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INDIA AN INTRODUCTION

A brief look into the socio-political, Cultural and economic aspects. INDIA AN INTRODUCTION. INDIA’S PROFILE. Languages : Hindi,English and 21 other official languages;800 languages and over 3000 dialects.

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INDIA AN INTRODUCTION

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  1. A brief look into the socio-political, Cultural and economic aspects INDIA AN INTRODUCTION

  2. INDIA’S PROFILE • Languages : Hindi,English and 21 other official languages;800 languages and over 3000 dialects. • Religions : Hinduism(80.5%),Islam(13.5%),Buddhism(0.8%),Sikhism(1.9%),Christianity(2.3%),Jainism(0.4%)Parsees,Jews and others • Food : Rice,wheat,ragi,maize,fish,chicken,pulses,spices(lots of them)

  3. Languages-23 official languages,800 languages & 3000 dilects

  4. DANCE • CLASSICAL DANCES • BHARATA NATYAM- TAMILNADU • KATHAKALI-KERALA • KUCHIPUDI-ANDRA PRADESH • YAKSHAGANA-KARNATAKA • MANIPURI-MANIPURI • KATHAK-NORTH INDIA, ETC.

  5. FOLK DANCES • CHANGLO-NAGALAND • BANGRA-PANJAB • KUMMI-TANIL NADU • DANDIA-GUJARAT, ETC.

  6. INDIAN FLAG • Saffron-sacrifice • White-peace, non voilance, purity • Green-prosperity, agriculture, • Wheel- center of white band- 24 states, 24 hours of hard work.

  7. CASTE SYSTEM • HINDUISM- 4+1 MAJOR CASTE • Brahmanas • Kshatriyas • Vishyas • Kshudras • Chandalas- ST(7.5) SC(25) % (untouchables)

  8. STATUS OF WOMEN ･female infanticide, bride burning (for reasons of dowry) and 'sati' (widow burning) are NOT normal in India. Each of these acts is a criminal act and an extremely rare occurrence now.

  9. world’s largest number of professionally qualified women. India has more female doctors, surgeons, scientists and professors than the United States. India has more workers than any other country in the world. This includes female workers at all levels of skill – from the surgeon and the airline pilot to bus conductors and menial labourers. On anaverage however, women in India are socially, politically and economically weaker than men. • There is a National Human Rights Commission for Women that handles all human rights violations against women. There is a National Council for Women that advocates policy for Women. There is an entire ministry for women that formulates and implements policy for them.

  10. Literacy rate : 52.21%; male 64.13%;female 39.29% • FESTIVALS: • Hindus-diwali,dusshera,holi,janmashtami,varmahalakshmi,pongal,vishu........ • Christians-christmas,easter..... • Muslims-id,ramzan,muharram • General festivals-raksha bandhan • National festival-republic day,independence day

  11. Literacy rate : 52.21%; male 64.13%;female 39.29% • FESTIVALS: • Hindus-diwali,dusshera,holi,janmashtami,varmahalakshmi,pongal,vishu........ • Christians-christmas,easter..... • Muslims-id,ramzan,muharram • General festivals-raksha bandhan • National festival-republic day,independence day

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