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"There
is a Hindu temple, beside it is a Jain temple and behind it
is a mosque. India is a country with so many different people,
each with so many different ways of doing things, but somehow
together it works."
Alok
Rawat works in the tourism industry and is in tune with both
the needs of the foreign visitors as well as those of the
locals. His own travels in his home country fill him with
wonder at the chaos and harmony that is India.
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SUSTAINING
THE COMMUNITY
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"The
land of dreams and romance, of fabulous wealth and fabulous
poverty, of palaces and hovels, of famine and pestilence,
of genies and giants, of tigers and elephants, the country
of a hundred nations and a hundred tongues, of a thousand
religions and two million gods - India is nothing if
not diverse." |
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LIVELIHOOD
The
Tibetan people of Darjeeling are mostly refugees. One
place where they are keeping their culture alive is
at the Tibetan Refugee Self-help Center. The Center
provides a place for the community to gather and share
strories, houses around 700, and offers a temple and
orphanage and various workshops for the spinning and
weaving of wool into traditional Tibetan garments.
One man's ancient hands wind the wool yarn, while another
man's ancient voice reads a yarn from a Tibetan newspaper.
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FOOD
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are many festivals in India, and many of them involve
eating foods and sweets. The traditional food is the
thali, originally from South India and Gujarat. A typical
thali is served on a huge silver platter with a large
section, medium section and three or four smaller sections
molded into it. In each of the sections, dal (lentils),
kadhi (yogurt), vegetable and bean dishes are served,
usually as much as you can eat. Rice and/or bread (puri,
chapatti, papad) are the main neutral food. Salads,
traditional sweets and pickles accompany the meal. |
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