Blog #8 2/25/09

For my text about culture, I would like to use the Indian culture since we have just written a paper about it. I will use the book Nectar In A Sieve by Kamala, Markandaya. One major thing about Indian Culture is their different array of foods, which includes; rice, spices, fruit, dhal, chilies, fish, nuts, coconut milk, and herbs. This shows that there is also generally a lack of meat from the Indian Culture due to many being Hindu's. Food in Indian Culture generally plays more of a social role than in the U.S. culture. I think that American Culture really doesn't have a certain "type" of food because of all the different ethnicities and races that live in our Country. But, I am glad that we have all this diversity in our Nation because I enjoy being able to eat different types of foods from different cultures that I might not be able to eat in other country's. Another part of Indian culture is their different clothing style, which is very unique from other's. For example, the traditional Indian clothing that women wear includes a sari, jewlery, and a dhoti, (red dot on forehead). In more modern times such as today, Indian women do not always wear the traditional clothing as much as they did earlier on in civilization. In our culture, people do not generally wear types of traditional clothing of any type and wear and kind of clothing for that matter. Moreover, I believe that due to the preservation of traditional values, the Indian culture has been able to stay true to its roots unlike country's with mass immigration, such as America. 

Markandaya, Kamala. Nectar In A Sieve. New York: Signet Classic, 2002.