This document provides an overview of India, including its large population and status as the world's largest democracy. It discusses India's diverse society and culture, with over 1576 languages spoken and various religious and cultural festivals celebrated. It also summarizes India's cuisine, performing arts, sports, literature, and large film industry. The key aspects of Indian culture covered are the importance of family, customs, regional diversity, and the integration of religion into society.

2. INDIA has the Largest and most populous
Democracy in the World
12th Largest Economy in nominal dollars
Population: 1.15 billion, 1.7% growth rate
70% Rural with severe cases of Urban
Agglomeration

3.  Society: Family and Customs
 Regional Diversity
 Languages
 Religion
 Festivals
 Cuisine
 Performing Arts
 Sports
 Literature
 Indian Film Industry

4.  Strict social hierarchy
 Patriarchy
 Caste system
 Integration of religion
 Traditional Indian Families:
 Large joint families
 Mostly rural
 Modern Nuclear Families

5.  Respect for Elders
 Respect one another
 Being Helpful
 Treat guests as Gods

7.  1576 mother tongues!!!
 29 languages > 1 million speakers
 60 languages > 100,000 speakers
 122 languages > 10,000 speakers
 Two major groups:
◦ Indo-European or Indo-Aryan languages
◦ Dravidian Languages
 Northern Indian: Gujarati, Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi,
Sindhi, Bengali and Oriya
 Southern Indian: Tamil ,Kannada, Malayalam, and
Telugu

8.  Major Religions:
 Hinduism – 80.4%
 Islam – 13.4%
 Buddhism
 Jainism
 Sikhism
 Christianity
 Plays a central
and definitive
role in the lives
of most people

9.  National Holidays:
 Independence Day – 15th August
 Republic Day – 26th January
 Gandhi Jayanti – 2nd October
 Harvest Festivals:
 Sankranti
 Pongal
 Onam
 Religious Festivals:
 Diwali
 Ganesh Chaturthi
 Holi
 Navratri
 Rakshabandhan
 Dussehra
 Durga Puja
 Buddh Purnima
 Christmas
 Eid and Ramadan
FESTIVALS
AND
HOLIDAYS

11.  Combination of Middle East, Central Asia and
Mediterranean
 Major types of cuisine:
 North Indian: Mughlai, Punjabi, Kashmiri
 Western Cuisine:
 Gujarati,
Maharashtrian,
Rajasthani, Goan
 Eastern Cuisine:
Bengali
 Southern Cuisine
 North Eastern

12.  Theater:
 Kutiyattam – oldest 1.Folk Theater 2.Puppet Theater 3.Modern
Theater
 Dance:
 Folk: Bhangra, Dandiya, Garba, Ghoomar
 Classical: Bharatnatyam, Kathak, Kuchipudi, Oddisi
 Music:
 Hindustani and Carnatic
 Folk Music:
 Bauls, Bhangra, Bhavageete, Dandiya, Lavani
 Popular (Filmi) music
 Qawwali, Rabindra Sangeet, Rajasthani
 Modern Music:
 Indi-pop music, Rock and Metal music, Dance Music

14. Cricket – Most Popular
Indian Cricket Team (BCCI)
Indian Cricket League (ICL)
Field Hockey – National Sport
Indian Hockey Team
Premier Hockey League (PHL)
Football (Soccer) – Popular in the East

15. SPORTS

16.  Classical Literature:
 Sanskrit
 Tamil Sangam
 Pali Canon
 Epics: Mahabharata and Ramayana
 Regional literature – as many languages
 Contemporary Indian writers:
◦ Salman Rushdie, Vikram Seth, Shashi Tharoor,
Vikram Chandra, Amitav Ghosh, Jhumpa Lahiri

17.  Bollywood – Mumbai based film industry
 Tollywood – Kolkata based film industry
 Kollywood -Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam,
Marathi, Tamil, Telugu
 POLLYWOOD-Punjab based film

20. PRESENTED BY:
SARGUN KOHLI
VI-C