music‚ found in the northern and central regions. Hindustani music Hindustani music is an Indian classical music tradition
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Welcome to our guide to India. This is useful for anyone researching Indian culture‚ customs‚ values and wanting to understand the people better. You may be going to India on business‚ for a visit or even hosting Indiancolleagues or clients in your own country. Remember this is only a very basic level introduction and is not meant to stereotype all Indian people you may meet! Facts and Statistics Location: Southern Asia‚ bordering Bangladesh 4‚053 km‚ Bhutan 605 km‚ Burma1‚463 km‚ China 3‚380 km
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Plains Indians The American Plains Indians are among the best known of all Native Americans. There Indians played a significant role in shaping the history of the West. Some of the more noteworthy Plains Indians were Big Foot‚ Black Kettle‚ Red Cloud‚ Sitting Bull‚ and Spotted Tail. Big Foot Big Foot (? 1825-1890) was also known as Spotted Elk. Born in the Great Plains he eventually became a Minneconjou Teton Sioux chief. He was part of a tribal delegation that traveled to Washington‚ D.C.‚
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The Indian farmer Agriculture is as much important‚ if not more‚ as the industry in a country. Thus here lies the importance of our farmer. An Indian fanner is the backbone of the society. His importance in the economy of the country cannot be over-emphasized. He grows vegetables and fruits for our food and cotton for our clothes. The Indian farmer is a hardworking man. He works from morning till evening in the scorching heat and biting cold. Early in the morning he drives his oxen to the fields
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PART B HISTORY COURSEWORK “Assess the significance of Indian Nationalism in the period 1845-1947 in changing Britain’s relationship with its Empire in India”. It is possible to say that it was a rising feeling of nationalism that led to the change in relations between Britain and India which is what led to the ultimate end of the British Empire since it came to a point where India was ungovernable. John Keay states that “India was convulsed by a crescendo of satyagrahas‚ swadeshi boycotts; strikes
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feminism in India. Contents [hide] 1 Defining Feminism in the Indian context 2 History 2.1 First phase: 1850–1915 2.2 Second Phase: 1915–1947 3 The Concepts of Feminism and Equality 4 Beginnings of the “Feminist” Movement in India 5 Obstacles 6 Hindu Women in India 7 Muslim Women in India 8 Women at Work 9 Women and Education 10 Modernization 11 See also 12 References 13 External links [edit]Defining Feminism in the Indian context Pre-colonial social structures and women’s role in
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Summary One night‚ Dr. Adams is summoned to help an American Indian woman who has been in painful labor for two days. The doctor takes his young son‚ Nick‚ and his brother‚ George‚ to the American Indian camp on the other side of a northern Michigan lake. There‚ the doctor performs impromptu‚ improvised cesarean with a fishing knife‚ catgut‚ and no anesthetic to deliver the baby. Afterward‚ he discovers that the woman’s husband‚ who was in the bunk above hers‚ silently cut his throat during the
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Beyond Contemporary Comprehension Do plants have feelings? Do they suffer pain like us? Can their feelings be detected‚ or even ‘measured’? Jagdish Chandra Bose‚ a distinguished Indian scientist‚ announced his discovery to an astonished world in 1900. At an international conference of physicists in Paris‚ and later in England‚ Bose proved plants respond to pain and suffering much like humans‚ even when the plants are cut or transplanted. To prove his theory‚ Bose invented an instrument called
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INDIAN CIVILIZATION Also called Indus Valley Civilization; the earliest in South Asia Contemporary with Bronze Age civilizations in pre-dynastic Egypt‚ Mesopotamia Compared to the other Bronze Age civilizations‚ Indus Valley Civilization was unspectacular Early civilizations of the Indian sub-continent were centred on two major river valleys: The Indus River and its tributaries‚ especially the Saraswati River Valley (2600-1500BCE) – associated with Dravidians. Called Harappan Culture The Ganges
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There are many similarities and differences between the Na’vi Indians in Avatar and the Native American tribes in the United States. All of these cultures are very unique. They all have different types of weapons‚ beliefs‚ foods‚ music‚ and ideas. These Indian cultures are a big part of this country’s past and both of the Native Americans and Na’vi respected nature very much. Earth has been a long for a very long time and has many different continents and many different cultures that live on
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