Essays on Indian Culture

India completes its 70 years of independence and has the ambition to establish itself as a global power. This search for power is based on a perception of national greatness as a society, as a culture, and also, as a market.[1]Though the term national is...

“Stories changed with each telling. Or is that the nature of all stories, the reason for their power?” Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, an Indian best selling novelist, has written an extremely emotional and mind boggling mythological-cum-historical-fiction novel, The Palace of Illusions that narrates the great epic...

The British colonialism in India lasted for about 190 years, beginning in 1757 and ended with India’s independence in 1947. With their regional control for over 200 years, it paved a way for modernization of the country thereby significantly influencing the art, culture and architecture....

Bollywood fusion is a style of dance that mixes basic Bollywoodstyle of dancing and music and fuses it together with other styles of dancing such as Hip-hop andjazz. Bollywood dance originated in India, around Bombay, in the 20th century and is dancingthat we now see...

William McIntosh the chief of the lower-creeks. William McIntosh was born around the time of 1778 in Georgia. William McIntosh was assassinated on April 30, 1825. William McIntosh had a creek mother and a white Scotsman father. He spoke fluent English although he was raised...

Chausathi Yogini Temple – the home of 64 yoginis, located 15-km south-east of Bhubaneswar in a small picturesque village called Hirapur, is dedicated to goddess Shakti or Mahamaya (Yogini Goddesses). Made of black chlorite stone, Yogini Temple also known as Chausati Yogini temple (Chausati –...

Indian history isn’t only rich in its changed social orders, traditions and religions concealing a couple of kingdoms and organizations yet furthermore in a bit of the best beat hearts imagined in the land who made a stamp with their sheer quality, assurance and valorous...

India is one of the ancient civilizations in the world. It has achieved multi-faceted socioeconomic progress during the last five decades. It has moved forward displaying remarkable progress in the field of agriculture, industry, technology and overall economic development. India has also contributed significantly to...

In this week’s reаdings, we encountеred the book The Red Indians” by Peter Kulchyski which reveаls the strugglеs and resistаnce of First Nations peoples to retаin their lаnd and identitiвs which Europeаn settlers were trying to dеprive. Author nаrrates us through the resistаnce of Native...

Since time immemorial, child marriage has been amongst the greatest social evils present in India. Marriage is a sacred institution and basic social structure defining a society. It is between two individuals who are ready to accept each other. Child marriage is an abuse of...

This paper analyses Indian women’s position in Indian Society since ancient time. The objective of the paper is three-fold: first, to highlight the current status of women in Indian society in general and, in education, in particular; second, to throw light on social problems of...

The reason for this research lies in the fact that expansion of alternative media channels in India has triggered the new dimension of mass media channels especially in terms of its role in skill development process at grassroots level. The aim of this research is...

Throughout the entirety of my lifespan I have been able to interact with the diversity that the world has been able to offer. This is inclusive of the many people with different social backgrounds, different races, different beliefs and orientations, and different beliefs. This being...

The dowry system in India refers to the durable goods, cash, and real or movable property that the bride’s family gives to the bridegroom, his parents, or his relatives as a condition of the marriage. It is essentially in the nature of a payment in...

The story of India: The story of India is a BBC documentary series which was written and presented by historian Michael Wood. This series encapsulates the history of India. Like other great civilizations—Greece or Egypt, for example—over the millennia it has enjoyed not just one...

Hand block printing is the traditional technique of India. It has been practiced for centuries. This fabric printing technique involves use of dyed and craved blocks of wooden. Beautiful patterns created on fabric by pressing those wooden blocks on it. Only single colour is used...

Ashwini Chandrashekar is an Indian actress, who stars in trilingual languages of Kannada, Telugu, and Tamil. She was born and brought up in Shimoga. Film career Aswini made her acting debut in the Kannada film Endendigu alongside Ajay Rao and Radhika Pandit, This film was...

Vietnamese culture: Status is more important than wealth: doctors, teachers or engineers are considered as high-status professions and whom traditional parents wish their children to become. Education is the most importance: the higher your grade at school is or the higher your degree is, the...

Women plays a vital role in forming the portrayal of Indian culture. Even though they are part of this formation, women hardly get any opportunity to talk about their opinion or give any suggestion, especially in a family context as families are mostly run under...