CULTURAL POCKETS OF SMALL INDIA OVER THE NATION

 UPSC GS MAINS IMPORTANT QUESTIONS


Do we have cultural pockets of small India all over the nation ? Elaborate with examples.



The basic idea is that within a bigger, overarching culture we can develop and sustain a different culture is called cultural pockets. Perhaps, more than in any other part of the world, India is a country where people have come to acquire multiple identities based on region(example : North India, North-East India , Deccan and South India), language (ex : Hindi, Tamil and Telugu), religion (Ex: Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Buddhists, Jain and Sikhs) , etc . Each set of these and other identities corresponding to a distinct set of social relations, i.e., a distinct social structure. However, there are threats which bind many of them together. Therefore, understanding Indian Social structure is necessary because it explains our relation with each other in our society. It tells us what kind of social institutions exist in society and how they got modified over a period of time.




Our cultural identities are based on various factors such as religion and region. As a result, each Indian possesses multiple identities. Which of these identities asserts itself at a certain point of time and prevails over the others, depends on political, social or economic context in which the person finds himself/ herself. thus each person may have some things in common with another, but may be vastly different in some other aspects. For example, except belief, forms of worship and rituals, there may be little that is common among those who follow a particular faith from the point of view of the whole country. Even in the form of worship and ritual, there are sectorial and regional differences.




Ethnic culture is strong among the tribal groups. For example, in the small state of Nagaland, there are more than a dozen tribes and they differ from each other in their dress, speech and beliefs. Bastar district of Chhattisgarh has several groups claiming different ethnic origins. 




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