Rajni Sheth
September 03, 2008
India is about exotic locales, rich handicrafts, festivals, and moods that take you to the medieval periods. All about Indian culture and tradition is well captured in stage performances, art, songs, renditions, and devotion. There are cults, sects, and varied religions that have arrived from time to time, inter mingling with the Hindu originality. The beauty of India is unfazed by the constant pressures of religions, wars, and separate states.
The month of Sankranth is Pongal in Tamil Nadu and celebrated as Lodi in Punjab. The daal baathi churma of Rajashtan is met with the kari meen of Kerala. The warli paintings, tanjore art, and simple basket weaves by vagabonds are the distinct characteristics typical about India. It is a land of glory, strife, and martyrs. Going beyond the myths of dogmas, casteism and rural deprivation India is escalating to ideas that are global in nature.
There have been achievers who have dared like Kalpana Chawla or the recent victory of Abhinav Bindra at Olympics. Indians love dance, drama, and sports. The revelry at the Navratri festival is not typical to the state of Gujarat but is alive in the Mumbai metro. The nine day dance and rejoicing is a free interaction of people from all religions. The Chaat Puja at Bihar or the Durga Puja is another pompous feat.
Traditional attires are fusing with modern trends and yet maintaining the Indianness. The Indian drape as a Sari is becoming an international fashion attire. Exports of traditional Indian Bandhej, kanjivaram, and ikkat prints are seen gaining prominence. The Ganesh Mahotsav of Maharashtra symbolizes the sincere devotion of the masses. Processions, pandals, decorations, and the giant size laddoos mark the occasion.
The Lent season pertaining to Christians, the Rosh Hashanah of Jews, the Ramzan observance of Muslims, the Parsi New year, and the Shravan Mondays are the pious religions happenings in modern India. The beauty of the villages, the Tulsi plant at the doorstep, the rangoli and the fresh churning of buttermilk is what makes India a tourist center. Monuments, education and science centers are the pride of India.
source: http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/72958
September 03, 2008
India is about exotic locales, rich handicrafts, festivals, and moods that take you to the medieval periods. All about Indian culture and tradition is well captured in stage performances, art, songs, renditions, and devotion. There are cults, sects, and varied religions that have arrived from time to time, inter mingling with the Hindu originality. The beauty of India is unfazed by the constant pressures of religions, wars, and separate states.
The month of Sankranth is Pongal in Tamil Nadu and celebrated as Lodi in Punjab. The daal baathi churma of Rajashtan is met with the kari meen of Kerala. The warli paintings, tanjore art, and simple basket weaves by vagabonds are the distinct characteristics typical about India. It is a land of glory, strife, and martyrs. Going beyond the myths of dogmas, casteism and rural deprivation India is escalating to ideas that are global in nature.
There have been achievers who have dared like Kalpana Chawla or the recent victory of Abhinav Bindra at Olympics. Indians love dance, drama, and sports. The revelry at the Navratri festival is not typical to the state of Gujarat but is alive in the Mumbai metro. The nine day dance and rejoicing is a free interaction of people from all religions. The Chaat Puja at Bihar or the Durga Puja is another pompous feat.
Traditional attires are fusing with modern trends and yet maintaining the Indianness. The Indian drape as a Sari is becoming an international fashion attire. Exports of traditional Indian Bandhej, kanjivaram, and ikkat prints are seen gaining prominence. The Ganesh Mahotsav of Maharashtra symbolizes the sincere devotion of the masses. Processions, pandals, decorations, and the giant size laddoos mark the occasion.
The Lent season pertaining to Christians, the Rosh Hashanah of Jews, the Ramzan observance of Muslims, the Parsi New year, and the Shravan Mondays are the pious religions happenings in modern India. The beauty of the villages, the Tulsi plant at the doorstep, the rangoli and the fresh churning of buttermilk is what makes India a tourist center. Monuments, education and science centers are the pride of India.
source: http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/72958
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