CULTURE OF INDIA

Culture of India

Few countries in the world have such an ancient and diverse culture as India¡¯s. India¡¯s physical, religious and racial variety is as important as the history of how it became what ¡°Modern India.¡± India is where people live with variety, thrive on diversity and are too familiar with largeness to let it boggle them. Stretching back in an unbroken sweep over five thousand years, India¡¯s culture has been enriched by successive waves of migration, which were absorbed into the Indian way of life. It is this variety which is a special hallmark of India. Underneath this diversity lies the continuity of Indian civilization and social structure from the very earliest times until the present.
Although India occupies only 2.4% of the world's land area, it supports over 15% of the world's population. Only China has a larger population. Almost 40% of Indians are younger than 15 years of age. About 70% of the people live in more than 550,000 villages...