Portrait of India: Indian People, Indian movies, Indian recipes,
India festivals & more.
The success of Indian democracy with more than 1 billion
population, 29 states, 7 union territories and 1600
languages/dialects presents a true image of unity in diversity.
With a civilization more than 5000 years old, India reflects
rich culture, traditions and values relative to geographic
locations. Invasions and migrations have contributed to the
diversity of Indian culture with convergence of different
habits, faiths and practices.
India is a land of festivals. Indian festivals differ in
associated religious, social and seasonal elements. Some
festivals welcome the seasons of the year, the harvest, the
rains, or the full moon. Others celebrate religious occasions,
the birthdays of divine beings, saints, and gurus (revered
teachers), or the advent of the New Year. List of Indian
festivals is as long as diversity in their origin. Many
festivals are common throughout the country while others are
specific to geographic regions and religious beliefs.
Indian cuisine is world renowned for its rich assortment of
spices and tastes. Influence of geography, religion, race and
foreign culture is truly reflected by Indian cuisine. Indian
cuisine can be broadly classified into North and South Indian
cuisine. Wheat is staple part of North Indian cuisine whereas
rice is a must in South Indian meal. The Mughlai food is very
common in Delhi, Hyderabad and Lucknow. Wazwan, a 24-course
banquet, is popular in Kashmir. Seafood and coconut based food
are very prevalent in Goa, Kerala and West Bengal. Rice, sambhar
and dosa are specialties of Southern part of India.
India has one the oldest film industries in the world. The first
Indian feature film, Raja Harishchandra directed by Dadasaheb
Phalke (3700 feet long), was released in 1913. Indian film
industry is the biggest film industries in the world producing
around 800 movies annually. A reasonably budgeted Indian movie
could cost US$ 1 million. Hindi, Tamil, Telegu, Bengali and
Malayalam are the languages producing large number of movies
reflecting the cultural diversity of the Indian film industry.
Most of the Indian movies are based on family, romance, comedy,
action, patriotism and religion.
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