Indian Culture

(Review by Garud Rohit Ravindra, Visiting Lecturer-MAHARASHTRA STATE INSTITUTE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT AND
CATERING TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH SOCIETY, PUNE)

This is a book which has been published by Sri Ramkrishna Math, Chennai. The math is well known for their informatory books. This book contains information about Indian culture and traditions. This book doesn’t only talk about the religions in India but along with that it also describes daily practices along with base or reasons for them. This is very important for us to learn about India and our roots. The book is having subjects like The Rangoli, Lighting the lamp, Prasada and even Indian Languages too. These are the core Indian cultural subjects which are closely rooted with society.

Along with these the topics like Indian Clothing, Yoga, Ayurveda, why we should not disrespect the food are also covered in this book, which are not core but co-related topics of Indian Culture. Unless knowing about Indian Phylosophy, learning about Indian Culture can not get complete. Topics like Vedic Culture, Culinary Traditions, do through the light on Indian Phylosophy. Dara Shikoh (who translated Upanishads in Persian) has also got the place in this book.

This book should get marketed in current era as this book is one of the examples as a reference book for the Indian Knowledge System, a subject which is getting promoted by Indian Government under New Education Policy at the educational Institutions.