On the contrary to traditional representation of India as strictly traditional country, this movie performs both traditional or historical component of Indian culture and the impact of western civilization on it. ... Family relationships in India are sacred, which means that family is so important that it is becoming equal to gods. ... India is famous for its traditional, gorgeous clothing called sari for women and kurta for men. ... That occidental borrowings help to define oriental features of India better. ... A modern world moves fast, brings new trends, but India guards its traditions ...

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Specifically in India, they have had set up, for many centuries, a way of shaping their country into social strata, called caste systems. ... While the caste system is still prominent in India, some alterations have been made to the long-term norms and traditions. ... As time progresses, so is India's traditional caste system. ... As these traditional norms of India's culture are weakening, the terms of purity and pollution are becoming less common; purity representing the higher castes, and pollution for the lower castes. ... In addition, a few more deviations have been made to Indi...

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Treatment of Women in Islamic and Hindu Culture From the beginning of time, women have been looked down upon as inferior to men. ... Far more contoversial, however, is the issue of women in Islamic and Hindu cultures. ... Nevertheless, one should not forget what the women in India have endured for thousands of years. ... Hindu cultures, on the other hand, have no excuses as they have no defintive text to govern their behavior. ... When women in India married, it was customary for their families to give a dowry to the girl's husband and his family. ...

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India's history is greatly influenced by Hinduism in its beliefs and customs. ... The caste system is certainly the most prominent mark of the influence of Hinduism on Indian culture. ... This perspective sheds light on the values and motives of the attitude towards ethics in India. ... The influence of Hindu doctrines in India is unmistakable. ... Likewise, archetypal depiction and roles associated with women find their origins in Hindu doctrines such as the Vedas and Laws of Manu, which have led to the marginalisation and denigration of women in Indian culture. ...

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The worldwide consumers are accepting the apparel fashion products produced in India. ... Synthetics turned trendy and the disco culture affected the fashion scenario. ... India is one of the largest producers of fibre in the world. ... Apparel Industry in India (AII) poses an opportunity of tremendous economic growth. ... There is further scope of development of apparel retailing in India. ...

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People have been known to explore many before they settle and it has been proven that a majority settle to be Christian but it also depends on culture. ... Hinduism is a religion that originated in India and is still practiced by most of its inhabitants, as well as by those whose families have migrated from India to other parts of the world (mostly East Africa, South Africa, Southeast Asia, the East Indies, and England). ... Moreover, the geographic, rather than ideological, basis of the religion (the fact that it comprises whatever all the people of India have believed and done) has given Hin...

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Buddhism Buddhism, one of the major religions of the world, was founded by Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, who lived in northern India from 560 to 480 B.C. ... Of the new sects, Buddhism was the most successful and eventually spread throughout India and most of Asia. ... Zen's roots may be traced to India, but it was in East Asia that the movement became distinct and flourished. ... Bodhidharma, the first Chan patriarch in China, who is said to have arrived there from India in 470 A.D., was a master of this text. ... During the Song dynasty (960-1279), Chan again prospered and was...

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Tradition is a fragile thing in a culture built entirely on the memories of the elders ". ... The story of the Sarakatsan's family as well as my own personal experiences growing up in a traditional East Indian family illustrate the impact and enormous benefits that social improvements have had on our society, and countries in southeast Asia such as India. ... It was previously thought to be dishonorable in East Indian culture to live on the fruits of someone else's labor, even if temporarily. ...

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Gellner states that ethnic nationalism: " was active on behalf of a high culture not as yet properly crystallised, a mere aspirant or in-the-making high culture." ... Oxford: Blackwell, 1983. p100 Requiring a short cut towards a high culture necessary for modern development, these groups, in the absence of the vital foundations and institutions in place in society, are forced to create one from what they have - language, culture, skin colour, religion, etc., thus bringing about the belief that ethnic/blood consciousness, rather than civic/civil consciousness is dominant in the emergin...

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India was vital to Britain's growth, and Britain made sure that India was under direct control, "India possessed excellent opportunity to obtain raw materials, and it was even referred to as 'jewel in the crown'" (Imperialism: Great Britain, Google). Such laws like the Charter Act of 1813 granted Britain full control of India. This, however, granted India the ability to obtain more money to finance education. ... When issues arose, Britain did not take cultures from different backgrounds into consideration. ... It became clear that France had done an intolerable act and hurt Alg...

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Along with the economy, culture has also become more globalized amongst this revolution. Through globalization people from opposite sides of the world can divulge into a culture's lifestyle, language, music etc. For instance, India's film industry "Bollywood " has become immensely popular with Indians all over the world. In fact, some Bollywood movies are more successful in the United States and the United Kingdom than in India itself. ... Geography today, is doing and spreading more knowledge about the earth, and it's culture than it ever was prior to the 1990's. ...

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The Indus Civilization was located on what is known today as India. India is a subcontinent, or a large mass of land that juts out from a larger piece of land. Located to the north of the subcontinent, where India connects to Asia, there are two major mountain ranges: the Hindu Kush and the Himalayas. ... They greatly valued art in their culture, and were likewise very talented at it. ... For example, in these modern times, Indias culture is extremely different to that of Chinas, and it all dates back to how the Indus River Valley Civilization and the Ancient Chinese. ...

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The aristocracy of some cultures, as in the European feudal era tended to use child marriage as a method to secure political ties. ... According to UNICEF's "State of the World's Children-2009" report, 47% of India's women aged 20–24 were married before the legal age of 18, with 56% marrying before age 18 in rural areas. The report also showed that 40% of the world's child marriages occur in India. The Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929 was passed during the tenure of British rule on pre-partition India. ... This plan is proving to be successful, though it is s...

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It was previously thought to be dishonorable in East Indian culture to live on the fruits of someone else's labor, even if temporarily. ... The internet as a modern invention has also continued to provide a major means of causing social and political change in countries such as India. ... When I was stationed in India, I heard many reports of women being raped; it was a daily occurrence, and the usual procedure was for these incidents to be reported if at all, and even if they were, nothing was done to bring those responsible to justice. ... I myself know many female friends from other c...

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In the 21st century continuous modernization and development are seen as critical to world progress, India's recently elected Prime Mister Narendra Modi stated that his governments vision for India focused on development1. ... This move towards modern civilization had harmed and impaired the people of India, which he believed to be detrimental to Indian culture. He saw it as a way of the British being able to keep control of India. ... While concentrating solely on India as a nation, Gandhi believed that transformation to an industry and machine based economy, increased the poverty in In...

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The unique nature of this synthesis lies not in the idea of the "melting pot" of consumption and assimilation into the prevalent hegemonic culture and tradition (though that may have been successfully attempted as well) but in that of the co-existence of various philosophical thoughts, religious customs and a projection overall plurality. ... Some historians notice a certain impetus gained by this movement in what is classified to be medieval India, specifically in the 12th and 13th century. ... Speaking further of the spiritual exploration within the realms of Bhakti in general and ...

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Culture is as defined by many to generally consist of values, traditions and practices that occur within any given society. ... James Lull (1993) views this nightmare to be impossible since culture is dependant on history, and ultimately its involvement of the current culture. ... Examples of such occurrences are frequent and one such example includes the STAR satellite, capable of broadcasting from China to India. ... Globally, we are a consumer-based culture probably more than anything else. ... The media was the flagship for a contemporary global culture in regards to all of things basi...

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Buddhism in East Asian society had a profound effect on not only shaping each individual culture, but unifying the overwhelming population. ... Of these continuities, the Chinese political system of kinship was burrowed by Korea since they saw the power it had over Chinese culture. ... Located on the peninsula, Paekche had well established trade networks with China and other powers such as India and Japan. ... A desire to evolve their meek understanding of Buddhism, rulers would send officials on pilgrimages back to China and the founding nation of India in hopes of bringing back new scriptur...

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Adidas India Marketing Private Limited is a JV with Adidas and Magnum International Trading Company. ... Just few years ago, Adidas India was faced with a chequered performance chart with several hits and misses. ... There is an emerging retail culture and Adidas has an objective to raise the bar. ... To broaden its network at prime retail locations, Adidas India pursues three approaches: 1. ... A similar project is being developed in India. ...

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In the early 1900s, Sir Albert Howard, a Chemical Botanist to the Government of the Raj at Pusa in India, carried out a variety of noted agricultural experiments. ... Howard essentially reinvented the compost pile and propagated methods to best use the natural resources of India. ... Bromfield returned to his native Ohio in 1939 and used his wealth and interest in agriculture to create Malabar Farm, named for the coast in India, which became the most widely known and publicized experimental farm in America. ... He devised a plan to heal the earth from past abuses through a concept he called t...

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In 1500, Europe was third in population in the world, behind China and India. Proportionately, Europe progressed at a higher rate than either China or India during the period 1650-1850. ... Europeans enjoyed better clothing, more varied food, more furniture and more household utensils than did their counterparts in China and India. ... Europe was apparently in a better position to take advantage of the knowledge that began to rapidly accumulate as a result of the renaissance (much of it from Asian and Islamic cultures). Western science organized a better attack on the secrets of nature, and us...

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Pagan customs shared by both African and Caribbean culture defined everything different from European norms at the time. Although similar, the culture of Caribbean inhabitants described by Christopher Columbus was better accepted than the black Africans' culture. ... When Columbus first started his voyage, the idea was to travel to India. However, instead of reaching India, he found himself on the unknown grounds of the Caribbean islands describing them as "the most fertile, and temperate and flat and good in the whole world "1. ... However, black Africans were highly judged because they...

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The other is based on an institutional level, like organizational culture. ... Additionally, culture also forces multinational companies to adjust their policies in human resource management. ... Manners are a set of appropriate ways of behaving, speaking, and dressing in a culture. ... As Ekerete (2001) summarizes, language is a vehicle of culture and languages effects consumer behaviors. ... Nowadays, IKEA is planning to enter India, its experiences in China will help a lot, since to some extent India is quite similar to China in terms of customer preferences and economic environment, and ...

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The other is based on an institutional level, like organizational culture. ... Additionally, culture also forces multinational companies to adjust their policies in human resource management. ... Manners are a set of appropriate ways of behaving, speaking, and dressing in a culture. ... As Ekerete (2001) summarizes, language is a vehicle of culture and languages effects consumer behaviors. ... Nowadays, IKEA is planning to enter India, its experiences in China will help a lot, since to some extent India is quite similar to China in terms of customer preferences and economic environment, and ...

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Globalization is the multifaceted process that increases the interconnection between the economies in terms of trade, capital and culture. ... Globalization and knowledge economy: A case of India Globalization and economic integration significantly contributes to the India's radical economic growth. ... Along with China, India also comes to the forefront of the international stage. The most striking impact of globalization on India is its transition towards the knowledge economy. ... A growing number of companies in United States and other developed nations are outsourcing their job to ...

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