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Defining Indian Identity -The portrayal of religious icons

कस्तूरितिलकं ललाटपटले वक्षःस्थले कौस्तुभंनासाग्रे नवमौक्तिकं करतले वेणुं करे कंकणम् ।सर्वांगे हरिचंदनं सुललितं कंठे च मुक्तावलिंगोपस्त्री परिवेष्ठितो विजयते गोपाल चूडामणिम् ।। kastūritilakaṃ lalāṭapaṭale vakṣaḥsthale kaustubhaṃnāsāgre navamauktikaṃ karatale veṇuṃ kare kaṃkaṇam .sarvāṃge haricaṃdanaṃ sulalitaṃ kaṃṭhe ca muktāvaliṃgopastrī pariveṣṭhito vijayate gopāla cūḍāmaṇim .. With the fragrant kasturi-mark on the forehead, the precious Kaustubha gem on the chest, the …

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Defining Indian Identity -Matru Devo Bhava

In Judaism and Islam, God is never invoked as ‘FATHER’. Jesus had expressed His intimate relationship with God by addressing God as ‘FATHER’. In India, we speak of God as Mother and Father.

Defining Indian Identity -The Land of Cultural Values

The Land of Cultural Values: Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth”. The Book of Matthew, Chapter 5,verse 5 of The Holy Bible teaches that humility has its own rewards. But, Bible fails to offer the tools to practice the Art of Humility. I inherited a sense of humility from the Land …

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Defining Indian Identity -The Language Factor

After India gained its Independence from the British on August 15, 1947, the remarkable political cohesiveness was shaken by the powerful influences of language. The political landscape of India got permanently changed with the formation of a Telugu Speaking State of Andhra on October 1, 1953.

Defining Indian Identity -Vasudhaika Kutumbam, The Concept of One Global Family

We are all connected and we are all related to each other. Either you could explain it in terms of Cellular Biology and Ecology or you could see it as a consequence of the cycles of birth and rebirth and transmigration of the soul through living entities.