Travel To India

Hyundai India thinking about cheap small car

noreply@blogger.com (Nisha) — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:26:00 +0000

Hyundai Motor India, a wholly owned unit of Hyundai Motor Co, is studying the feasibility of building a cheap small car to take on competition, Hyundai, the second-biggest car maker in India after Maruti Suzuki India Ltd, is looking at building a car priced at between 100,000 and 200,000 rupees

Germany's Merkel hails India

noreply@blogger.com (Nisha) — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:17:00 +0000

German Chancellor Angela Merkel ended her three day visit to India. she was confident that improved business and political ties would help boost trade and global warming talks.

This journey pushed the relationship between Germany and India forward," Merkel told, India is a country that is a good strategic partner" for issues such as efforts by Germany and other countries to combat global warming, She also said India is a country with great opportunities, but with great disparities as well, She also pointed to India's need for nuclear energy as another business opening, should New Delhi manage to implement a deal with the United States that would bring the country into the global loop of nuclear commerce.

Mukesh Ambani World Richest Person

noreply@blogger.com (Nisha) — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:51:00 +0000

Muskesh Ambani now world richest person. Mukesh Ambani on Sunday become the first Indian to head a group of companies with a combined market value of over Rs five trillion, surpassing American software czar Bill Gates, Mexican business tycoon Carlos Slim Helu and famous investment guru Warren Buffett, courtesy the bull run in the stock market. Following a strong share price rally on in his three group companies, India's most valued firm Reliance Industries, Reliance Petroleum and Reliance Industrial Infrastructure, the net worth of Mukesh Ambani rose to $63.2 billion (Rs 2,49,108 crore). while his group's flagship Reliance Industries became the country's first firm crossing the capitalisation of Rs four trillion.

Combining the market cap of all three listed Mukesh Ambani group firm's -- RIL, Reliance Petroleum and Reliance Industrial Infrastructure -- the group's valuation crossed Rs 5,00,000-crore level for the first time, based on the closing prices of firms' scrip

The five richest people in the world with their net worth

1. Mukesh Ambani ($63.2 billion)

2. Carlos Slim Helu ($62.2993 billion)

3. William (Bill) Gates ($62.29 billion)

4. Warren Buffett ($55.9 billion)

5. Lakshmi Mittal ($50.9 billion)

noreply@blogger.com (Nisha) — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 06:22:00 +0000

Sonia Gandhi is sixth most powerful woman (Forbes)

Sonia Gandhi is sixth most powerful woman (Forbes)
India's Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi is the sixth most powerful woman in the Forbes' magazine's Annual list, The magazine said the ranking is based on a composite of visibility, measured by press citations, and economic impact.
Sonia Gandhi Married Rajiv Gandhi and into India’s political first family in 1968.Sonia Gandhi joined the Congress Party as a primary member in the Calcutta Plenary Session at 1997She officially took charge of the Congress party as its president in 1998. As chairperson of the National Advisory Committee and the UPA chairperson, she played an important role in making the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme and the Right to Information Act into law

World's 10 most powerful women in 2007 according to Forbes:

1 Angela Merkel Chancellor Germany
2 Wu Yi Vice premier China
3 Ho Ching CEO, Temasek Holdings Singapore
4 Condoleezza Rice Secretary of State U.S.
5 Indra K. Nooyi Chairman, CEO, PepsiCo U.S.
6 Sonia Gandhi Political party chief India
7 Cynthia Carroll CEO, Anglo American U.K.
8 Patricia A. Woertz Cochairman, ADM U.S.
9 Irene Rosenfeld Chairman, CEO, Kraft Foods U.S.
10 Patricia Russo CEO, Alcatel-Lucent U.S.

noreply@blogger.com (Nisha) — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 09:15:00 +0000

When India Thinks Like This

Sky City 1000 is a future urban project aimed at helping put an end to major congestion and lack of green space in the Tokyo.
At this Time all Big Cities Like New York, Tokyo, Mumbai all have same Problem Of Land and day-by-day Population and crowd Increase. At all time Road, Trains are some time Jammed. In Tokyo Peoples waste some time for reaching to their office and from this Idea of Sky City also Develops.
The plan consists of a building 1,000 meters (3,280.8 feet) tall and 400 meters (1,312 feet) wide at the base, and a total floor area of 8 km² (3.1 miles² or 1976.8 acres). The design, proposed in 1989 by Takenaka Corporation, provides for 35,000 full-time residents and 100,000 workers. It comprises 14 concave dish-shaped "Space Plateaus" stacked one upon the other. The building would include residences, offices, commercial facilities, schools, theatres and other modern amenities. Sky City is like a City that have All facilities where people can work so time of waste is so less.
Apparently, the project is taken very seriously and Tokyo's only fire helicopter has been used in simulation tests to see what the danger would be if a fire were to break out in one of the buildings. Also, triple decker high speed elevators which would be used in the building and would contain up to 70 people are being designed in experimental labs outside Tokyo.
Although this project has gained more serious attention than many of its alternatives, it can be considered similar to projects such as X-Seed 4000 and Sir Norman Foster's Millennium Tower and, in ultra-high density, mixed use concept, to theories like Paolo Soleri's Arcology and Le Corbusier's Radiant City.

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noreply@blogger.com (Nisha) — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 07:00:00 +0000

Mahabalipuram

The group of monuments at Mahabalipuram consists of ten mandapas or excavated halls besides seven monolithic rathas, so called because they resemble the big temple cars in which the images of the deities are taken out in procession. The mandapas, which are no higher that 4.5 or 6 mts, are remarkable for the shape and design of their pillars and roll cornices and for the blending of figure sculpture enclosed with architecture. The panels of sculptures enclosed within plasters and mouldings on the interior walls of the Durga and Varaha mandapas represent the finest achievement of the Pallava style.

The Architecture of the monolithic rathas is based on the older Buddhist monasteries (Viharas). They are square or oblong on plan and pyramidal in elevation, but varying on size and some minor details. The largest and the most complete of them is what is called the Dharmaraja Ratha, which combines all the feature of the Pallava style-pillars in the portico with rampant lions, the pyramidal tower and the turreted roof. The Bhima, Ganesh and Sahadeva rathas are oblong in plan and are based on the architecture of the Buddhist Chaitaya hall. They are two or three storeys high, and are surrounded by a barrel roof with the Chaitaya gable at the ends.

The solidity of the masonry of the Shore Temple at Mahabalipuram is vouched for by the fact that for over 12 centuries is has withstood the pitiless onslaught of the monsoons, the battering of sea waves and the treachery of drifting sands.

India – House Of Meditation

noreply@blogger.com (Nisha) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:39:00 +0000

Agra Fort

Located on the banks of the Yamuna, 2 km northwest of the Taj Mahal, the fort was designed and built by Akbar in 1565 A.D. The fort houses the beautiful Pearl Mosque and numerous palaces including the Jahangir Mahal, Diwan-I-Khas, Diwan-I-Am.

The high red sandstone ramparts of this great monuments stretch for almost 2.5 kms, dominating a bend in the river Yamuna. Emperor Akbar laid the foundation of this majestic citadel and it developed as a stronghold of the Mughal Emperor under successive generation Shahjahan construction the graceful Diwan-I-Am or the hall Public Audience in 1628.

Three rows of white polished stucco pillars topped by peacock arches support the flat roof. Today, this hall is bereft of brocade decoration, silk carpet and satin canopies that would have enhanced the elegant of the settings when the emperor sat down with his subjects for discussions.

noreply@blogger.com (Nisha) — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 12:46:00 +0000

Mysore Palace

The maharaja’s palace is a magnificent three-storied structure with a five-story tower, designed by the English architect Henry Irwin. The famous Mysore palace also known as the Amba villas palace is one of the largest palaces in the country. The palace was originally built of wood, which got burnt down in 1897 and was rebuilt in 1912. It is a healthy combination of Dravidian, Indo-Sarcenic, Oriental and Roman Styles.

It is attractive both inside and outside. It’s a kaleidoscope of stained glass and mirrors. There are also beautifully carved wooden doors and mosaic floors. The tastefully decorated and intricately carved doors open into luxuriously decorated rooms. The ground floor with an enclosed courtyard display costumes, musical instruments, children’s toy and numerous portraits. The upper floor has a small collection of weapons. The carved, white marble floors and columned durbar hall are feats to the eyes.

Taj Mahal

Taj Mahal, Located on the banks of the Yamuna River is one the Seven Wonders of the World. The Mughal Emperor Shahjahan as a memorial built this marble tomb for his wife, Mumtaz. A dream etched in milky white pristine marble is the peerless monument portraying the beauty of eternal love. A commemoration of the memory of Shahjahan’s beloved wife, Taj Mahal is indeed India’s rich tribute to womanhood. The construction of the Taj commenced in 1631 and was completed in 1653. A worker was gathered from all over the country and from central Asia. About 20,000 people were recruited to translate the wild dream into reality. The main architect was Ustad Isa Khan, who was brought all the way from Shiraz in Iran. The walled complex includes two Mosques and an imposing gateway. The tomb is encased in white marble that is decorated with flawless sculptures and Inlaid design of flowers and calligraphy.

India Message Beyond Words

Town Planning

Built as early as 3000 BC, the Indian towns had quality materials of superior finish and high standard of manipulation, giving perfect stability to construction. Straight roads at right angles, main thoroughness running almost to south, east to west. It possessed a network pf covered draining that was new in the ancient world.

The reconstruction Of Kusinagar, of the 7^th century BC, had horizontally placed cylindrical rooftop so designed as to permit free flow of air and light. No other city in the ancient world outside India had such a design Incorporated.

The great Bath, built at Mohen-jo-daro is unique. The tank has a rectangular structure. It is situated in the center of a courtyard and measures 11.89 mts from north and south and 7.01 mts from east to west, the depth being 2.44 mts. A double ringed of well in one of the rooms for supply of water to the bath, the floor of which is approached by a flight of steps on the north and south.

An interesting feature of the construction was the care bestowed in water tightening of the structure. A two cms, thick damp-proof course of bitumen was used between the facing baked bricks of the basin and the intermediate wall, which inturns was retained be a mud – brick packing the outermost baked-brick wall.

Across the lane to the north of the Great bath there is a block with eight bath rooms arranged in two rooms, one on either of a drain. Each bathroom on Mohen-jo-daro had a staircase that was leading to the upper storey and privacy was secured by ensuring that the doors were not disposed opposite to one another.

India Where Science and Culture Blends Together

We Rocketed the idea of Rocketing!!!!

Tipu Sultan army was the first to use rockets. Abdul Kalam tells the story, in HALF JEST AND HALF PAIN that the British learnt about accurate rocket propulsion from Tipu Sultan Armory.

We premiered through the pass

The Jammu Kashmir state Road Transport Corporation (JKSRTC) operated the first vehicle Khardung La Pass at 18,380 ft in 1962 – the highest motorable road in the world.

Log on to India

Stupas

The earliest surviving religious structures are the Buddhist Stupas. The Stupas is a large burial mound, hemispherical in shape, with a central chamber in which a small casket containing the relics of the Buddha are preserved. The core of the mound was of burnt bricks; its outer face of burnt bricks and the entire structures was given a skin of thick plaster. On top of the hemisphere stood the harmika, a stylized umbrella of stone or wood. A fence made first of wood but later replaced by stone ran round the Stupas enclosing a path for the ritual of circumambulation. Some of the Stupas as at Sabchi (2^nd century B.C.E) were provided with beautiful entrance arches (torana) at the four cardinal points. Smaller Stupas and monasteries and theological colleges gradually sprung around the main Stupas converting the site into a colony of monks and learned men.

The biggest and best preserved is the Sanchi Stupa of Madhya Pradesh, Stupas at Sarnath near Varanasi and Amaravati in Andhra Pradesh.

noreply@blogger.com (Nisha) — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 12:41:00 +0000

The Dock At Lothal

Lothal city was planned on similar lines as Harappa and Mohen-jo-daro. The features of which are an orderly array of streets and lanes crossing one another at right angles and the division and the division of the town into various blocks, which distinguish Indus cities from Mesopotamian and Egyptians towns. Initially, Lothal dock was rectangular on plan measuring 300 mts from north to south and 400 mts from east to west, and was protected against floods by a 13 mts thick wall of mud bricks.

Artificial dock for berthing ship

Lothal city’s engineers made the greatest contributions to the advancement of science and technology by building an artificial dock for berthing ships.

The Lothal dock is noted for its unique water-locking device, introduced in the spillway, which could be closed or kept open according to necessity, It regulated the flow of water at high tide and ensured flotation of ships at low tide without necessitating the basin to be silted up. The perfect verticality of the inner face to the walls enabled ships to come right up to the edge of the wharf for loading and unloading. A trapezoid basin measuring an average 214 * 36 mts was excavated on the eastern flank of the city and closed by masonry wall of kiln-fired bricks with necessary gaps for the inlet and spillway in the shorter arms on the north and south respectively.

This technology was applied for laying canal network, with intervening water holding tanks and sluice gates put in place to control the volume and direction of water flow.

India Unveiling The Curtain

noreply@blogger.com (Nisha) — Sun, 20 May 2007 10:33:00 +0000

Rock Cut Culture

No other country has so accurately recorded the carpenter’s craft as practiced 2,000 years ago

Chaitanya Hall at Karla, Maharashtra 1^st year century BC has a cylindrical vault. Hewn out of a single rock are the details of the journey and rock-cut columns. It is an apsidal hall excavated into solid rocks with rows of pillars running along the walls that supports a curved roof, resting on ribs in imitation of the barrel vaulting of a wooden structure. Most notable development in rock-architecture happened the period from the seventh to the 10^th centuries. The entire kailas temple as Ellora, Maharashtra (6^th century AD), is the largest single piece of sculpture in the world. Worked from the top to the ground level, this temple complex occupies twice the plinth area of the Parthenon in Greece. Indian craftsmen had mastered the technique of transferring the load from top into the earth by balancing it through the application of poise, counterpoise and load bearing.

noreply@blogger.com (Nisha) — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 18:00:00 +0000

India as we have stated throughout this Blog, is a land of excellence. Our countrymen have been exceptional achievers in various fields of activity, which ranges from sports and gallantry to arts and science. Our country employs a number of wards to honour these great men and women of our country, whose actions are deeds have a made us proud and glad. These awards play an important role in our national life, as they prove to be not only a source of encouragement for the extra-ordinary but also an inspiration for the ordinary.

Bharat Ratna and Padma Awards

PADMA AWARDS namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Shree are given for exceptional and distinguished service of high order in any field. The Padma Awards are announced on the eve of the Republic Day. The president of India gives the BHARAT RATNA AWARDS, the highest civilian honour, for exceptional service towards advancement of Art, Literature and Science, and in recognition of Public service of the highest order.

Bravery and Gallantry Awards

The Indian Council for Child Welfare started national Bravery Awards in 1957. The Awards was to recognize and honour children who performed outstanding deeds of bravery and selfless sacrifice.

Gallantry Awards. The Ashok Chakra series of Awards are open to civilians. These Awards are biannual and are given on the Republic Day and Independence Day.

Sahitya and Dada Saheb Awards.

Sahitya Academy Awards was instituted in the year 1954. These awards recognize the most outstanding books of literary merit published in any of the major Indian languages.

Dada Saheb Phalke is the founder of the world’s largest Film Industry. The most prestigious awards of the Indian Film Industry is named after him.

Dronacharya Awards and Arjun Awards.

Dronacharya Awards was instituted in 1985 to honour eminent coaches, who have outstandingly and consistently motivated sportspersons to the highest performance in international events.

Arjun Award was instituted in 1961 as the highest national recognition for outstanding performance in sports and games at the international level.

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Rail tales

The Mumbai suburban railway system carries 59 lakhs passengers a day, the highest in the world. About 1,077 suburban trains run every day on a track length of just 288 km. Bombay – Baroda and Central India Railway (BB&CI) introduced double deck coaches in 1862. The seating capacity was 120- 150 on the lower deck and 70 on the upper deck.

Prized Platform

The railway platform at Kharagpur in West Bengal is 833 mts (2,733 ft) long the longest in the world.

Architecture:

The unique quality of the Indian architecture is its spiritual content. Much of it was done not for personal glory or just comfort but it was an effort of dedication and love. Iconography has been a part Indian architecture since time immemorial. When a sculptor had to sculpt an image or depict a message, he could see sculpture in the rock he chose to work after a complete understanding of the material and the thoughts in his mind. It takes a lot for us to get a glimpse of their ability, which depicts life in rock. For any science to sustain, it has to change with time. Architecture of our country is apt to this truth

Styles like Jain, Buddhist, and Hindu and Mongul architecture

Magnificent structures have been built on sea, dusty, beaches, dense forests and hills. It is tough to imagine the effort of those great architects who have worked without canes, bulldozers, cements mixers and most of all electricity. It remains a wonder how precise calculations were made in their construction.

The glory of Indian architecture lies in its ability, to reflect the lifestyle and history of the era। The range extends from city and town planning, temple complexes, observations, monuments and memorials in various materials from rock to metal

noreply@blogger.com (Nisha) — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 19:04:00 +0000

National Game

Hockey is the National Game of India. Unmatched excellence and incomparable virtuosity brought India a string of Olympic gold medals. The brilliant Indians brought a touch of magic to their play and the ball - juggling feats of the Indians were a sheer delight. The Golden Era of hockey in India was period from 1928 – 1956 when India won 6 consecutive gold medals in the Olympics.India ‘Sticks’ to its Game…

Some Amging Facts

Rabindranath Tagore is not only the first Indian Nobel Laureate, but also the first Asian to be honored, taking into account all the subjects in which the Nobel Committee gave the award.

Voters Paradise

From 173 million voters 50 years ago, the number of grew to 619 million in the 1999 general election, making India electorate in the world.

India is a marvellous country. It is a country with a uniquely evolved culture and
Civilization, language and literature, art and architecture, laws and moral codes, customs
and calendar, history and traditions, geography and politics.

India is one billion people, speaking myriad tongues, dressing in numerous modes of apparel, exhibiting countless mannerisms and group characteristics, woven into the multi-hued fabric that this nation is.

There is certainly something very special about this country of ours, that one after another, age after age, generation after generation, great Saints like Swami Chinmayananda are born into the laps of this land to re-discover and spread the Supreme Knowledge that the Rishis of the days of yore had discovered through years of penance and research.

noreply@blogger.com (Nisha) — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 18:22:00 +0000

National Tree

Commanding a central presence in the timeless settings of India countryside, is the mighty Banyan, a tree endemic to the Indian subcontinent. For man it provides shelter and is a point where the village communities gather and transact much of their affairs. The tree is a veritable micro habitat for countless creatures. It release maximum ozone in the atmosphere. Like banyan, India shelter all races, castes, creed and religion. To them all, it gives wisdom.

National Bird Peacock
National BirdThe Indian peacock, the national bird of India, is a colourful swan – sized bird with a fan – shaped crest of feathers on its head, a white patch under the eye and a long slender neck. Peacock represents a colourful life.

noreply@blogger.com (Nisha) — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 18:33:00 +0000

National Fruit

A fleshy fruit, eaten ripe or used green for pickles etc., of the tree Magnifera indica, the mango is one of the most important and widely cultivated fruits of the tropical world. In India there are over 100 varieties of mangoes, in different sizes, shape and colours. Poet Kalidasa sung its praises and Akbar planted 100,000 mango trees in Darbhanga, known as Lakhi Bagh.

Mango Fruit (Y) Fresh n Juicy

National Animal

Tiger the magnificent animal is the national animal of India, is a rich – coloured well-striped animal with a grace, strength, agility and enormous power has earned the tiger great respect and high esteem. The tiger needs to be emulated to remains alert and swift while working towards our goals in life.

noreply@blogger.com (Nisha) — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 18:31:00 +0000

National Flower

The National Flower Lotus. Lotus, prized for their serene beauty, are delightful to behold as their blossoms open on the surface of a pond.

In India, the sacred lotus is legendary and much folklore and religious mythology is woven around it. Lotuses represent detachment (vairagya). The water touches it but cannot make it wet. Similarly, the spiritual mind endures all advertise with a smile (sorrows around but not sorrowfully).

Hindustan………………… Gulistan!!

noreply@blogger.com (Nisha) — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 18:13:00 +0000

National Song

Vande Mataram! The National song of India

Composed by Bankim Chandna Chatterjee

Video of A.R.Rahman's reinvention of India's national song Vande Mataram, 'Maa Tujhe Salaam'.

noreply@blogger.com (Nisha) — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 19:11:00 +0000

National Anthem

The song jana-gana-mana, composed by Rabindranath Tagore, was adopted by the Constituent Assembly as the National Anthem of India on January 24, 1950.

Playing time of full National Anthem is approximately 52 seconds.

" Jana Gana Mana Adhinayaka Jaya He

Bharat Bhagya Vidhata

Punjab Sindh Gujarat Maratha

Dravida Utkala Banga

Vindhya Himachal Yamuna Ganga

Ucchala Jaladhi Taranga

Tubh Shubha Name Jage

Tubh Shubha Ashisha Mange

Gahe Tubh Jaya Gata

Jan Gan Mangaldayak Jay He

Bharat Bhagya Vidhata

Jaye He ! Jaye He ! Jaye He !

Jaye,Jaye,Jaye,Jaye He "

The following is Tagore English rendering of the stanza:

Though art the ruler of the minds of all people, dispenser of Indians destiny. Thy name rouses the hearts of Punjab, Sindh, Gujarat, Marathas, all of the Dravida and Orissa and Bengal is echoes in the hills of the Vindhyas and Himalayas, Mingles in the music of Jamuna and Ganges and is chanted by the waves of the Indian Sea. They pray for thy blessings and sign thy praise. The saving of all people waits in thy hand, thou dispenser of Indians destiny victory to there.

noreply@blogger.com (Nisha) — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 18:36:00 +0000

National Flag

Indias national flag is a horizontal tricolour of deep saffron (Kesri) at the top; White is in the middle and dark green at the bottom. In the center of the white at band is a navy wheel (Chakra). Its design is that of the wheel which appears on the abacus of the Sarnath Lion Capital of Ashoka. Its diameter approximates to the width of the white band and its 24 spokes.
The saffron color represents sacrifice – The colour of flames.
The white color represents Nobility.
The green color represents prosperity.
The wheel represents Dharma.

noreply@blogger.com (Nisha) — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 18:34:00 +0000

National Emblem

The national emblem is an adaptation from the Sarnath, Lion Capital of Ashoka. In the original, there are four lions, standing back to back, mounted on an abacus with a frieze carrying sculptures of an elephant, a galloping horse, a bull and a lion separated by intervening wheels over a bell – shaped lotus. Carved out of single block of polished sandstone, the capital is crowned by the Wheel of the Law, Dharma Chakra. In the state emblem adopted by the Government of India on January 26, 1980, only three lions are visible, the fourth being hidden from views. The wheel appears from views. The wheel appears in relief in the center of the abacus with a bull on the right and a horse on the left, and the outlines right and left. In inspire us to march along the path of dharma slogging like bull yet remaining swift as a horse. The bell shaped lotus has been omitted. The words Satyameva Jayate from Mundaka Upanished, meaning Truth Alone Triumphs are inscribed below the abacus in the Devanagari script.

noreply@blogger.com (Nisha) — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 20:58:00 +0000

India lies in south Asia, between Pakistan, China and Nepal.To the north it is bordered by the world's highest mountain chain, where foothill valleys cover the northernmost of the country's 26 states.Further south, plateaus, tropical rain forests and sandy deserts are bordered by palm fringed beaches .Side by side with the country's staggering topographical variations is its cultural
diversity, the result of the coexistence of a number of religions as well as local tradition. Thus, the towering temples of south India, easily identifiable by their
ornately sculptured surface, are associated with a great many crafts and performing arts of the region.In the desert of Kutch, Gujarat, on the other hand, a scattering of villages pit themselves against the awesome forces of nature, resulting in Spartan lifestyles made vibrant by a profusion of jewelry and ornamental embroidery used to adorn apparel and household linen. In the extreme north is the high altitude desert of Ladakh. Local culture is visibly shaped by the faith - Buddhism -as well as by the harsh terrain. Yet another facet of Indian culture is observed in the colorful tribal lifestyles of the north eastern states of Nagaland, Mizoram, Tripura and Manipur with their folk culture.In the central Indian states of Orissa and Madhya Pradesh tribal village life has resulted
in a variety of artistically executed handicrafts.India's mountains provide heli skiing, river running, mountaineering and trekking. Its beaches provide lazy sun-bathing as well as wind surfing and snorkeling, and its jungles provide shooting wildlife -with a camera.India's history goes back to 3,200 BC when Hinduism was first founded. Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism. Judaism. Zoroashtrianism, Christianity and Islam all exist within the country today. As a consequence of India's size, the history of the country has seldom been the same for two adjoining territories, and its great natural wealth has lured a succession of traders and foreign influences to it, each having left their imprint in the country, however faint or localized. Thus, Chinese fishing nets in
Kerala are a throwback to that country's ancient maritime trade, while in the north,
terra-cotta figurines of the centuries BC bear distinctly Greek traces.Modern India is home alike to the tribal with his anachronistic lifestyle and to the sophisticated urban jetsetter. It is a land where temple elephants exist amicably with the microchip. Its ancient monuments are the backdrop for the world's largest democracy where atomic energy is generated and industrial development has brought the country within the world's top ten nations.
Today, fishermen along the country's coastline fashion simple fishing boats in a centuries old tradition while,a few miles away. motor vehicles glide off conveyor belts in state-of-the-art factories