Today we the team of KALEIDOSCOPE are proud to present to you our 2nd edition and celebrate the 60th INDIAN Independance day with all our Indian friends!!
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Father of our Nation
MAHATMA GANDHI The story of India is never complete, without the mention of this Great man who is called The Father of Our Nation. click the pic;to know more about him,his life, and his contribution to the Freedom struggle of India.
INDIA
is one of the oldest civilisations in the world with a kaleidoscopic
variety and rich cultural heritage. It has achieved multifaceted
socio-economic progress during the last 59 years of its Independence.
India has become self-sufficient in agricultural production, and is now
the tenth industrialised country in the world and the sixth nation to
have gone into outer space to conquer nature for the benefit of the
people. It covers an area of 32,87,263 sq km, extending from the
snow-covered Himalayan heights to the tropical rain forests of the
south. As the seventh largest country in the world, India stands apart
from the rest of Asia, marked off as it is by mountains and the sea,
which give the country a distinct geographical entity. Bounded by the
Great Himalayas in the north, it stretches southwards and at the Tropic
of Cancer, tapers off into the Indian Ocean between the Bay of Bengal
on the east and the Arabian Sea on the west.
Lying
entirely in the northern hemisphere, the mainland extends between
latitudes 8°4' and 37°6' north, longitudes 68°7' and 97°25' east, and
measures about 3,214 km from north to south between the extreme
latitudes and about 2,933 km from east to west between the extreme
longitudes. It has a land frontier of about 15,200 km. The total length
of the coastline of the mainland, Lakshadweep Islands, and the Andaman
and Nicobar Islands is 7,516.6 km.
The History of India begins with the birth of the Indus Valley
Civilization, more precisely known as Harappan Civilization. It
flourished around 2,500 BC, in the western part of South Asia, what
today is Pakistan and Western India. The Indus Valley was home to the
largest of the four ancient urban civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia,
India and China. Nothing was known about this civilization till 1920s
when the Archaeological Department of India carried out excavations in
the Indus valley wherein the ruins of the two old cities, viz.
Mohenjodaro and Harappa were unearthed. The ruins of buildings and
other things like household articles, weapons of war, gold and silver
ornaments, seals, toys, pottery wares, etc., show that some four to
five thousand years ago a highly developed Civilization flourished in
this region.
India, a union of states, is a Sovereign, Secular, Democratic Republic
with a Parliamentary system of Government.
The President is the constitutional head of Executive of the Union. In
the states, the Governor, as the representative of the President, is
the head of Executive. The system of government in states closely
resembles that of the Union. There are 28 states and 7 Union
territories in the country. Union Territories are administered by the
President through an Administrator appointed by him. From the largest
to the smallest, each State/UT of India has a unique demography,
history and culture, dress, festivals, language etc.
To know more one can go
hereABOUT THE FLAG
The National Flag is a horizontal tricolour of deep saffron
(kesaria)
at the top, white in the middle and dark green at the bottom in equal
proportion. The ratio of width of the flag to its length is two to
three. In the centre of the white band is a navy-blue wheel which
represents the
chakra. Its design is that of the wheel which
appears on the abacus of the Sarnath Lion Capital of Ashoka. Its
diameter approximates to the width of the white band and it has 24
spokes. The design of the National Flag was adopted by the Constituent
Assembly of India on 22 July 1947.
About its people
The Spirit of India, manifests itself in the diverse culture, lively festivals, and vibrant costumes and rich traditions it lives and expresses itself in the everyday life of its people....excerpt taken from
here from here you will see more about culture,customs & tourism. Look out for future editions highlighting different aspects of Indian culture and traditions, as it is too vast to cover it in one feature! :-)
for more interesting pictures of India go
here click here for more details and picture, if the above link does not workA personal note from Pauline!Dear friends, I could go on and on about my country, I do love India very much and am proud to be an INDIAN !!! Theres so much diversity here, and if we are united as a country its just a miracle. Each state has its own language and traditional dress and customes, culture and festivals!! I have travelled to the northern most part of my country..Kashmir where you can see the lovely snow capped Himalaya mountain range, awesome sight, right down to the southernmost state of Tamil Nadu now where I live. There is much one can learn from a visit to India, I would like to extend a warm welcome to anyone who would like to visit me and my country !!......NAMAASKAR !
JAI HIND !!
Well friends with that said we hope you all would have enjoyed reading and knowing more about India. Come and wish our Indian friends A HAPPY INDEPENDANCE DAY !!
With warm regards from us,:-)
JOHN, PAULINE & GEORGIOS
THE KALEIDOSCOPE TEAM