India - Best country ever!

After meeting with a number of people, I had realized that a huge quantity of our Indians is more influenced by western culture. There is nothing wrong with following western culture but criticizing Indian culture without even knowing is quite ridiculous. One can be in the obsession with anything he/she likes. One can love anything but these days most of us are greatly influenced by the west and as a result, our culture, our heritage, our precious history are somehow losing its significance. We follow the western people so much that we completely ignore our very own wonderful past. We usually say "This is India, for achieving something you need to go outside, settle to western countries and only then you would be able to succeed", which is nothing but only a false notion, stuck in our mind with respect to India. So I'm writing this to describe to you a little about the real India, the country you should be proud of, the country that has the potential to produce the best in the whole world. 

 

Here I'm gonna explain a few reasons why I love my India and why you should proud to be an Indian as well :

Reason 1:  INDIAN CULTURE:

India is very well known for its rich and vast culture. Our culture includes Religions, festivals, languages, architecture, food, art, clothing, etc. It is this culture of India that represents the concept of unity among people of different castes, communities, regions, and religions. That's why it's wisely said, "Unity in diversity is the ultimate result of our Indian Culture".

Even after having a number of religions like Hinduism, Muslims, Christianity, Jainism, Sikhism, etc, we all live with joy and peace. That's the beauty of India.

 

Coming to Indian festivals, the way we all enjoy celebrating Diwali, Eid, Gurupurav, and Christmas with great enthusiasm and rejoice, this can only be seen in Indian culture. Religion is not a barrier to the unity of our nation and that's the beauty of our India.

Reason 2: INDIAN REVOLUTIONARIES:

We all are well known for the facts and the struggles associated with the Independence of India. We can't deny the fact that how a thousands of people laid down their lives for our independence. All these freedom fighters did this without caring for themselves. So, how can you say India has no history.

Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekhar Azad, Sukhdev, etc are some of the names of the revolutionaries who sacrificed themselves for their country. This made me proud that I was born in a country where these great revolutionaries took birth.

Reason 3: YOGA AND AYURVEDA:

Yoga and Ayurveda are the two different forms of sciences that are introduced to the whole world by the Indians. A number of people from different countries are fascinated and are attracted by yoga and Ayurveda and the origin of yoga and Ayurveda took place from the Vedas (The Vedic knowledge). Yoga originates from 'Yazurveda' and Ayurveda originates from 'Atharva Veda' and 'Riga Veda'.

It is Ayurveda that teaches the world about the balance between the body, mind, spirit, and the environment. The concept of spirituality and meditation had roots that were originated in India and then spread globally. But somehow the foreigners associated with yoga and ayurvedic sciences are much more aware of this than many of our Indians and this thing always makes me sad and worried about our culture and prestigious heritage that how we are ruining it and destroying it instead of preserving it for our future generation. 

Reason 4: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY:

When it comes to science and technology, how can we forget the big names of our Indian scientists and Indian inventors like C.V. Raman, A.P.J Abdul Kalam, Homi Jahangir Bhabha, Vikram Sarabhai, J.C Bose, Srinivasa Ramanujana, and many more?

India gave zero to mathematics and this is one of the greatest achievements ever made in history. This was done by a great mathematician of India namely 'Aryabhatta'. 

Whenever it comes to science and technology, how can we forget to mention DRDO and our ISRO?

DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organisation): DRDO is the most diversified research organization of India. It includes researches under various fields like Aeronautics, life sciences, armaments, electronics, missiles, etc DRDO had given its remarkable performances in the development of highly advanced missiles like Agni missile, Prithvi ballistic missile, Trishul missile, etc. DRDO has created other critical technologies such as aircraft avionics, UAVs, artillery systems, EW Systems, tanks, and armored vehicles, sonar systems, command and control systems, and missile systems as well.

ISRO ( Indian Space Research Organisation): ISRO represents the space agency of India. ISRO had done a number of achievements that has shocked the whole world ISRO sent a lunar orbiter, Chandrayaan-1in 2008, which discovered lunar water in the form of ice.

ISRO made India the first nation to succeed in its maiden attempt to Mars.

In 2017, ISRO launched 104 satellites in a single rocket naming PSLV-C37 and created a world record.

In 2019, ISRO also launched  Chandrayaan-2 to study the lunar geology and the distribution of lunar water.

Reason 5: INDIA IN GAMES AND SPORTS:

In the field of games and sports, India has always occupied one of the greatest positions. A number of games had their origin in ancient India. some of the games include Snakes and Ladders, kho kho, polo, chess, kabaddi, carrom, etc

 

Whenever it comes to sports, the only sport that hits the mind of all the Indians is Cricket and when it comes to cricket, we can't ignore the records and the champions produced by our country. From Kapil Dev and Sachin Tendulkar to MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli, a huge list of cricketers can be prepared to describe the sports achievement of India.

While talking about games and sports, let's throw some light on the national sport of India i.e Hockey. Talking about hockey, the hockey legend, Major Dhyan Chand was the greatest player in the history of hockey and was an Indian.

India has numerous achievements in other games as well like in chess we have grandmaster Viswanathan Anand, In football, we have great players like Sunil Chhetri, etc

Reason 6: INDIANS AND THEIR TEACHINGS:

India has taught a lot to the whole world but let's throw light on a few of the teachings that India had taught;

*ATITHI DEVO BHAVA: The way, we Indians treat our guests cant be seen anywhere else in the whole world. We Indians are the only ones, who treat our guests as Gods and treat them with whole respect. This is the part of Indian Hindhu-Buddhist philosophy.

*NAMASTAY:  The Namastay, or namaskar, or 'namaste' is one of the five forms of traditional greetings mentioned in the ancient Hindu scriptures, the Vedas. It translates to 'I bow to you'. The concept of Namaste was made popular by the Indians.

*RESPECTING THE ELDERS: Respecting the elders is the key factor of Indian society. A child got its first education in the form of teaching, how to respect your elders. Words like 'Ji', 'aap',aapne, etc show the polite behavior of Indians.

*PRANA JAYE PAR VACHAN NAA JAYE:

Talking about respect and the value of our thoughts and our promises, we ever made, comes this saying. It can be clearly demonstrated from the famous 'The Ramayana', indicating how important a promise is once we made it. And no matter how much you have to pay for it. Once you had made a promise, you have to fulfill it at any cost even at the cost of your life. This lesson gives a fine example of the thinking of our Indians.

Reason 6: FOOD AND LANGUAGES :

Everyone is very much aware of the fact, how much foody Indians are. Food is the basic necessity of mankind but for Indians, along with necessity food had occupied a great significance in lifestyle as well. From Jammu and Kashmir to Kanyakumari, food plays a very important role in uniting the whole of India. This thing can be well explained by the love of a south Indian for north Indian cuisines and vice versa.

Similarly, in a secular country like India, different languages represent the different localities and different emotions. India is the only country having more than 400 actively spoken languages. Though differences in regional languages, we Indians are united by our mother tongue language i.e Hindi. India has in fact no national language but there are 22 languages that had given official status. Is there any other country with such diversification? 

Reason 7: BOLLYWOOD AND INDIAN FILM INDUSTRY :

Talking about India without a mention of the Indian film industry and Bollywood movies would be quite unfair. Everyone who is interested in movies, songs, films, etc must aware of Bollywood, the Indian film industry. Bollywood doesn't need any introduction because of a number of huge achievements and a number of its best film productions across the whole world.

Bollywood had given us a number of legendary actors, who changed the whole era of cinema, and that's the reason, Indian cinema is the largest and world's best cinema. 

Reason 8: INDIAN ARMED FORCES - PRIDE OF INDIA!

The whole of India is just nothing if we don't mention about Indian Armed Forces. Indian Armed Forces represent the military forces of our country, consisting of three units namely the Indian Army, Indian Airforce, and Indian Naval Forces/Indian Navy. 

Indian armed forces consist of more than 1.4 million active army personnel, which makes it the world's 2nd largest military force in the world. Indian military force lies at the 4th most powerful military position in the whole world.

Working day and night wholeheartedly for the nation, this makes Indian Armed Forces a pride of India.

 

MY OPINION :

India has a lot to be praised for and a number of things are there, which needed to be improved and various things are needed to be implemented as well, not denying the fact but We can work in a united way in order to take our country and our culture forward. We all Indians can work together, supporting each other in order to take our country towards development, peace, and prosperity. We have to work together to preserve our rich heritage and promote our culture so that the whole world comes to know how beautiful and wonderful, our country India is.