In this segment, you will learn about the various features of Indian culture and examine Indian culture as a perfect blend of homogeneity and heterogeneity.
Watch this video as Dr Ritu Sen walks you through the interesting features of Indian culture.
In this video, you learnt about the following significant elements that make up Indian culture: language, religion, food, clothing, architecture and festivals.
You also examined Indian culture through a new lens of paradoxes, which are as follows:
Rural/illiterate and urban/skilled
Spirit of competition and spirit of cooperation
Order and chaos
Modernity and tradition
In the next session, you will learn about India’s contemporary cultural formations.