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Singh, Vishwajeet K. email singhvis_at_msu.edu.
Homepage www.msu.edu/singhvis
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Human Life without communication, acculturation
and evolution!
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Can we ignore the effectiveness of a symbolic
system i.e. language?
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Is it possible to understand a culture and imbibe
the best of it without learning the language of
that culture?
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What constitutes evolution of modern human beings?
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n?m?st?e ! namaste ! I greet you! Hello! Hi !
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Is India only the land of snake charmers,
mysticism, mythologies, diversity?
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India is also a land of opportunities!
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What is the richest asset of any nation, its
culture or its secret of success?
People
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1652 registered languages and dialects 400
million native Hindi speakers
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Have you ever heard of the expressions
kanyaadaan, sindoor, suhaag, dharmapatni,
rudaali, widhwaa etc?
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Kanyadaan
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At Vrindavan
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widhwaa Vermillion http//www.youtube.com/watc
h?v8VjaurGD_pQ
Water Deepa Mehta http//www.youtube.com/watch?v
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Exploitative Structure in India
Women Gender Religion Across religions Class
Low class versus elite class Caste Dalit versus
upper caste Economy Modern Society at large
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Films and Documentaries Deepa Mehtas trilogy
Fire 1996, 1947 Earth 1998 and Water
2005 Mira Nairs Salaam Bombay 1988 and
Monsoon Wedding 2001 Ray, Satyajit Distant
Thunder
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Books De, Shobha. 2005. The Spouse the truth
about marriage. Deshpande, Shashi. 1989. That
Long Silence. Desai, Anita In Custody
1984 Desai, Kiran.2006. The Inheritance of
Loss. won Booker Prize 2006 Lahiri, Jhumpa.
2000. The Interpreter of Maladies. won Pulitzer
prize for fiction and The Namesake 2003 Roy,
Arundhati. 1997. The God of Small Things.
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Hindi Books Shahni, Bhism. 1987. Tamas. Bharti,
Dharmvir. 1997. Gunahon kaa devta. Verma,
Nirmala. Pioneer of Nai Kahani. Singh, Namvar.
1982. Doosri Parampara ki khoj. Bacchan,
Harivansh Rai. 1935. Madhushala.
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OPPORTUNITIES Tour Travel Education Health Insur
ance
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References http//www.sawnet.org/books/authors.p
hp https//www.vedamsbooks.com/women.htm http//
www.biotechedge.com/wedding/Kanyadaan.htm http//
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hariprasad_Chaurasia
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Thanks! dhanyavaad!
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