India

A Presentation by Gaurav Parwinder Ateet

Welcome to India
"India was the motherland of our race, and Sanskrit the mother of Europe's languages: she was the mother of our philosophy; mother, through the Arabs, of much of our mathematics; mother, through the Buddha, of the ideals embodied in Christianity; mother, through the village community, of self-government and democracy. Mother India is in many ways the mother of us all. " Will Durant, American historian "India is, the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grand mother of tradition. our most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only. " Mark Twain "So far as I am able to judge, nothing has been left undone, either by man or nature, to make India the most extraordinary country that the sun visits on his rounds. Nothing seems to have been forgotten, nothing overlooked. " Mark Twain

A Colorful nation

Landscape & geography

States & territories

29 States 7 Union Territories

INDIA

Government
The worlds largest

democracy Seated in New Delhi The Preamble Socialist Secular Democratic Republic Bicameral Parliament Lok sabha Rajya Sabha Executive Prime Minister President (ceremonial) Council of Ministers

A Catholic woman steps aside so that a Sikh can be sworn in as Prime Minister by a Muslim President in a country where more than 80% of the population is Hindu.

South Asia
30 Major Languages 122 other Languages

Sanskrit
Standardized in 400 BC Sacred to both Hinduism and Buddhism A dead but official language One of the four classical IndoEuropean languages (Latin, Greek, Persian, Sanskrit) Heavily influenced Romance languages Matr = mother Naam = name Tri- = three Catr- = four (quatro, quatre) Dva Do = two (dos, deux)

Sanskrit vocabulary is common to Indo-Aryan and Dravidian languages

The Indian Rupee (Rs.)

1 Euro = 65.8 INR

Muslim Christian Sikh Other Hindu

Golden Temple (Sikh)

Tirupathi

Bombay + Hollywood = bollywood

The Indian Film Industry is the largest in the world (around 900 films/year) Films are made in an appealing mix of Hindi and Urdu to reach a broad audience Three hours in length 98% of films are musicals All films must pass the Indian Censor Board (U, U/A, A) Bollywood films are popular in South Asia, SE Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Eastern Europe growing popularity in Western Europe

Cuisine

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