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India
is a country with a total population over 1 Billion and that results
as making it an enormous valley of culture and diversity. Having a population over 1 Billion means having people with different
views for the modern world. Some may believe wearing the western form
of dressing is too taboo for the society and some people can also have
various superstitious belief like if a black cat cross the street in
then you should not cross the road first or else tides misfortune of
and bad luck will shower upon you. This country has the power to
baffle what a person believe and if you never visited India but
planning to visit for the first time then you should know that you will learn lots of new beliefs and rituals one never could have imagined.
"Angrezi mein kahte hai
I love you, Gujaraati maa bole tane prem karuun chhuun, Bangaali mein
kahte hain aami tomake bhaalo baashi, aur punjaabi mein kahte hain,
teri to, haa, tere bin mar jaavaan, main tenu pyar karaan", this
was the part of a famous Indian song explaining different ways of
saying I Love You in different languages. I am grateful to the
lyricist that he stopped after explaining I love you in four
languages because if he had wanted he could have said it in several
hundred languages as well. Yes, India is the home to several hundred
languages. Hindi and English are the official language of India. Most
Indians speaks Hindi. Other languages spoken in India are Punjabi,
Bangla, Marathi, Gujarati, Konkani, Assamese, Manipuri, Telugu, Tamil,
Dogri, Urdu and so on. One should know that the actual
definition of Hindi is not just one language but a broad variety of
Hindi Languages. The
Hindi language is also known as the Madhya Language and it is a
direct continumm spoken around Northern India. Every language has its
own value and also contributes in the way a person could think as
well behave. Many non-verbal cues can easily be understood if one
knows the language very well. Body Language of an Indian is quite
different as compared to the body language of an American. So, if a
person tries to understand the body language of an Indian keeping in
mind of an American or British then he could misread all the
non-verbal cues.Indian
culture is diametrically opposite to any other culture in the
world. Like in other culture bride wears white dress during her
wedding but in India a women wears white dress if she is a
widow. Red color in western culture means energy, excitement, danger,
anger, Valentine's Day or even Christmas (if combined with green) but
in Indian culture it means wealth, love, beauty, a sign of a married
woman, power, symbolizes fear and fire as well.
So, it is very important to know the culture and what language does the person speak to understand the non-verbal cues correctly.
So, it is very important to know the culture and what language does the person speak to understand the non-verbal cues correctly.
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If there is one place on the face of earth where all the dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India.
-Romain Rolland
