Pongal is the only festival of Hindu that follows a solar calendar and is celebrated on the fourteenth of January every year. Pongal marks the beginning of Uttarayana. In Hindu temples bells‚ drums‚ clarinets and conch shells herald the joyous occasion of Pongal. To symbolize a bountiful harvest‚ rice is cooked in new pots until they boil over. Some of the rituals performed in the temple include the preparation of rice‚ the chanting of prayers and the offering of vegetables‚ sugar cane and spices
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American Culture and Society Overview ·The 4th largest in the world in size (after Russia‚ Canada‚ and China) ·The 3rd largest in the world in population (after China and India) ·Of all the states‚ Alaska is the largest‚ and Rhode Island the smallest ·The Rockies‚ the backbone of the North American Continent‚ the Continental Divide ·The Mississippi‚ the longest river in US ·The most important lakes: the Five Great Lakes (Lake Superior‚ the largest fresh water lake in the world; Lake
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INDIAN ECONOMY 01. Indian economy is world’s 9th largest economy on exchange rate basis and 4th largest economy on PPP basis in 2010 02. PPP is called as the purchasing power party 03. Purchasing power party is a theory and according to the theory – the exchange rates between currencies are balanced when their purchasing power is the same in each of the two countries 04. The main characteristics of Indian economy are – agrarian economy‚ mixed economy and developing economy 05. Agrarian economy
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2000-2012‚ it has estimated from 8 billion to 60 billion for the first decade in this century. Another piece of evidence is that foreign investments in India have increased at a similarly high rate; this is all possible because of the high quality Indian workforce. Many have and still will say that the IT revolution has mostly been a bad thing; a woman in the video “The Other Side of Outsourcing” says “Don’t make us part of your ways of life‚
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For this project‚ i choose to write about the Mohawk Indians. These native americans are are group of fierce warriors‚ where both men and women had vital roles. They were orginally apart of Iroquois Confederation‚ which included various tribes in the north eastern territory of the United States. They are also one of the most famous and surviving native americans. They were unique and had different traditions. The Mohawks were located in the area‚ which‚ now we call New York. This in in the
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Dear Fellow Indians‚ Today we celebrate the 65th Independence Day of our great Nation. On this joyous occasion I convey my greetings and good wishes to all the Indians living in this beautiful country and pray for their peace‚ progress and prosperity. On this auspicious day‚ 64 years ago‚ India attained freedom from colonial rule and the people of our country became the masters of their destiny.All in all‚ the past 64 years have been momentous. Despite serious challenges on varied fronts‚ including
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In 1871 a story was published in The Wisconsin State Register of Portage‚ WI‚ detailing the story of a boy being a captive of Blackfeet Indians for seven years. All of his family with the exception of him and his younger sister had been brutally killed in a raid. His father was killed and scalped‚ his mother was gutted alive‚ the infant was impaled on a fence‚ and his two older sisters (aged 20 and 21) had their hands and feet nailed to a wall‚ killed and scalped. After travelling an unknown distance
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| | Mounting western culture degrading India on the whole. Have you ever seen the pictures of Jatindranath Mukerjee or Chandrasekhar Azad or Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose? Apart from being leading revolutionaries of the Indian freedom struggle‚ these three great personalities had something more in common. Almost in each picture you will find each of them clad in perfect Indian attire or dhoti-kurta. Do you find the same dress among Indians still? Unfortunately‚ it is becoming almost extinct more
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different countries that contain diverse cultures. Having knowledge of some of those cultures is a very good idea. It is important to communicate and to learn how people behave in their countries. In this essay‚ I am going to compare Omani culture to Indian culture. I believe that‚ there are a lot of differences between the two cultures‚ but there are few similarities. There is a significant number of differences between the Omani culture and Indian culture. Firstly‚ the number of languages in
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Indian Agriculture * Mainstay of Indian Economy * Since independence‚ undergone a change from being the sector contributing the highest share to the GDP to one contributing the lowest share. * Agriculture is a state subject. * GDP contribution (Agriculture and allied sector) * 56.5 pc in 1950-51 * 15.7 pc in 2008-09 and 14.6 pc in 2009-10. It was 19 pc in 2004-05. (2004-05 prices) * Agricultural GDP grew by 0.4 pc in 2009-10 and -0.1 pc in 2008-09. * Employment
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