Diveristy- Collab with CSF

India is a kaleidoscope of cultures that includes umpteen variations in food, clothing, language, music and religious beliefs. This colourful spread has been shaped by the long history and unique geography of this land. Though cut off from the world by three oceans and the highest chain of mountains, this peninsula has been invaded time and again through the almost inaccessible mountain passes. Besides, more than four hundred main languages, there are thousands of others including dialects that are distinctly different to each other. The unique feature about India is the extremely large mountains covered with snow throughout the year. The Himalayas or the adobe of snow is the source of the mighty rivers like Indus. Ganga and Yamuna. These perennial rivers irrigate extensive areas in the North to sustain the huge population of the country. At the same time Northern India contains and zones and the desert of Rajasthan where nothing grows accept a few shrubs.When we talk about races, the Indian sub-continent received a large number of migratory races mostly from the Western and the Eastern directions. India is also one of the most religiously diverse nations of the world with each individual free to follow his own rites and beliefs. Home to four of the world’s major religions, minor religions too play an important role in the lives of the people.

Clothes have always been fashioned by necessity. While loose, light clothes are worn in southern India, the cold northern regions like Kashmir, has its inhabitants wearing woollen clothes almost round the year. The desert areas of Rajasthan and Gujarat have the people dorring colourful clothes. In contrast, people of the lush green eastern regions are known for their preference of lighter colours. Indian cuisine is so very diverse that it is practically impossible to know and taste all the dishes prepared in the country. If the northern people are predominantly wheat eaters, the rest of India are avid rice eaters. The meals cooked, depend upon the available raw materials, cooking traditions and local spices. Years of foreign rule has not been able to wipe out the festivals that are a prominent part of our culture. Major festivals are celebrated all over the country with equal fervour, but there are thousands of other festivals that are locally celebrated with great enthusiasm.

The diversity enriches the life of its inhabitants, and there is a lot of harmony in spite of the variations which is the reason for prosperity in the nation. There is university amid the diversity of language, culture, color, dress, religion, and beliefs.The variations of India’s cultural diversity are strung together with a colourful string of peace and harmony. But this great diversity of India never mars its unity. India, is indeed, an embodiment of ‘unity in diversity’.