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Multicultural-3 Compressed.Pdf See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/342096409 International Journal of Advanced Research and Publications Multicultural Education And Their Leadership Style In India Article · June 2020 CITATIONS READS 0 14 1 author: Velankanni Alex Assumption University of Thailand 7 PUBLICATIONS 0 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE Some of the authors of this publication are also working on these related projects: Leadership style for mathematics teacher View project A Leadership Model to Improve Higher Secondary Mathematics Teachers' Teaching Strategies at Dindigul District South India View project All content following this page was uploaded by Velankanni Alex on 11 June 2020. The user has requested enhancement of the downloaded file. International Journal of Advanced Research and Publications ISSN: 2456-9992 Multicultural Education And Their Leadership Style In India Velankanni Alex Assumption University, School of Human Science Hua Mak Campus, ABAC, Thailand, PH-0644212150 [email protected] Abstract: This study discusses about the national leaders‘ perspectives of diversity and multicultural education system and also it helps to work in multicultural background education system. It brings systematics education and their cultural values. The main issues of the study practice and leadership preparation according to their multicultural level. Key words: Education, Leadership, Multicultural, 1. Introduction trigonometry, and algebra. The decimal system was invented The way of life in India is one of the most established and in India in 100 B.C. The concept of zero as a number is also interesting. In India, there is astounding social decent attributed to India. variety all through the nation. The South, North, and Northeast have their own particular unmistakable societies Language in the Country and relatively every state has cut out its own social India a lot of languages. India as a country is diverse and specialty. There is not really any culture on the planet that is multilingual. There is no language called ―Indian‖. While as changed and one of a kind as India. India is a tremendous Hindi is the official language of the central government in nation, having an assortment of geological highlights and India, with English as a provisional official sub-language, climatic conditions. India is home to the absolute most individual state legislatures can adopt any regional language antiquated developments, including four noteworthy world as the official language of that state. In effect, there are religions, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism. A "Official Languages‖ at the state and central levels but there blend of these components has come about into a select is no one "national language." India speaks hundreds of Culture-Indian culture. Indian culture is a composite blend languages and dialects. Some are extinct, while some are of shifting styles and impacts. In the matter of food, for still in use with considerable speakers. Total official example, the North and the South are very surprising. languages by Indian states are 32 but, the languages Celebrations in India are portrayed by shading, joy, energy, recognized by the constitution is 22. The census of India petitions, and customs. In the domain of music, there are which had taken in 1962 has reported 1,652 languages. It is assortments of people, well known, pop, and established believed that 880 languages are still in use and nearly 220 music. The established convention of music in India languages had disappeared. Hindi is the official language of incorporates the Carnatic and the Hindustani music. Indian Union. Many believe that languages printed on Indian Rupee Notes are our national languages, but the truth Facts and Statistics is India has no national language. The Indian Constitution India is a country in South Asia. It is the Seventh-Largest does not give any language the status of National Language. country by area and second-largest by population and most The most using languages are Hindi, Bengali, Telegu, populous democracy in the world. India is the world's Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Odia, largest democracy, with 1.2 billion people. 100 million Punjabi, Assamese, Maithili, Bhili, Santhali, Kashmiri, people come to India's Kumbha Mela Festival, the world's Nepali, Gondi, Sindhi, Konkani, Dogri, Khandeshi, Kurukh, biggest gathering of humans. 70% of all the world's spices Tulu, Manipuri, Bodo, khasi,Mundari and Ho. come from India. India has more population than the entire Western Hemisphere of Earth. India's "Go Air" airline only Society and Culture - Religion and Beliefs hires female flight attendants because they are lighter, so India is a land of diversities. This diversity is also visible in they save up to US$500,000 per year in fuel. India is the the side of religion. The major religions of India are birthplace of chess. The original word for ―chess‖ is the Hinduism (majority religion), Islam (largest minority Sanskrit chaturanga, meaning ―four members of an army‖, religion), Sikhism, Christianity, Buddhism, Jainism, which were mostly likely elephants, horses, chariots, and Zoroastrianism, Judaism etc. are also existing. The people of foot soldiers. The Indian flag has three horizontal bands of India have a strong belief in religion as they believe that color: saffron for courage and sacrifice, white for truth and they add meaning and purpose to their lives. The religions peace, and green for faith, fertility, and chivalry. An emblem here are not only confined to beliefs but also include ethics, of a wheel spinning used to be in the center of the white rituals, ceremonies, life philosophies and many more. band, but when India gained independence, a Buddhist Today, a wide range of religions are practiced in India. dharma chakra, or wheel of life, replaced the spinning Some of the major religions are: wheel. Indians made significant contributions to calculus, Volume 3 Issue 1, January 2019 47 www.ijarp.org International Journal of Advanced Research and Publications ISSN: 2456-9992 Hindu of Indian population (about 0.5%) practice Jainism, as per The majority of the population in India practice Hinduism census 2001. As per the history of Jains, there were twenty-four which is the most ancient religion in the country. As per propagators of the religion who were known as tirthankaras, Census 2011, about 80% Indian practice Hinduism. Some Rishabh was the first while Mahavira was the last. The practitioners of this religion call it Sanatan Dharam, a term followers of this religion undertake five vows of ahimsa, satya, popularized by Mahatma Gandhi. Ramayana and the asteya, bramcharya and aparigraha. Mahavira Jayanti, Bhagavad Geeta are the holy books of the Hindus. The Paryushana Parva, Diwali and Maun-agiyara are some of the Hindus believe and practice the principles of the Vedas and festivals celebrated by the Jains. the Upanishads. Their place of worship is known as Temple (Devasthanam or Mandir in Hindi). They worship the icon Sikhism or murtis which is considered as a reflection of God. But, Guru Nanak founded Sikhism in India during the 15th century the Hindus who belong to the Arya Samaj do not practice in the Punjab region. Guru Granth Sahib is the holy book of the idol-worship. There is a system of symbolism in Hinduism; Sikhs which is a collection of the writings of the Guru. The the swastika sign symbolizes auspiciousness and the syllable Sikhs constitute about 2% of the people of India as per the Om represents Param Brahman. With reference to the Hindu census 2001. There are no festivals in Sikhism in particular, but mythology, there are many Hindu festivals like Diwali, Holi, some festivities are generally celebrated on birthdays or Bihu, Ganesh Chaturthi, Durga Puja and many more which martyrdom of Sikh Gurus. Gurupurabs, Baisakhi, Nagar Kirtan, are celebrated in the country. Hola Mohalla are some of the festivals and events celebrated by the Sikhs. The religious beliefs of the Sikhs do not favor fasting Christian or going to the pilgrimages. In India, majority of the Sikhs Christianity is one of the prominent religions in India. At reside in Punjab and their large community lives in the present there are about 25 million Christians in India. It is neighboring states. interesting to note that the Christian population in India is more than the entire population of Australia and New Family and Gender Roles Zealand or total population of many countries in Europe. As The joint family is highly valued, ideally consisting of per historical beliefs, Christianity came to India about 2000 several generations residing, working, eating, and years ago. It constitutes about 2.3% of the total population worshiping together. Such families include men related of the country, according to census 2001. Christian through the male line, along with their wives, children, and population can be found all over the country but majority of unmarried daughters. A wife usually lives with her the people who belong to this religious section lives in the husband‘s relatives, although she retains important bonds parts of South India, North-East and the Konkon Coast. with her natal family. Even in rapidly modernizing India, the traditional joint household remains for most Indians the Islam primary social force, in both ideal and practice. The ancient The Muslims forms around 13% of the population of India, ideal of the joint family retains its power, but today actual as per Census 2001. It is the second largest religion in the living arrangements vary widely. Many Indians live in country and its followers are known as Muslims. They are nuclear families, a couple with their unmarried children, but divided into sub sections, most famous being Sunnis and belong to strong networks of beneficial kinship ties. Often, Shias. The holy book of the Muslims is the Quran; they clusters of relatives live as neighbors, responding readily to believe and follow the teachings of Prophet Muhammad.
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