India

Cultural Prototype Exercise

Arun Vigneswaran M TISS

India Explained in a slide

North India
Beautiful mountainous region
enveloped by the Himalayas
People go here for
Trekking,Camping,Vacations
Again lot of dialects are
spoken. But common language
is Hindi
The capital New Delhi A city
built by Mughals is present
here
Urban people are more flashy
Western
India conscious
and fashion
Though every state has a
language dialect, Hindi is
spoken as a common
language
Urban people are known for
business and commerce
Rural people are mostly into
agriculture
Again food varies from region
to region

India as a Whole

Family Values are given lot of importance

People love movies and their food

Lot of importance is given to the different festivals

celebrated across India

Mostly education is seen as something which

enables a person to break the barriers of caste,
poverty

North East India

My Hometown

Very beautiful hilly region

People living here are mostly descendants
of Himalayan tribes
Free wheeling culture
People enjoy their native food, drink and
music
Over 220 forms of local languages are
spoken

South
India(South of the Vindhyas)

The four states make South India

They have somewhat similar traditions
and culture
Four different Dravidian languages Tamil,
Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu are spoken in
the respective states
Known for rich cultural art forms like
Kathakali, Bharatanatyam, Ayurveda
The major cities like Bangalore, Chennai
are now bustling centres of IT and
commerce

Culture Of Kerala in pictures

1)Traditional Martial arts form Kalaripayattu 2) Snake boat race in the

backwaters 3)Kathakali Conveying stories through dance 4)Carnatic Music
concert

Popular culture and

lifestyle :

1)Backwaters are present in a lot of coastal areas This pic is one

near my home
2) Kovalam Beach A popular beach very close to my home where I
usually go for wading and a walk
3)The Western Ghats which covers a huge part of Kerala

1)Fish is an essential
component of
diet2)Sadya-A typical
meal3)Barotta-A
popular
fastfood4)Dosa-Again
a very popular
fastfood

1) It is a left politics dominated state 2) A mall where people flock

during weekends 3)Cricket is a popular sport played in fields and
gullies 4)Autorickshaw a poplar mode of transport 5) An art deco
heater where people flock for movies

All pics
labelled
clockwise

Similarities and differences

People love their tradition food

and drink
People are movie crazy and
worship the stars
People love nature and like to
travel
People are usually very educated
and the state has highest literacy
rates in country
People are very laidback and
sometimes lazy
People are very family oriented
and conscious of society
Lately people have become
materialistic
People are conservative when it
comes to marriage, religion, caste,

I am a foodie and I love my

tradition food
I am not much into movies and
not crazy anyway
I love travel and have explored
a lot of places
I too give lot of focus on
education
Even though I am of a laidback
nature I do not drift
I am attached to my family
I am not very materialistic
I am totally different in this, I
hold liberal views and much
autonomous when it comes to
society