Essays on Indian Culture

Imagine standing in the middle of the crowd where all you can see is a burst of vibrant colors, upbeat dancing, and big smiles on others’ faces. That will be the scene you’ll experience if you attend India’s Festival of Colors, which will happen on...

Diwali is an extremely popular festival in India. It’s additionally known as the festival of lights. It’s a holy festival for the Hindus. On Diwali people lit up their homes, shops, etc. with lanterns, candles, diyas, and decorative lights. Lord Ganesh and god Lakshmi are...

The Taj Mahal, built in the Agra district in Uttar Pradesh, India between 1631 AD and 1648 AD, is a massive mausoleum made from white marble. A mausoleum is an external free-standing building made as a monument containing a burial chamber of a deceased person...

The Taj Mahal is located in Agra, India and is considered one of the Seven wonders of the world. When one starts to approach the Taj Mahal you experience a sensation of love at first sight. You are overwhelmed by its vast size and the...

India is rich with voluminous and quality treasure trove of literature, art, music, sculpture and other various forms of culture and fine arts which can be traced back to the very beginning of the early period of civilisation. Out of well known two Indian Epics,...

‘Cheerfulness is in the air, Oh! It’s Diwali everywhere.’ What does Diwali actually mean to all of us? Is it one of the biggest festivals of the year in India which is about an amalgamation of a gathering with family, wearing flashy clothes, eating lip...

Taj Mahal – one of the miracles of the world. The Taj Mahal at Agra, India, is the epitome of certifiable love and energy. The Taj Mahal was worked by the notable Mughal sovereign Shah Jahan in memory of his cherished spouse, Mumtaj Mahal. The...

Holi Holi, the “Festival of Colors” or the “Festival of Love”, is the celebration of the outset of the spring season, the welcome of warmth and happiness and symbolizes the victory of Good over Evil. It is the perfect occasion to boost your business by...

Indian diasporic communities have been forming in the United States since the early parts of the nineteenth century. Currently, there are 3.1 million Indian-Americans there, which makes them one of the most populated immigrant communities in the country. They brought their culture and traditions to...

There are some different theories within Taj Mahal construction and the common theories about the Taj Mahal. One of them is that Shah Jahan instructed the artisans to cut off their hands in order to be ensured that no one can similar monument ever designed...

With the tag of nuclear power and one of the fastest growing economies, India has emerged as one of the key actors in the international order. In the age of globalization, where the event in one part of the world can affect other part also,...

Durga Puja, the soul of west Bengal. The Ashwina Navratri brings the celebrations for us in Bengal. The weather itself becomes ideal to rejoice and involve in festivities. The 6th day of navratri is assigned to start the merriment. The celebration, our ‘Durgotsav’, continues for...

The term “soap” was adapted from American radio shows; the term “soap” was taken from the soap and detergent commercials that were broadcasted during those shows. The main targets were the women who watched those shows while doing their household chores. And the word “opera”...

India saw major changes within the Colonial Rule and after, western education and ideas brought about various perspectives to look at the society in a newer light. The Indians were guided by the Western ideas which were a far-fetched result of the Enlightenment, which forked...

“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...

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...

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...

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....

The ancient Egyptians believed that in order for a deceased person to live a happy afterlife they needed all the same possessions that they enjoyed during their earthly life. The Great Pyramids of Egypt, which were built in 2600-2550 BCE, were the most famous burial...

The Karnad has engrossed work to re-translate and if vital and potential to structure the standard estimations of social and political frameworks with respect to position. he’s furthermore required with the fragile which methods for confidence. Karnad Speaks in his Interview: “I composed Tale-Danda once...

Girish Karnad specified inside the Introduction to a couple of Plays: “The vitality of individuals theater originates from the plain truth that however it hopes to maintain old qualities, it moreover has the implies that of scrutinizing these qualities, of building them essentially remain on...

The voyage of Western established music in India started with the arrival of the English Raj. It was ordinary, in the late nineteenth century, for soloists, on the way to Australia via ocean, to stop by Bombay to perform. In the twentieth century, it thrived...

Arnold (1992) even found that Hindi film song has been an identification mark for Indianness. According to her, Hindi film song provided all Indians with a distinctly national, modern, popular music with which they could identify and which reflected, in the intent of its composers,...

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...

“As the data from women’s career studies and anecdotes from personal experiences of women professionals begin to accrue, one of the questions that arises is not `Why are there so few successful professional women?’, but rather, `How have so many been able to survive the...

Dalit writers have been expressing their experiences, thoughts, ideas, and feelings about their lives in the casteist social system of India through their writings. Initially, they resorted to the genre of poetry and later moved to other genres of literature. Autobiography has been a popular...

ABSTRACT Every language with its own attributes, in today’s world, in today’s century, in today’s time, serves as a method of communication, as a tool for civilization, as a weapon for evolution, as a knot for globalization. Hindi, as such, portrays direct resemblance to inheritance...

There’s been a changing attitude towards incorporating Surya Namaskar as part of a full sequence in a class. Also known as Sun Salutation, it is a series of transitional poses typically used for warming up at a start of a vinyasa practice. With new trends...

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 discourses within the culture of India can vary from regions and cities. Therefore it is important to take look at the political and gender formations that happened back in the 80s and 90s in order to understand the situation today. The struggle among the...