* 3 things you learned (think about similarities and differences to our American culture)
* 2 things that surprised you
* 1 question you have
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Delia Tilan-Figueroa presenting the senior class donation to the Gandhi Institute.
1. Their marriage is like a government
ReplyDelete2.Muslims, Jews, Sikhs, and Christians all eat meat, the first three groups do not eatpork. Lower-caste Hindus eat any meat except beef, where members of the higher castes and all Jains are normally vegetarian, with most even avoiding eggs.
3.farming is the largest source of employment;
1.they believe in the cast system. meaning that if they do good in their life they can be reincarnated into a new person or animal higher in the class but that means you can also go down into the cast if you were not good.
ReplyDelete2. India has a very goos millitary they have army, navy, air force, and coast guard. In 1996, these branches had 1,145,000 personnel, but In 1998, the nation exploded a nuclear bomb as a test.
1.) About half the people in India eat rice
ReplyDelete2.) India relies on railroad track networks
3.) The division of work is based on gender
*Arranged marriage is very traditional
*Mothers are to always take care of the infants
Why do certain genders get certain amounts of work?
They are very different than the united states but I'm not surprised by anything that goes on due to the fact that I learned about the country two years ago. But everything works as a system and there are many rules due to the amount of people and different religions. Even thought the people are free from British rule they are not free among themselves.
ReplyDelete3 Similar things- 1.)They eat rice as their staple, 2.)Ownership of land is key like owning a home, 3.) They celebrate Christmas, labor day, and independence day.
ReplyDelete2 Things that surprised me- 1.)Gandhi's birthday is a very celebrated holiday 2.)There were 166 university's in 1996
1 Question- Why do they help and focus on the poor so much?
1 The major trading partners are Russia, the United States, the United Kingdom
ReplyDelete2 There were 166 universities located in India in 1996
3 Half of the people eat rice
1 That India share some of the same holidays as us
2 The division of work is based on gender
Is the education in India free ?
In hospitals, do they also use their traditional ways of healing?
ReplyDelete3 things I learned:
ReplyDeleteFarming is the number one source of employment in India.
Communities are divided by castes systems.
There are between 20 and 30 different castes in one village.
2 things that surprised me:
I didn't know that India was the largest country in the world with a democracy.
I found it weird that South Indian caste systems allow uncle and niece marriages.
1 Question:
Why is the majority of the country religion Hinduism?
The three differences that I have learned about the US culture and India was that there is a large amount of poverty and just like us the have holiday and religion What surprised me was that only there was a religion based on Gandhi's philosophy also and that Gandhi starved himself i wonder what life would be like if Gandhi was alive today
ReplyDelete1.Some farmers produce cash crops for sale in urban markets.
ReplyDelete2.In some areas, plantation crops such as tea, coffee, cardamom, and rubber are important because they bring foreign money.
3.Some of the major industries in India are tourism, clothing, tea, coffee, cotton, and the production of raw materials.
-There can be 20 to 30 different castes within a village.
-Many south Indian castes also allow uncle-niece marriage.
*Why do they allow uncle-niece marriage?
1.I learned that most people live outside. Also that India was ruled by the British government but then in 1885 India became its own government. And about half of people eat rice.
ReplyDelete2. One thing that surprised me was how many people live i India. I knew that it was largely populated. Another thing is that they have poor economy i thought that with that many it would have a poor economy but with not a lot of jobs i see why.
3. One question i have is how do people get money if there are not that many jobs? do they have a systems like us dss or ssi or anything like that?
I learned that India's flag has three colors like ours. They had developed agricultural communities like ours. India, in comparison to us, was also ruled by the British at one point in time and also took their independence back from them. Two things that surprised me are that India's people are divided into thousands of different tribes ad castes and modern-day infrastructure in India was created by the British. How strong is the Indian government?
ReplyDelete3 things I learned:
ReplyDelete- Rice is the main stable half of the people their eat that mostly
-They use the caste system
-India has the largest film industry in the world
2 things that surprised me:
-The women must obey their father before their husband and then obey their son
-They marry people that they barely even know
1 question I have:
-Why do the women have to everything?
1)3 things that i learned are that farming is the largest source of employment,coinage has been in circulation among urban people for 2500 years and India still relies on trains to get them places.
ReplyDelete2) Two things that surprised me are in India they still do death penalty and also they believe that if your marriage wasn't setup by your parents then it was form by love and connection and they look down on that.
3)Why do the mothers or grandmothers have to take care of the kids and the the men or both of the parents?
3 things I learned
ReplyDelete- India has had many traders , transport agents, importers, and exporters since the days of the Indus civilization.
- Their major trading partners are Russia, the U.S , the United Kingdom , and Germany.
- Marriages that are not arranged by the couple's parents termed " love marriages" are looked down as impulsive acts of passion.
2 things that surprised me were
- There were 166 universities in 1996, including thirteen central universities which are the oldest, best known and best funded.
- 82% of the population was enumerated as Hindu .
1 question I have is
- Do they drink the water even if its contaminated ?
1.Both India and the U.S are a democracy,India and the U.S are both multicultural,India it's a very large country.
ReplyDelete2.U.S is roughly 3 times bigger than India.In India there's to many religions and cost a lot of fights with Hinduism and Muslims.
3.Why they so poor?
1: Half of people that reside in India eat wheat barley, maize, and millet
ReplyDelete2: Muslims, Jews, skins, and Christians eat meat
3: Lower caste eat any meat except beef while higher caste are normally vegetarian.
2: Gender roles are very different to The United States. The mother must obey her father, her husband, and her son.
1: There are 846,302,688 that reside in India
Question: Will India caste system change in the years to come?
3 things i learned :
ReplyDelete- their national anthem is composed by Rabindranath Tagore in 1911 entitled Jana-Gana-Mana.
- two types of calendars Saka-era and Gregorian
- they celebrate different holidays
2 things that surprised me :
-India has several thousand ethnic groups , tribes and religions
- they're different caste systems in different areas of India
1 question i have :
why do they have different calendars ?
3 things I learned -
ReplyDelete1. In India about half of the people there eat rice as their staple. While the remainder subsist on wheat, barley, maize, and millet.
2. They have four major languages they speak in India.
3. Their work (labor) is based on gender.
2 things that surprised you -
1. They believe in a caste system and if you were a good person and never did anything wrong you would be born into a higher class but if not you would go down in the caste.
2. Indians have lived under the rule of law since the ancient times.
1 question I have - How good is the India's healthcare system?
* 3 things I learned (think about similarities and differences to our American culture)
ReplyDeleteIndia is next to Nepal, and Pakistan.
Most of the population lives in rural conditions.
There most people lived past the estimated life expectancy.
* 2 things that surprised me
There were 1 billion citizens in 2000.
The blue wheel on their flag is the chakra.
* 1 question I have is what does the chakra have deeper meaning than the wheel of law?
1)
ReplyDelete-India faces high poverty level so almost 50% of India has to survive on little food
-The most common source of income in India is Farming
-Marriage system is different due to how it is planned and not really found (not in all cases)
2)
-The diversity between males and females surprises me due to the fact that having certain genders limits you to what you can do
-Even though there is a high poverty level and people are living on the streets and not eating they have university over 100
3)
-Why is it so populated compared to america ?
3 things i learned
ReplyDelete1. lower-caste Hindus eat any meat except for beef
2.higher-caste Hindus and all Jains are normally vegetarian and most avoid eggs
3.Farming is the largest source of employment
2 things that surprised me
1.They have four major languages they speak in India
2.India is the largest democracy in the world.
1 question I have
1.Why do some vegetarians avoid eating eggs even though it's not meat
3 things that I learned-
ReplyDelete1. They are divided By those that meat and those that are vegetarians just like the USA
2.Farming is the largest source of employment.
3.India is the Largest Democracy in the world.
2 Things that have surprised me
1.Arranged marriages are still practiced heavily and if you have a "Love Marriage" (Non-arranged marriage) it is frowned upon.
2.Lower Caste members ate all meat except Beef
1 question
When Food doesn't come easily why do you turn away food?
3. India has a much larger population than the united states has, women must obey their father then their husband then their son, and only the mothers take care of infants
ReplyDelete2. How many people were enrolled in their army and they celebrate Gandhi's birthday has a real and important holiday
1. why did India and Pakistan have 5 wars against eachother
3 things learned : I learned that there are four major language families. The national flag was adopted in 1947. 73% of the population is located in rural areas.
ReplyDelete2 things surprised me : The fact that life expectancy in 1991 was 60 surprised me. Also , every family belongs to only one named caste forever, so each caste is handed down from generation to generation.
1 question I have : What caused the political animosities that made trade with neighboring South Asian countries to remain minimal?
3 things I learned-
ReplyDelete- The national system of government is democratic.
- There were 166 universities in 1996, including thirteen central universities which are the oldest, best known, and best funded.
- They still use the caste system.
2 things that surprised me-
-In 1995, the government spent over 2 percent of its resources on education.
- India thus has a strong program of national defense, with four national services: the army, navy, air force, and coast guard (since 1978).
1 question I have- How do they bury their dead especially when there is so many people dying?
3 things I learned:
ReplyDelete- India is a very diverse country with four main religions, which are Buddhism,Jainism, Hinduism, and Sikhism.
- India mostly relies on networks of railroad tracks and some are electric.
- India has about 140 medical colleges.
2 things that surprised me:
- Bio medicine has only been used for two centuries and is only used at the best hospitals in the cities.
- Arranged marriages are still practiced in India and love marriages are frowned upon and thought of as impulsive acts of passion.
1 question I have:
- Why are only some hospitals using modern technology and medicines?
3 Things I learned
ReplyDeletePainting and drawing flourished under the mogul emperors. Public health is a major concern of every state government. 2% of Christians make up the population of India.
2 things that surprised me
India has some of the earliest literature beginning with Sanskrit.
"Indians are usually hospitable even when poor and go to considerable lengths to make a visitor feel comfortable."
1 question
How many kinds of race live in India which is there home and do they like each other or are usually mean to one another?
Reading this article I learned that India was once ruled by the British Empire, that small shops are still a very huge part of their government, and that some Indian castes permit uncle-nieces marriages. Along with the uncle-niece marriage bit, another thing that also surprised me is that India has the biggest film industry in the world. I'm wondering if Gandhi's birth day is a holiday in India.
ReplyDelete3. in 1991 it was around 846,302,688 people live in india
ReplyDeletemost people eat rice
its millions of people who are illiterate in India
2. its tons of different ethnic groups
Lower cast Hindus eat any meat expect beef
1. why is it so many illiterate people in India?
3 things that I learned
ReplyDelete1.India developed one of the earliest urban societies in the world
2.There are over half a million villages
3. In 1991 there was 846,302,688 people
2 things that surprised me
1.At sixteen it is legal to marry
2.In India it is traditional to have arranged marriages
One Question I have is... What plans are the governments in India making to help reduce the poverty rate?
There are over 1 Billion people in India and the nation is so large it has 4 major languages spoken. The customs are also very different than American customs. Like the role and view of women. The women have to obey their father, husband, and son! Not only that but men also had better education opportunities and much more freedom. Why does India still treat it's women so poorly?
ReplyDelete3 things I learned -
ReplyDelete1. India had some of the first piece of literature
2. Almost everyone in India knows English
3. Bollywood makes the most movies in the world.
2 things that surprised you -
1. How often India make movies
2. How many people live there and how many people die from there.
1 question I have -
How do they run a census test
3 Thing I learned:
ReplyDelete1. Has a Liberal democratic federal republic government meaning it has the largest democracy in the world with 28 linguistically based states.
2. Indians are very hospitable to visitors even if they are poor and try very hard to make the visitor feel comfortable.
3. The Landscape(India) has over half a million villages and they are all unique in their own way.
2 Things that surprised me:
1. Owning land is the key to survival and power.
2. Work is based on gender; this is normal but its the 21st century why don't they try to create equality?
1 Question I have:
Do people with land control others living area and how do they able to survive and have power?
Things that I learned was that America receives most of India's exports. With the main exports being Clothing, tea, and computer software. India class system is a big part of India as it is very ancient and rigid based off religion(Hinduism karma) determines your way of living, job, and position anywhere. The etiquette of India is similar to ours as Indians are usually very hospitable even when poor and go to considerable lengths to make a visitor feel comfortable. I was surprised to learn that India's GPD is only $380 which makes you really think about poverty when compared to America GPD of around $50,000. Also by the transportation as besides most of the transportation being by railroad that only some of them are even electrified. As the railroad is the most used transportation in the most populated country it makes you think how much pollution is being generated by by coal or steam powered railroads. I wonder is it possible for a non high caste person to become the president of India since it is a democracy and low caste people make most of the population? has it ever happened before?
ReplyDelete3 things that I learned was that
ReplyDelete-India is one of the biggest countries
-You can get sick by drinking their water
-If you are a woman you cannot show any skin.
2 things that surprised me is
-How people are able to live in such conditions
-Ms. Caparco really had to get vaccinated before going to India.
1 Question I have is
-Why is it so hard for people in India to live a better life?
1. India represents the largest part of the subcontinental land mass of South Asia.
ReplyDelete2. They have their own calendar, though it is considered useless.
3. Lower caste Hindus eat any meat besides beef, Higher caste Hindus are vegetarians.
2 things that surprised me
Its the largest democratic government in the world.
Within all branches of Hinduism, priests can only be male, though they may be boys.
1 question I have.
Why don't India focus more on education than warfare?
1. I learned that English became wide spread in the 18th century. The printing press expanded and They started to create more modern Universities.
ReplyDelete2. That India English novels were receiving prizewinning awards.
Also that India had visual arts that dated back four thousand years.
3. One question i have is what brought up English in India and why is it now the most common language ?
Things I learned
ReplyDelete1. I learned India gained it's independence in 1947
2. Water is very contaminated
3. Women are forbidden to show any skin
Things that surprised me
1. Water is dangerously contaminated
2. You need to bring your own pee bag while boarding a train
The question I have
What is holding India back from emerging into a powerful country?
1)English spread in the 18 century, created modern university,the division of work is base on gender
ReplyDelete2)if you have land you are rich and have power
3)why the U.S don't help India improve?
1. They celebrate Christmas, labor day, and independence day.
ReplyDelete2. The major trading partners are Russia, the United States, the United Kingdom
3. Communities are divided by castes systems.
1. I found it weird that South Indian caste systems allow uncle and niece marriages.
2. There can be 20 to 30 different castes within a village.
question: Why do they allow uncle-niece marriage?
1.The national flag, which was adopted in 1947
ReplyDelete2.In 2700B.C.E., the first genuinely urban civilization in the Indus Valley and western India emerged.
3.The caste system is more elaborate than that in any of the other Hindu or Buddhist countries. Society is so fragmented into castes that there can be twenty or thirty distinct castes within a village..
I was surprised about the disappearance of the urban civilization in the indus valley around 1500 B.C.E.
If India's population was decreased would it put them in a position to become a major power internationally?
3 Things learned
ReplyDelete1) India was ruled by the British government after 1958
2)India is home to several thousand ethnic groups
3)Farming is the largest source of employment
2 Things that surprised me
1)Gandhi birthday is a holiday
2)India has the largest film industry in the world
1 question
1) Why did it take long for India to gain independence from Great Britain?
3. Half the people eat rice while the remainder subsist on wheat, barley, maize, and millet. Farming is the largest source of employment (73%). There were 166 universities in 1966.
ReplyDelete2. People who own land have the most power.Mothers are responsible of taking care of the children.
1. Why does the sons inherit properly and status from their fathers but women can't?
Things I learned:
ReplyDelete1. India has a multiplicity of visual arts.
2. India has a tradition of medical healing, teaching, and research that goes back more than two thousand years.
3.India has some of the earliest literature in the world
Things that surprised me:
1.The country has two main types of marriages
2.The written will is largely unknown
Question:
1. Why is the central government more interested in Military power than in literacy?
Things Learned:
ReplyDelete-India is home to several thousand ethnic groups, tribes, casts and religions.
-The major trading partners are Russia, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany.
-Infant care is the responsibility of mothers, older siblings, and grandmothers.
Things that surprised me:
-The division of work is based on gender.
-Owning a land is a really important key to survivor and massive power.
Question:
-How many hours it will take to travel around India?