Defining Indian Identity – What’s in a name?

Name is an important tool to describe personal identity. The fondness for selecting, using, and remembering names is an important Cultural attribute which defines Indian Identity.

Defining Indian Identity -The Traditional Greeting

Culture is acquired or learned behavior. We learn to greet and acknowledge each other with tools provided by Culture.

Defining Indian Identity-The Doctrine of Individualism

In the Indian Tradition, the true or real identity of man is unrelated to the features of his morphological appearance which is subject to changes under the influence of time. These morphological traits are unreal and the real or true man always exists as a Specific Individual with unchanging Individuality and is associated with the vital, animating principle called Soul. The human Soul is capable of transmigrating across all known human races and ethnicities.