INDIA
GEOGRAPHICAL
CLASSIFICATION
India, officially
the republic of India is a country in the southern region of the Asian
continent, Headed by a president, His Excellency President Pranab Mukherje with
the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi.
The republic of
India, from the records is the seventh largest country in the world by area and
the second most populous nation, with over 1.2 billion people. It is bothered
by the very well known third largest ocean in the world, the Indian ocean,
hence the reason for the name.
It is made up
of 29 states of which New Delhi is its capital and the city of Mumbai, the
largest city in all India. Its official language is Hindi, which is the fourth
most spoken language in the world. Other languages like Telugu, Sanscrit and
Tamil are used in some parts of India such as Andhra Pradesh where Telugu is
the leading language even over Hindi which is the country’s official language.
India is a
country with a very harsh weather condition, with temperature that goes as low
as -4 degree Celsius and goes as high as 47 degree Celsius in some season of
the year. This is the reason that majority of the buildings are not roofed as
the daked even to the top open air floor due to the harsh weather conditions
that sometimes in the year even curses lost of lives and property.
It is
no longer news that India is one of the countries with the fastest growing
economy and its continent Asia, the continent with the fastest growing economy.
The currency used for business transaction i.e. buying and selling is the
Indian Rupee which goes for a conversion rate of a dollar for 64 to 65 rupees.
Notwithstanding the high conversion rate of the Indian
rupee, it is yet considered to be one of the most valuable currencies in all
Asia.
RELIGION AND TRADITION
The people
of India are very religious people and hold on strongly to their traditions.
This is the reason that despite they colonized by Great Britain, and got their
independence in the year 1947, propelled by freedom fighters like Mahatma
Gandhi, their ancient Traditions and Customs are still valid till date.
They are very
nice, caring, lovely and very friendly but with strong traditions and strange
ones in some parts that will make you want to say this people aren’t friendly
at all. But as I said earlier, it’s only in some parts of India; go to cities
in India with cultural diversity, harboring foreigners from all around the
world, and my dear you will not help but feel better with the kind of
experience you will get.
Most of these traditions you will find are
traditions related to either their women or their buffaloes and cows. Take for
example, in a place like Andhra Pradesh, it’s not allowed to date before
marriage as parents especially fathers have the responsibility of suggesting
husbands for their daughters.
This is why in a class setting boys sit separately from the
girls. Even in their festivals, boys sit one side and girls the other side.
This limits socializing with the opposite sex as one is not
allowed to go closer or even have outings with the opposite sex.
As for the buffaloes, their slaughter is highly prohibited
in most parts of India as from the ancient they were seen as gods. Even of the
present in some parts of India, they are still seen as gods.
This has gone so far that in some states in India, the
government has placed a ban on the slaughter of both buffaloes and cows. To
show how seriously they are taken in India.
At least you should know that the tradition of shaking hands
is not for Indians as Indians Salaam thereby dissolving any need for body
contacts between persons.
Anyways, this tradition is fast diminishing as the system of
shaking hands is already taking over most parts of India. A.G Gardener the British
Author will say, that the system of shaking hands is the most acceptable method
of greeting in the world.
Indians did not accept it in the past but with the present
level of acceptance of the practice, the future holds nothing less than a
complete acceptance of the practice.
Talking about religion, Hinduism has the highest follow with
about 79.8% of the population, Islam follows with about 14.2%, Christianity
which has the highest follow in the world gets as little as 2.3%, then
Buddhism, Sikhism and other religions take the rest of the population.
The people of India are also known to be
very much inclined in the usage of herbal medicine. This is as a result of the
high level of diversity in plant species and also its exploration.
They are also known to be very good at the invention and
usage of technology such as Information technology and hospital technology. It
is the combination of these two that exposes the reason anybody from any part
of the world with health issues will ask or be advised to be sent to India for
treatment as they will expect to receive the best treatments for even the
poorest hospitals in India offer quality treatment.
This also contributes to their Ranking as the world best in
the study of medicine and drug related courses and also top rankers in IT
invention and its usage.
This brings us to talk on education.
EDUCATION
Education,
one of the areas of development in India which seems to be the most patronized
by external bodies is of great quality as both Government and private bodies invest
much in it.
Anyways it faces some difficulties such as the medium of communication
for foreign clients and then the increasing population of Indians.
There are two mediums of Communication you will find in most
Indian schools, one is English, while the other is dependent on the Language of
the people of the community where these schools are located.
Take for example a community of Telugu speakers. Any school
located here will take Telugu as a second language as they will expect to
encourage the people of these communities to accept education and then enhance
learning for them.
There are two types of schools you will find in India, the
Indian Government and Private schools, then the International schools.
The Indian schools resume at June, and for a school like
mine will not have a holiday till the April of the next year as we do start the
second semester a day after the end of the first semester exams.
School fees in these schools fall within the range of 25
000-200 000 rupees per annum. This is excluding other miscellaneous.
Indian Schools make use of the following educational system:
1.
Preschool, which is not compulsory but
necessary.
2.
Private play school for children between the
ages of 18 months to 3 years
3.
Kindergarten, which is divided into lower
Kindergarten for 3-4 year olds and Higher Kindergarten for 4-5 years old
4.
Primary school which comprises 1st to
5th grade for children between the ages of 6-10 years
5.
Middle school which comprises 5th to 8th
grade for children between the ages of 14-16 years
6.
Secondary school which covers the 8th
and the 9th grade for children between the ages of 14-16 years
7.
Higher secondary or Pre-university for the 11th
and 12th grade for the ages of 16-17 years.
8.
Undergraduate consists of BA courses which lasts
only three years and Engineering and specialized courses that may take a
longer.
9.
Post graduate which is a one year course.
The second
type of schools, the International schools follow same system as Indian
schools. As for those that do not do so. They adopt the system of the country
concerned.
Resumptions in these schools fall within August to January.
Cost of fees fall within the range of 5,000-22,000 dollars. Very costly you
will say, but I bet you that Indian parents prefer to send their wards to this
kind of schools because of the multicultural nature of the schools and as their
wards will get to meet with students from all around the world thereby
enriching them with exposure and helping them meet civilization face to face.
FOOD
Now down to the factor that I know will be like a burden on
the minds of so many, some people may even consider it first before concluding
on moving over to India. This is the feeling that one may not survive in India
because of the nature of Indian food.
But it is actually false. As much as I agree that there are some strange
Indian cuisines, there are still so many that are similar to your country’s
food.
Except you want to keep trying out their delicacies, then
you have to be patient for it may take longer to adapt. By the way, Indians are
not left out in the preparation of intercontinental delicacies like fried rice
and rest of them.
Some examples of Indian foods are Chicken Biryani, Chapatti,
Chicken, Chaat papri, Barfi etc.
Anyways, there is one thing you need to take note of, and
that is the fact that the regions you find yourself matters a lot as there are
variations in the method of preparation of these various dishes from state to
state, because of the already spoken about diversity in culture in India. For
example, in states like Andhra Pradesh, the people here care so much about
spicing and so caring for lunch while you find yourself in this place will mean
getting ready to struggle with the so much spicing.
Not bad anyway, these spices are recommended by dietitians
to be highly nutritious
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