The ethnic and cultural diversity in India has always been bound by the thread of unity. Discuss the major factors that have contributed to the cultural unity of India.
Introduction
India is a nation of diversity seen through cultures, food, ideas, festivals, religion etc, but unity is a constant feature of Indian society.
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Main Body
Factors contributing to cultural unity:
eg: Indian culture consists of parties from Islam, Hinduism, Christianity etc.
eg: Article 25-28 => each individual free to follow & express any religion.
eg: Abolition of untouchability. However, there are threats to cultural unity, seen through communalism, sub nationalism, linguistic chauvinism etc, which needs to be effectively tackled to ensure maintenance of saline unity in diversity.
Conclusion
Hence, in order to truly remove 'caste' in social aspect, need to attitudinal change in private life, to actually ensure uptake of welfare through public means.
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- Clear structured approach with five main factors
- Good use of constitutional provisions
- Mention of threats to unity
- Examples provided for each factor
Ritika Chitlangia
Salient features of Indian Society, Diversity of India
Cultural Diversity and Unity
Factors contributing to cultural unity
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