This was an excellent paper written by couple of bright young people. I will give it an A+.
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In India, there are many different cultures that one can readily see. There are 18 official languages and they all appear on India’s currency, which helps unite the country. Our tour director is a Hindu, our bus driver is a Sikh, and the bus driver’s assistant is a Muslim. Each is from a different region of India. However, there is never any issue at all regarding their acceptance and mutual respect of one another.
On one stretch of road one may find a mosque, a Baptist church, and Hindu temples, all side by side. There is much that can be learned from India’s acceptance and celebration of different cultures within their country. A society such as this allows different viewpoints to thrive, and tends to avoid “tyranny of the majority.” A member of the Indian Parliament told us, “to be an Indian means by definition to be a minority in one way or another.”
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What India can learn from us, and what we can learn from India
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In India, there are many different cultures that one can readily see. There are 18 official languages and they all appear on India’s currency, which helps unite the country. Our tour director is a Hindu, our bus driver is a Sikh, and the bus driver’s assistant is a Muslim. Each is from a different region of India. However, there is never any issue at all regarding their acceptance and mutual respect of one another.
On one stretch of road one may find a mosque, a Baptist church, and Hindu temples, all side by side. There is much that can be learned from India’s acceptance and celebration of different cultures within their country. A society such as this allows different viewpoints to thrive, and tends to avoid “tyranny of the majority.” A member of the Indian Parliament told us, “to be an Indian means by definition to be a minority in one way or another.”
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What India can learn from us, and what we can learn from India
