| India is always remembered as a land of diverse | | | | classical dance forms can be traced to Natyasastra, |
| cultures. The geographic position, climate and the | | | | ascribed to Sage Bharata who is believed to have |
| extent of exposure to foreign cultures have totally | | | | lived between the 1st and 2nd Century AD |
| influenced the traditions and culture of the different | | | | 18 Indian languages with 1600 regional dialects are |
| regions at different periods. The greatness of Indian | | | | spoken and the linguistic lines are drawn by State |
| culture has been in adopting the best from all the | | | | boundaries Besides Hindi and English, the other popular |
| invaders and intermingling their customs and styles with | | | | languages are Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, |
| the existing and this is visible in all aspects of culture. | | | | Kashmiri, Konkani, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Malayalam, |
| Indian culture have always been attached to the great | | | | Marathi, Punjabi, Oriya, Telugu and Urdu |
| river systems, the watersheds of the Indus and | | | | Indian Cuisine skill lies in the subtle blending of a variety |
| Ganges, the Deccan plateau and South India. | | | | of spices to make various delicious recipes. These |
| Secular India is home to Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, | | | | spices are used as home medicines too. |
| Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism and other innumerable | | | | A typical North-Indian meal would consist of wheat. |
| religious traditions. Hinduism is the dominant religious | | | | Rice is the staple diet in South Indian food. Coconut |
| faith followed by the majority of the population. Colorful | | | | and oil are essential ingredients in all the meal. A meal |
| traditional festivals are almost 400 that have been | | | | is rounded off with betel leaf which holds an |
| happening for centuries. Not a single day passes by | | | | assortment of digestive part. |
| without a festival in one region or the other. It is an | | | | Women are the mirrors of culture of a society. Indian |
| occasion for men to put on a new traditional costumes | | | | women are becoming increasingly visible and |
| and jewelery. | | | | successful in the professional and public sphere. |
| Traditional wears like the silk saris, cholis have | | | | Whether it is Barkha Dutt, Arundhati Roy, Kiran |
| fascinated many a traveler over the centuries. Men in | | | | Mazumdar Shaw, they have all heralded the arrival of |
| villages are still more comfortable in traditional attire like | | | | Indian women professionals. |
| kurtas, lungis, dhotis and pyjamas. | | | | Latest outsourcing of technological agility, quality, |
| Indian literature, Indian poetry, Indian epic poetry | | | | flexibility, cost control, time-to-market and competitive |
| Ramayana and Mahabharata, Painting, Sculpture, | | | | advantage have made India well known in the business |
| Architecture- everything is depicted and interpreted | | | | world. |
| through religion and philosophy. | | | | India exports software to 95 countries around the |
| Well known classical styles of dancing on the Indian | | | | world, outsource high quality brain-power 82% of the |
| stage are Bharatanatyam, Kathakali, Odissi, Kathak, | | | | US companies ranked India as their first choice for |
| and Manipuri. Folk dances also contribute to the | | | | software outsourcing. |
| plethora of Indian dances. The common root of all | | | | |