2. INTRODUCTION
• India is a land of many states with different languages, varied cultural norms,
varying religious faiths, differing social traditions and humorous values. The
diversification in language ,culture, customs, tradition, cultural norms have
been fused together resulting in a unified enriched culture of modern Indian
society.
3. meaning
• Culture is an important component of the heritage of any nation. In narrow
sense we call a person with refined behaviour as a cultured person. In wider
sense culture is defined as the way of life of a group of people in a closed
society.
4. definition
E. BTylor view “culture is that complex whole which includes knowledge,
belief, art, morals, law, custom and any other capabilities acquired by man
as a member of society”.
H. Ruggs view “culture means the total life of the people that goes on with
these groups , what the people in a given society do think, feel, believe,
fear”.
