16. Religions
• According to the 2001 census, Hinduism accounted
for 80.5% of the population of
India. Islam (13.4%), Christianity (2.3%), Sikhism(1.9
%), Buddhism (0.77%) and Jainism (0.46%) are the
other major religions followed by the people of
India.
• Hinduism originated from people living across the
river 'Sindhu'(Indus valley civilization) pronounced by
people from different regions differently. Thus came
the name, “Hindus”, people living across Sindhu.
Hinduism is not essentially a religion but a way of life
• India is the birth place of Buddhism, Jainism and
Sikhism
20. Other Trivia
• India gave “0” to the world, Aryabhatta
• Arthashastra, the first treatise of the modern
science of Economic (Kautilya)
• According to a census in 1961, there are 1652
recognized mother tongues.
26. Co-Existence of tradition and
modernism
We still break coconut before
starting/buying anything new: House, car,
company, office
27. Dialogue from a Movie – Namastey
London
Mr PringIe, he'd Iike to teII you something about India...
When we greet one another, we foId our hands in namastey...
because we beIieve...
that God resides in the heart of every human being.
We come from a nation where we aIIow a Iady of CathoIic origin...
to step aside for a Sikh to be sworn in as Prime Minister...
to a MusIim President to govern a nation of over 80 percent Hindus.
It may aIso interest you to know that...
many of the origins to your words come from Sanskrit.
For exampIe, maatr becomes mother...
bhratr becomes brother, giamiti becomes geometry
trikonniti becomes trigonometry.
We have 5600 newspapers...
magazines in over twenty-one different Ianguages...
with a combined readership of over 120 miIIion.
We have reached the moon and back, but yet...
We are the third largest pool in the word of doctors, engineers and scientists.
We have the third Iargest army in the worId.
And even then, I foId my hands in humiIity before you...
because we don't beIieve we are above or beneath any individuaI.
And...
namastey. :)
