India

India India: An Unknown Culture “Frankly my dear I don’t give a dam.” Many people have this attitude towards learning about other cultures. Actually it is very important to be knowledgeable of other cultures. Some day you could have a job that requires you to travel to another country or meet with a person of another culture. You wouldn’t want to offend them by not knowing their ways of life. Also, the United States has become so diverse that soon it will be an everyday thing to walk down the street and see a person of another culture. Recently my cousin, Molly married a man from India named Surajh. My knowledge of the Indian culture is nil, therefore this is a good opportunity for me to study his customs and traditions. India is such a large and varied country that there is no one way of life practiced by everyone. Food, clothing, religious beliefs and social structure differs from place to place. Nevertheless, there are some features of Indian life that are common among most people throughout the country. Family ties are important. Many families continue to live as traditional extended families. In a typical people, live, indian, culture, one, life, families, very, parents, groups, country, caste, another, village, social, official, marriage, language, india, important, homes, give, gift, family, believe, water, villages, typical, two, traditions, system, sons, slums, sixteen