Cow thingy is very much normal...in my house when i was little we used to feed them and they used roam around in the day and then come to our house in the evening for food and usually mom cooked a little xtra for them and they are surprisingly very intelligent animal they knew exactly at what time to come they recognised us well (never ate our plants lol) (plus traditionaly in conservative hindu families usually the 1st chappati and first bite of vegei is reserved for cows or birds each time u cook)
@@Anshu-Das-Vaishnav Indeed. In my village in Haryana state and also since we live in various cities across India, everywhere my Mom always ensured that the first roti she makes everyday goes to the Cow nearby and the last one goes to the Street dogs. I think this is tradition for almost all Indian households. Although not all follow it in this modern age.
India has a long history of droughts and floods. In the past, these natural disasters often destroyed crops and livestock, leaving people without food or income. In these difficult times, cows became essential for survival. They provided milk, which was a vital source of nutrition, and their dung could be used for fuel and fertilizer. As a result, cows came to be seen as sacred animals, and killing them was considered a sin. Today, cows are still an important part of Indian culture. They are often treated as pets, and people give them names and care for them with love and affection. In some parts of India, cows are even allowed to roam freely through the streets. This is because they are seen as a symbol of peace and prosperity. The story of the cow in India is a reminder of the importance of animals in our lives. They provide us with food, companionship, and even spiritual guidance. We should all be grateful for the animals that share our world, and we should treat them with respect.
@@Baba00100because from ancient times people are using cow for various reasons.Cows are used for milk,for ploughing,for making cow dung cake etc.When drought used to come people survived using milk of cow.Hence cow are more important.
@@zuzanareacts also because Lord Krishna came from a dairy farmers family and India has been lacto vegetarian since ages, killing animals for food is not in our culture..... But obviously with time things have changed there are many who eat meat because of various reasons....
India & Pakistan got freedom in 1947 , then King of kashmir decided to remain independent , but Pakistan has started sending tribal people with arm & ammunition , that created chaos in Kashmir so King asked help from India in return he decided to join Union of India .. That's where dispute started
@@zuzanareactsand @sudentstudent3723 Fact: Only INDIA gained independence in 1947 AND NEW STATE OF PAKISTAN WAS "CREATED". THERE IS NO PAKISTAN BEFORE 1947. Pakistan was born in 15 th August 1947. Indian history and existence is 1000+ years old.
Another misconception pal. Either your have not visited north or just have stereotypes against the north indians. But for me we are one both north or the south is equally developed.
@@user-lw8wt5jz4sequally developed?? Not really. I am a delhiite myself. South is better in hdi rankings and more developed. But the difference is not very stark. But yah south is cleaner, and has better economies too.
@@gigabyte1739 i have lived at both places delhi and chennai. And delhi was more cleaner than chennai. Also cleanliness depends on the location itself. There are parts of a City which can be clean and there are parts which can be dirty. You talked about hdi sure south have greater hdi but by how much? The difference is not that much. Also economics? Bro they are equally contributing to the gdp of the country just checkout the rank of the states gdp wise.
Sacred River :-- So avoid throwing waste in River , Sacred Animal :-- Say no to animal abuse. Sacred Women :-- Say no to women/girl harassment , Sacred Tree :-- Don't Cut tree Sacred Parents :-- Always be there in good & bad time. But this should be practical !! and it's mandatory to do !!
Cow stereotype is literally, Sanatan Dharma teach us to respect the nature, we show gratitude to rivers, trees, mountains, sun, moon, and even animals. our culture taught us to love every being unlike Abrahamic faiths Christianity and Islam where animals are just resources to be exploited!!
@@zuzanareactsthey do roam, but not always on the road 😂. As far as accident are concerned they are high intelligence animal, if they see any vehicle are coming then they do move on the side of the road.
Cows were sacred in the Greek and Roman religions also. The cattle of Apollo were famous. In the Odessey Odysseus and his troops were punished because they butchered and ate the cattle of Apollo. After Christianity came to Europe these things became normal.
Cancer of humanity..which divede peoples in categories like those who doesn't believe in Christ are pagans,and those who doesn't believe in Islam are kafirs.. before this cults world was more beautiful and prosperous..
There are 15-20 varieties of banana in India. India and Southeast Asia being the region of origin of bananas with evidence stating it to be at least 10,000 years ago. With Seedless Varieties originating from Southeast asia and Seeded Varieties from India. It went to Africa less than 4500 years ago thru trade or sail.
Article 48 of the Constitution of India is one of the Directive Principles which directs the state to make efforts for banning animal slaughtering of cows and calves and other milch and draught cattle. (But this isnt mandatory ) > So India is largest producer of Milk .
In hindu philosophy, respect for every living being are discussed thoroughly cuz if we try to manipulate or change the food chain it will drastically cause the nature and earth's functioning... Today we are facing challenges of climate change and green house gas is the direct result of over exploitation of natural resources......
Ground zero means that area is inhabitable and we can't even do a war in that area due to geographical area and extreme climate, that's why it's a dead man zone or ground zero.
@@zuzanareacts that area is mainly inhabitable because of high altitude and mountain terrain in which temperature goes as low as - 40-50 degree Celsius.
Hey Zuzana, on your question regarding why cows are revered in India, during famines and crop failures since the ancient times, Indians have survived on the milk from their domesticated cows. Hence the concept of Gau Mata (Cow Mother) came into existence. As you have learned from this video that Indians consume a lot of dairy products. Even now, when subsistence farmers face crop failures, they survive of the milk from the cows they own, in part, and the government food grants in part.
There is no doubt that the diversity is alive just because one religion is in the majority. Just turn the tables and see how long it remains that way. 😅😅
Bhutan is a very small landlocked country between India and China. The word “Bhutan” translates to “Land of the Thunder Dragon.” It earned the nickname because of the fierce storms that often roll in from the Himalayas. Bhutan only has around 800K population. It is a very isolated and second smallest country in Asia. Bhutan literally has a dragon on their flag lol. Bhutan became the first country in the world to ban the sale of tobacco products, mountaineering is banned in Bhutan and Bhutan has the world’s highest unclimbed mountain - Gangkhar Puensum at 7,570m (24,836ft). It is the world's most mountainous country and at 3,280m, Bhutan has the world’s highest average elevation.. Bhutenese people and culture is very similar or you can say related to Tibetan culture and people. India Bhutan Relations is traditionally close as both countries share a special relationship based on culture and mutual interests. Indians can visit Bhutan on road by vehicle. We don't even need visa or passport to visit Bhutan or vice versa.
@@zuzanareacts Slovakia's population :- 54.5 lakhs/ 5.45 million Bhutan's population :- 7.77 lakhs/ 777 thousand. Europeans don't know about Bhutan and Most Indians/Asians don't know about Slovakia lol
perfect balance :) We need to stop being egotistical. Just because someone doesn't know something does not make them stupid. The world is a big place and we are a student of the world trying to survive in it
@@zuzanareacts well i know about czech republic and slovakia from very long time.together they used to be called czechoslovakia...i was taught about these countries in geography and history subjects in my school days.even my friend name is zuzana and she is from prague...so i know about a slovakia and czech republic..😊😊its my wish to travel in both countries one day
Bangalore unofficially name , orginal is Bengaluru capital of Karnataka, and IT capital of India, Garden City of India, Bio capital of India, Silicon valley of India 🚩🚩🚩 kannada Karnataka 💛❤️
The caste system is very different from dharma's Varna system, Caste system is British colonial system to divide the Indian people in birth' based caste to further divide them. whereas Varna system is not based on birth but on the base of your Karma (duty). so anyone can become a Brahman by acquiring good knowledge and it is not necessary that only a Brahman's son can become a Brahman.
We faced a lot of invasion both from Islamic and Christians invaders as a result demography changed, recent voilence in Manipur r directly or indirectly pertinent to the Brits.
We didnt really face any Christian invasions. British didnt actually invade india in the real sense. They gained power and control through many tactics. They leveraged their powers and advantages. Mostly we faced the islamic invasions.
Here in India we have so many royal families but they are not too popular like UK and I think this is waste of time to recognise the royal family in any where in the world in democracy
Caste system in India is very different from the original varna system in Hinduism......... caste system was introduced by the British not only in India but in many other commonwealth countries like Africa
Lol. Get down from your ivory tower and look at all the caste based violence in the country. Caste system is one of the most regressive practice that needs to be removed. Even today many upper caste people don't believe in inter marriage. Lot of bigotry and racism is the everyday truth. Stop only pointing it in an exotic rosy lens. Unless you accept the mistakes India can never progress as a nation. Look at Germany, they learnt from World War 2. They even teach their kids the atrocities of the nazi party so that it doesn't happen in the future. India is heading towards being the next Germany!
development of South is mostly related to practicality as it is closer to ports better connectivity and also governance and no its no relation with Christians as it is only in good number in state of kerala like 20 % and South has 5 state so I guess ur observation was a bad assumption
@@zuzanareactsI too don't know the answer but I have always been curious about it. You should perhaps deep dive into pre-christian era of Europe maybe!
Christians are more in the South, yes, but they are still a minority. South also has Hindu majority. Also, most of the Christians are found in NorthEast which is not that developed. So you cannot find a correlation between Christians and development just based on this observation.
Obsession for being white is similar to the obsession for being tanned in western Europe. Skin color which is rare in a society is considered exotic. Plus, in India and China the rich tend to live in house and not toil in fields under harsh sunlight hence the upper class tend to have lighter skin tone. Hence lighter skin tone is perceived to be of being from upper class.
we had the same here with the upper class - although if you take the whole Central European Region we are historically pure white and we don't like it and everyone wants to have sun-kissed skin 🙈
Cow is sacred because 1) it gives milk which a mother gives. 2) by using milk we can make many products like ghee, makhan, and many more ( actually a huge) 3) for farming we previously use cow ( farming is the core value of human sustainability, just cant live without food) 4) cow used for vehicles previously.( Like horse carriage) 5) cow dung use for fertilizer, for fire, for insert repelling in house ( if you use cow dung with water and sprade it outside house many insects will not come, it is used in past) 6) centuries ago cow piss used in medicine( not anymore 😂) 7)and when you rise someone with care you become a family member. Well there are more reasons i just don't remember accurately Just imagine when someone give this much benefit to you throughout his life for you how can't you love him. Well we hindus just worship everything as god if someone help u in your life. How can we ignore an animal when his everything is to help us. So that's why we think cow is sacred. I just cant imagine to eat that cow who give us this much. Well short story my lil bro got two pair of duck 🦆 and brought him home. I am foodie and i want to eat them 😅. My parents say let them grow up first then we can think of eating them. Well they grow up but we did play along with them daily and i can't make myself for eating them . I didn't eat any 🦆 till now because if i see ducks i remember them.
@@zuzanareacts well about royal family When British rule, just handful nos Britishers did come to India. So they use royals to exploit Indians. When independent happen all royals give up their region to govt willingly.well they may have lost their royalty but many of them didn't loose their connection and goodwill of their citizens (in the case for good kings). So yeah they are rich and quit popular still today In my state there is a festival called Rathayatra where 10 millions of people gathered every year. In that festival king come(not the govt, but kings family head of that region) to complete some rituals and then festival will begin. Well we do talk a lot about kings and their families 😂. Well our history is full of heroics tale of kings. They are related to our history so we still respect them. Well they didn't live like British royals, they are like normal citizens, but with historical tales.
For hindus securing food for the taste by hurting animals is like biggest crime. But in india all the type of people live and eat all the type of food. I am hindu. So I like to not hurt animals and eat them. See Hindus treat cow as their mother like real mother give milk when you were child. We Hindus drink the milk of cow. W can't force to anyone to not eat meat because our idiology. But atleast not eat cow that's all.
@@zuzanareacts let me enlighten you with my Param Gyan (supreme knowledge). There are many reasons but will explain some of them. 1) The cow is seen as a symbol of motherhood and nurturing qualities. Just as a mother provides nourishment and care to her children, cows are considered providers of milk. 2)In Hinduism, the cow is associated with various deities, particularly Lord Krishna. Lord krishna likes to play with the cows. 3) non-violence is central to Hindu ethics. Hindus believe in treating all living beings with kindness and respect. Since cows are seen as gentle creatures that provide sustenance without harming anyone, they are accorded special reverence.
Cow is considered a mother because its milk feeds you throughout your life. Usually in most of the hindu families the first Roti (≈bread) is cooked for a cow and birds (if cow doesn't eat). Although the actual tradition was to cook first three rotis for a cow, a needy person and a dog but only some cook for the other two now. I wish they return to the tradition again.
Most Europeans can win a colonized Indian heart and mind by simply making reaction videos. Ignorance can be cured, but not a colonized identity. I give up 🤦
India is one of the oldest civilizations in the world with multicolored diversity and rich cultural heritage. Along with this, it has also been molding itself with the changing times. After getting independence, India has made multidimensional social and economic progress. India has become self-sufficient in agriculture and is now counted among the most industrialized countries in the world. Along with this, it is also being counted among those few countries whose feet have reached the moon. The area of India is 32,87,263 sq km. Which starts from the heights of the snow-capped Himalayas and extends to the equatorial rain forests of the south. Being the seventh largest country in the world, India stands out from the rest of Asia which is characterized by mountains and seas and gives it a distinct geographical identity. Surrounded by the great Himalayan mountain range in the north, it becomes narrower beyond the Tropic of Cancer. The Bay of Bengal in the east, the Arabian Sea in the west and the Indian Ocean in the south determine its boundary. 🇮🇳
It means that we are now the most populous country of the world having 142 crore or 1.42 billion people (around 18% of the world's total population). So more people means more cars or different type of vehicles. It results in a traffic jam everywhere in India. So being getting late is normal here.
@@zuzanareactscows are always on the road generally, again a stereotype. They do not roam on road not in the metropolitan city. As far as the road are concerned, they can be widen as there are many things to be concerned like 500-600 year old temples, houses of people, trees and do not forget mosque( can’t demolish them, if we do then muslims will burn whole india and everyone else will be labeled as persecutor or islamophobic).
I love Milking animals , we have their milk when we were kid , even when the animal dies they're still very useful to us ! We should always be kind toward them..
And royal families in india? Madam india has the longest history of empires we have more royal families than entire europe combined and are higly respected in their communities not like Uk royals who are abused every single day even by the people living in their own country , stealing something and earning something is different
North India. Attacked by invaders many times. People got less opportunity for education. Agriculture was very prominent because of major rivers from Himalayas. South India. Bounded by sea. No invasion. Got opportunity to learn more from different ships and sailors. Focus was more on education and learnings. In short, geography plays the role.
visit india , even views of indians can't define india . you will see , Languages , dialects, food , color of skin , attire , habits , rituals & mindset of people changes within every every 50 to 100 km .
@@zuzanareacts Before Enter into India ; keep away western templets & living standard memories in mind and infrastructure expectations. We got independence only 75 years before . Come with neutral mind ; you will see that India will shift into your heart ❤️ haha !
19:50 You’re wrong. By percentage of total population, the most Christians in India are in the North-East of India and not the South. The South may have more total Christians, but they also have a bigger overall population than the (sparsely populated) North-East.
South is more developed coz they have access to the coast and less population...coz even Gujarat that is not a southern state is developed due to its coast and relatively less population. Most of the companies have their manufacturing plants at these coastal regions and thus employ locals. Central India and Northern India is kind of landlocked as infrastructure in the hinterlands is Not that great.
Child trafficking is something which should be completely stopped but I don't understand when he was doing video on UK, why did he failed to mention the "grooming gang"...Child trafficking is a sad reality but it is a reality in most countries and numbers also comes down to the population of one country.
20:09 yah, southern states do pretty well in HDI rankings. Though the correlation between christians being present in south and development doesnt hold true. Tho there are Christians who live in south India, the absolute numbers are still quite low compared to other communities. The map shows the lighter green color in south. Darker colors are present in north-east and kerala. More Christians are present in the north-eastern part of India. Missionaries during british times converted many tribes to Christianity there. Jews, Christians, muslims, all foreign religions arrived in India through sea routes to south India.
I suggest you should watch the video "Evidence Of Ancient Medical Technology" BY Praveen MOHAN. He beautifully describes the scientific thoughts of Hinduism. His videos will really help you understand the rich scientific history of India. I hope your next video will be on that.
In 1800, India was the richest country in the world, which was also called the golden bird, but then the British oppressed us so much that we came to the poorest countries in the world by 1947. Then our ancestors used to have only cow at that time because of which our ancestors survived, then our ancestors considered cow as the form of God. The second reason is that in our Hindu belief, 33 types(Koti) of gods reside in the cow, due to which the cow was given the status of God. The third reason is that suppose no one is the mother of the newborn.Or the mother of that child is unable to feed her own milk, then only cow's milk is fed, due to which the child survives, this is the reason why in Hinduism, the cow has been given the status of a mother🙏🇮🇳
There are 31+ Cuisines in India Try Indian Food labeled Satvik it has zero to low levels of spices, and is simpler to digest. Satvik Food: Simple easily digestible food designed for health and spiritual thoughts. (Calms Your Mind) Raajasik Food: Spicy, Oily, Rich, tasty food which is designed for partying and creating materialistic desires. (Extroverts your mind) Taamsik Food: They are Heavy, spicy, alcoholic, Preserved food which is designed to create lethargy and sluggishness. (Dulls your mind) You can go to restaurants run by ISKCON temples in Slovakia to taste simple Satvik food or CZcams it. What you get in Indian Restaurants are Raajsik or Taamsik Food.
As per Indian culture if you drink milk from someone, she becomes your mother or mother like. Most Indian households have cows and kids have milk of that cow. So, in a way that cow is a mother like figure for many. That's why it's forbidden to eat cow meat. For example - who would want to kill and eat his/her pet?
COWS are considered SACRED as the cow milk alone can sustain you without having proper solid food and has the highest amount of nutrition without having to mix/cook anything. So, it can be considered as the most SUSTAINABLE food source.
@Zuzana The Bharatiya (Indian) culture has been the most open since time immemorial and hence it welcomed all people and all religions around the world. In fact, when Islam spread into Iran, the Zorashtrians migrated to India and India welcomed them and today they are the Parsi community in India. The Zorashtrians in Iran were given three options - convert to Islam, get beheaded for not converting, or to leave the country/land. Those who left, because they didn't want to convert to Islam or to die, landed in India and started life there. Similarly, the Tibetan Dalai Lama has been living in Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh since the 1950s when he fled from Tibet because of the Chinese invasion and takeover of Tibet.
Around the time East India company was flexing its political muscles, an ambitious Indian dynasty was consolidating the country. They won Tiruchirappalli in the south [Siege of Trichinopoly (1741)], Delhi in the north [Battle of Delhi (1757)] Peshawar in the west [Battle of Peshawar (1758)] and invaded Bengal in the east [Maratha invasions of Bengal] - forming the rough boundary of present India. Less than 5 empires in world history have conquered this much land this fast. To put it in context, the distance between Peshawar and Trichirappalli is comparable to the distance between Greece and Iran.Due to infighting and clever playing of sides by the EIC, the Marathas lost the momentum and got consumed by the East India Company by 1818 - Third Anglo-Maratha War. [4 decades later the Marathas would have their revenge in the revolt of 1857 when Nana Sahib would contribute to the overthrow of the company rule and the resulting bankruptcy of the largest company on earth. 5 decades after that another group of Peshwa descents would form the core of the Congress movement to begin the end of the empire]. In short, if the British had not conquered India, Marathas would have done it or somebody else would have done it. By 1707, the Mughal empire had already controlled most of the subcontinent except for some parts in the extreme south. In short, it is a myth that India was always a warring bunch of states that Britain somehow made a country out of. Every major nation has had its chaos. England had it in multiple centuries. Same in China, Iran, Greece and elsewhere. India’s chaos was in the mid to late 18th century. Not a permanent thing. 15 centuries ago when an ambitious Hindu saint,Adi Shankara, set about reviving Hinduism, he put his famous muths [missions] in the four corners of the present nation. If people at that time didn’t have an idea of India or its boundaries, why would he put these missions in such a strategic way or have his classic debates from Kashmir to Kerala? Geographically India is hard to support multiple political entities. It has a nice natural boundary - Himalayas at the top, Brahmaputra in the east, Indian ocean in the south and Sindhu river in the west. These natural boundaries defined Indian culture and has been recognized by Indians across all regions. These boundaries built and sustained an unique culture. Sure, we share similarities with fellow Aryans of Iran and Sri Vijaya folks of modern Indonesia. But, the core of our civilization was always between the Himalayas to the Indu maha sagar. Within these boundaries there are no natural features to stop an ambitious ruler from running over small rulers. There are no major mountain ranges or impenetratable jungles that stand in the way. There are no cultural barriers either. While the people called the outsiders as Turksha [from Turkish origin - most Sultanates and Mughals], Hunas, Shakas or Yavanas [the Ionians who came 2000 years], there was no particular term for northerners or southerners. People thought to be of the same culture/ethnicity. In fact, the southern rulers like the Cholas had Prakrit/Sanskrit in their coins and glorified the ganga river of the north. Pilgrims from the south dreamed of bathing of Ganga in Kasi and pilgrims from north dreamed of bathing in the calm ocean of Rameswaram. North and south followed the same religions, same gods, similar rituals, festivals, names, vocabulary [drawn from Sanskrit], social systems [like varnasrama], political systems and even similar crops. Just as Yorkshire differs from Cornwall, so does Kashmir and Kerala, just on a bigger scale due to a bigger geographical distance. Nevertheless same nation. When the priests of south India set out to recite their temple prayers they would do in the name of Bharat Varshe, Bhartakande [land of India of the Indian continent]. The temples of north India, west India, east India, central India would all pray in the name of same Bharat of this continent of Bharat. In short, it was natural for India to get united and it was done time to time by ambitious leaders. The last time it was done was not by British [who had an ungovernable mess of 550+ kingdoms alongside their territory], but by Sardar Patel - the nationalist who welded much of India with the help of Nehru and V. P. Menon. Sure, there are interesting variations among us. What a Haryanavi would call as Sankranti would be called as Pongal by a Tamil and Bhogali Bihu by an Assamese. While the Punjabis would call their April 14 new year as Vaishaki, the Malayalis would call that Vishu. While the Deepavali is celebrated for Rama in UP, it might be celebrated for Krishna by the south or Lakshmi in the west. While the Gujaratis dance for Navratri, the northerners do Ram lila, the easterners and southerners do in the name of Durga. We are just one with many forms. Across the subcontinent there is an affection for the Himalayas, Indus river, Indian ocean and the Ganga. You can see this in names kept by parents across India and the temples built by devotees [in extreme south temples look to build replicas of Manasarovar in Tibet or Kashi Vishwanath]. With or without the British such a union would have happened. It happened before the British rule [Mughals], during the British consolidation [Marathas] and after the British rule [republic era].
Mam nothing to do with religion in terms of development, It's just a misconception because, western state of India i.e, Maharashtra is most devoloped state (Mumbai is the capital) have highest GDP growth 📈 but sometimes they consider Maharashtra as a south Indian somethimes north Indian...😂 But we are growing all together now...& That's the main thing...India first👆🇮🇳 btw i am from Mumbai.😇 Jai Hind 🇮🇳 Jai Maharashtra🚩
@@zuzanareacts oh come on its in a way exciting, like now when I travel across different places across India I remember the place on map and the significance of that place vegetation or that place which enriches my experience of travel so it's in a way exciting as well.
Hinduism was based on respecting the resources. Cows provide dairy products and were (perhaps still are) tilling soil for agriculture, their dung was dried and used as fuel. Elephants were also elemental to carrying heavy things around. #raakhgraffiti
India existed as a civilization-state. Now it is a Westphalian nation-state with fixed borders. Concept of fixed borders is fairly new, from treaty of Westphalia - devised to stop European nations from trying to keep changing borders in the age of total war. Before the advent of citizen army of French republic, war was between small numbers of armies led by royals. Total war changed that because of deep mobilization, immense casualties and protracted drawn out wars. So just because western European countries managed to have fixed borders and political unity etc a century or two before India, they don't magically become a 'natural country’ and India becomes an ‘artificial country’ . The concept of nation-states, i.e. that the aspirations of the people that constitute a nation are best served by a common political entity is considered a relatively recent idea in Europe from the 18th century. Nationalism led to the formation of nation-states and modern countries. This development was followed up with a gradual hardening of state boundaries with the passport and visa regime that followed it. Note that the concept of nationhood is based on the idea shared by a set of people that they constitute a nation. This idea or feeling may be based on common ties of a people based on their culture, common descent, language, religion or other such attributes. The state constitutes a group of people inhabiting a specific territory and living according to a common legal and political authority. The modern nation-state, as it exists today, is a new development for the entire world, and not just for India. Mediaeval Europe, for instance, was divided politically into many small principalities, the boundaries and sovereignties of which changed frequently. Many of the countries as we know them today got established in the 19th and 20th century, and the boundaries of these changed throughout the 20th century - in the two World Wars, border disputes and the turmoil in Eastern Europe. The United Kingdom was not really united till the act of Union in 1702 when England (including Wales) and Scotland came together. Even then they retained different laws and (even more crucially in European nationhood) retained separate national Churches. In 1801, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was formed. In 1922, Ireland broke off as an independent country resulting in the present political formation - the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Thus the UK in its present political state, if that is the criteria to be used, is not even a hundred years old. Across the Atlantic, the picture is even more stark. In 1700, the British colonies were spread barely over the area that comprises the few North Eastern States, less than 10% of the current geographical areas. The diverse Native American tribes that inhabited the area of the present day United States could not be said to have comprised a nation, and even if they did, the current United States neither considers itself as a continuity of the native culture, nor are its people primarily descendents of the natives. Even in 1776, when America declared itself a separate state from the British, its area was a small fraction of the area it has today, mainly constituting the states on the East Coast. Only in 1845 did Texas and California, among its largest states, become part of it as a result of a war with Mexico. Washington State gained statehood in 1889, Hawaii in 1900. Thus the United States in its present political and geographic conception is barely 100 years old as a state and, at the maximum limit, as a political entity is about 250 years, with many annexations and a civil war in between. No state or kingdom existed on its boundaries before that in history. If you take Mexico, the story is better, but not much. While it has greater continuity from pre-colonial times than the United States because of the Aztec Empire that existed for about a hundred years before the Spanish Conquest, the Aztec never controlled all of present day Mexico. No other conception of nation-hood, such as shared religious beliefs, united the other areas of Mexico with the Aztec ones. Furthermore, while present day Mexicans take pride in their Aztec heritage and use symbols from the Aztec nation on their flag, they have largely lost any direct cultural continuity of either language or religious beliefs from pre-colonial times. Spanish has very nearly wiped out the native languages and 95% of Mexicans are now Christians and described as `Hispanic’. i.e. of the Spanish culture. Similarly, Africa and South America mostly constitute of state boundaries carved up by colonial rule. The present boundaries of the African states were largely carved out by treaties among the European nations between 1884 and 1899 in meetings held in Europe with no African representation into the process! While there had been some kingdoms like Ghana and Mali in earlier times that were politically united, the boundaries of current African countries rarely map to the territories of historical kingdoms. In short, if we take the legitimacy of current nation-states on the basis of centuries of common continuous political rule over the same geographical boundary and inhabited by the same people, then practically no country on the planet meets this criteria. Simply put, shifting nature of political kingdoms and their boundaries over the centuries legitimize virtually no country in its present form. To understand nationhood then as it is supports the modern nation-state, we thus must search the roots of nationhood first and foremost in the conception of nationhood, i.e. did a particular set of people, within a particular geography, imagine of themselves a common socio-cultural geographical heritage that comprised them as a nation?
This video is kinda good, better than the other ones out there but not free of stereotypes. For example, the comment of Indian films having a happy ending all the time is absolute rubbish. One who has no idea of Indian Cinema will say these stupid things. We make movies of every genre possible. Films like RRR, KGF Chapter 1 and 2, Pathaan, etc are just huge and have raked in huge numbers at the global box office. While there are family dramas too, low budget romantic comedies too, biopics too(some like Bhaag Milkha Bhaag based on the life of Indian athlete Milkha Singh have gone on to win so many awards at international film festivals). Movies like Article 15 and Jai Bhim challenge the Indian society at the root level and show the audience the absolute horrifying effects of the caste system and why we need to eradicate it. Only a fool will say that all Indian films are having songs and dance and happy endings. Hell NO!!!! Indian Cinema is as diverse as India and Indian culture. Each region of India makes such wonderful movies that you'll literally cry watching some of them. Also, our cinema is way different than other world industries because we incorporate song and dance sequences in almost every movie, most of which actually carry forward the plot of that particular movie. Our movies are long (like two hours minimum) but are engaging enough to keep you hooked throughout the time you're in the theatre. We celebrate our movies because they show our culture with pride. Actors like Shahrukh Khan, Ram Charan and NTR Jr are known worldwide now. Shahrukh Khan especially is HUGE in West Asian countries like Saudi Arabia and the UAE
Some royal families are active in politics in India.some royal family members contested in elections and got elected as member of parliament.For example royal familes of Udaipur,Jaipur,Jodhpur, Indore,Gwalior etc.
Mumbai, Gurgaon, Delhi, Kolkata, Pune are most developed city of India with majority of Hinduism and Islam also ( very very low % of Cristianity). this is another Observation.😅❤ Thank you
@@RanjithKumar-dk3sdyes we hv bad politics in here bt don't forget bro that Indias 1st IIT in bengal, 1st metro, 1st Oscar, 4 nobel prizes, 1st mobile use, 1st television use, asias largest science & research center, 1st zoo, 1st cantilever bridge, and many more,,, also 1st under water metro.
@@santanu_chakraborty everything only first after that nothing and by the way the topic is which states are developed north or south so ur answer makes nothing sense
@@santanu_chakraborty And I am not against or not degrading North India and I love North Indian very much I have many frnds in north India and I am saying the fact that's all ❤️ no offence
South is more development than north becoz north part of india is mostly suffered by invaders.total distruction. South is like untouched that's why many ancient temples are still stands there and destroyed in north part. And after independence establishment started to develop ports for shipment and south part is mostly surrounded by indian ocean. So it's advantage and need, to develop south part of india at fast rate. It's nothing to do with Christian population over there. Infact in south hinduism is most prominent religion.
Only mother and cow's milk can be digested. Cow's milk can be produced at scale. Therefore, cow is considered like a 2nd mother. This was also common Africa
Honestly, when I hear “curry “ I wonder what is it? What west calls curry is called gravy in India. And most available in west are pure construction of restaurant industry. All the South Indian states are Hindu majority. Their progress has nothing to do with Christianity. It is just that north India was gateway of invasion and hence had to suffer the brunt many times more than south India. In south India you can find innumerable 1000yr or more old temples but in north India you find very few. Varanasi which is one of the holiest pilgrimage for Hindus has only one 1000yr old temple, that too because it was miles off from main city.
5:24 because of its weather and temperature and geographical layout..! Temperature :-- -50 to -70 degree Celsius . > Dangerous of avalanche is always ON. > Level of Oxygen is too low ..
South is slightly more developed due to numerous sea ports, so most industries prefer South due to less transportation cost...... Nothing to do with religion..... But if u r interested, South Indian states have 20% -30% muslims+ Christian population max, rest are Hindu...... Other states have over 90% Hindu population..... So yeah relatively u can say abrahamic religions are little bit more prevalent in south, mainly due to sea trades right from exploration era of Europeans from 17th century..... They arrived in south by sea.... And dharmic religions ( Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, jains) covers almost entire of india and most prevalent in north..... But u can also see majority muslims towards Pakistan border side and some in Bangladesh border side in north because of islamic invasion era from Afghanistan side in north
South is more developed because it had ports and south usually is the first choise for bussiness as they host major port cities north east india is more christian than the south actually.
5:17 The Siachen glacier is also the highest battlefield in the world. Indian army is also titled as the highest battlefield controller due to this glacier. In 1984 the pakistani millitary captured it and to counter it India launched operation meghdoot to strike them down and the Indian army fought a fierce battle without proper winter clothes when the pakistani soldiers were very well equiped for the climate. Still the Indian soldiers were successful to kick them off and to reintegrate our land back to India.
The south is seemingly more developed because all the invasions happened from the north. So the northern states had to bear the brunt of these invasions while the south was relatively peaceful.
Many people have a common misconception that ‘The feeling of Indianness (one nation) did not exist before the British rule.’ First of all we need to understand that this notion has not come out of nowhere but has been carefully taught and implanted through the British educational system in India which once used this to encourage the division among Indians by preaching that Indians were never united. So, let me present some scenarios to debunk this myth. Historical examples: Throughout our Indian history, we find the Indians united under one banner after some brief intervals of time which was followed by invasions (the invaders were referred to as mlechhas). The first consolidation of a large part of India was under Magadha. This was followed by an invasion of Alexander. (Weren’t Greeks considered as foreigners?) The consolidation of India under Mauryas. This was followed by invasion of various Central Asian tribes who were initially considered as foreigners by the major post-Mauryan kingdoms like Satavahanas and Shungas. (The texts of those period record victories over mlechhas which prove that they were considered as foreigners). Consolidation of a large part of India under Guptas. This was followed by the invasion of Hunas and later Arabs. The Arabs are defeated by the united confederation of the Rashtrakutas of South and Gurjara-Pratiharas of North (the sovereigns of later Rajputs). It is followed by internal conflicts between these Indian kingdoms for around 3 centuries and then Mahmud of Ghazni invades. (Taking a fast forward…) A coalition of Afghans (who had been accepted by the Indian society till then) and Rajputs under Maharana Pratap against Akbar (Mughals were viewed as foreigners by both of them for a long period of time.) Mughals and later Marathas establish a pan-Indian empire. So, as stated above, there are a number of instances which show that the feeling of Indianness did exist among Indians as they were united from time to time. Geographical isolation: India has been separated from the rest of the world by natural barriers. As a result India lived separately and evolved her own style of life and development. No doubt, some of the foreign cultures and civilizations found their way into India through the northern passes but their influence was very limited. These led to the development of a Indian culture with slight variations in the various subregions of India. Finally, the literary texts of India: The Ramayana links the North with the South. The Maha- Bharata introduces the concept of one Bharat. These stories were then taken and told and retold in all the languages of the people of this great civilization, till the stories themselves established a linkage among us and to the sacred geography they celebrated. This sacred geography is what makes north Indians flock to Tirupati and south Indians to the Kumbha Mela. These books which were compiled centuries ago prove that the Indians were indeed ‘one’ since centuries ago!! And yet, we learn, in our colonial schools, that the British created India and gave us a link language, as if we were not talking to each other for thousands of years, traveling, telling and retelling stories before the British came!! Comparing this to Britain itself, in England in the Dark Ages the idea of England existed but in actual fact that region was very much divided into several sovereign kingdoms: Wessex, East Anglia, Mercia and Northumbria to name the main ones. A nation is defined as: A large body of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular state or territory. Note the definition doesn't include political structures, kingdoms, empires etc. It is just about cultural practices. When the Greeks came to India, they didn’t have many terms to distinguish the Punjabis, Rajasthanis, Haryanvis and Biharis they encountered. They found the culture quite common and used the term Indians for all these groups and same for the Persians, Chinese, Arabs, Turks, English and other groups who visited India. They saw the people following common culture. Again, the locals had term for outsiders - Yavanas (Ionians) for Europeans, Turushka (Turkic) for Muslims, but the different states didn’t have term signifying outsiders from other Indian states and they all used the common term Bharat to refer to their land. So, implicitly there was an idea that people of different regions of India had a common descent. Did Indians have common languages before 1700s? Majority of India spoke a language that is directly derived from the Prakrit. Although the southernmost region speaks a different language [in terms of grammar] the vocabulary is derived from the same words. This is why a northerner can understand terms such as Kanyakumari, Madurai etc - derived from common vocabulary. Same for most of the names kept in the south and almost all scripts of India are related to Brahmi. Tamil kings such as Cholas issued coins in Devanagari script. Other things that were common to Indians: The varna system. The holy 8 of Hindu pantheon - Siva, Vishnu, Brahma, Parvati, Lakshmi, Saraswati, Ganesha, Surya, Kartikeya. The importance of the two epics Ramayana and Mahabharata. Importance of rivers and seeing them as a holy, purifying force. The importance of Ganga as the holy river is particularly common across India. Priests across the country use the Vedas - the core Hindu text - in the exact same pronunciation. Again, there are close genetic connections among the Indians and common kingdoms such as the Mauryans, Guptas and Mughals who ruled much of present day India. When the famed Hindu saint of Shankara set about to reviving Hinduism about 1400 years ago, he went on foot across India to far away places such as Kedarnath, but not to the next door such as Sri Lanka. Indians didn’t try to gain anything from Sri Lanka [besides conquests] while seeing the rest of India as one common cultural entity. Given these close cultural, linguistic connections, it is safe to assume India as a nation before the English colonization.
Cow is sacred - Ancient vedic texts, then in hindu festivals during pooja PANCHAMRIT means mixture of 5 nectors from cow viz. GHEE, MILK, CURD are used in religious ceremonies so a socio religious cultural angle. Moreover, I dont care we all like Milk and unlike western cherrypicked love for Dogs, Indians are thankful for another mother who provides Milk. Cows roaming around - accepted as it is, means they are allowed to wander which is wrong but our rules came in 21st century however, such activities is centuries old. We accept domestic animals. Problem of plenty. 20:08 completely wrong, reason is Assumption (well its conformational bias Rudyard kipling wrote in white man syndrome sorry but need to point out fault lines) - 'Christians live in South so south is more developed', but those christians aint white, they are indeginous, reason is South India has less population, more education and responsible citizens with *civic sense* as compared to North (where people got mutated by virtue of history of invasions - example, in North Music Dance is prohibited in Hindu homes considered act of Prostitutes tawayat, Northern women do parda, while in south Women dont do parda and tgere is a culture of playing Music and Dance in south) Indian royals are many when getting independence in 1947, we had 565 princely states 400 Hindus 100 Muslim princely states since all sold their sovereignity to British so they aint famous but do exist. We might have 1000+ princes. Longest surving line with illustrious History 1. Kingdom of Mewar (9th century AD to 1305 AD then jauher happened, 1305 to 1947 AD the most respected Rajput Kingdom) 2. Chola of Tamil Nadu (10th century to 1947) Cholas had world first Navy with 1000+ vessels and we found records of friendly Naval games between Cholas of South with Qin Empire of China in 11th century mind bogling right! Cholas founded branches in entire south Asia hence making Indo china a reality example Indonesian Sri Vijaya and Malasian Malay Kingdoms were founded by Chola princes. Mewar is like Spartans many kings chose honor and death insread of running away and defeated invaders with larger armies. when you visit India you see Maharana Pratap statues in all 4 way crossing. Indian 4 way raod crossing circle is full of statues of our heros from Kings to Revolutionaries.
South india is more developed than north because of the peninsula shape of india and sea trade route from where British or other groups came to india for trade or invasions because India was rich at that time. From north mughal invadors came and destroyed cities and temples and north is surrounded with desert and mountains. So if you see foreign culture and religious group that is because they came through the sea route. One more interesting fact is Colombus was searching for India(for spices) and accidently found America.
Because of attack and war north always got robbed and looted by Mugal and British. And got poorer and poorer. For example 500AD- 33% GDP 1700AD- 25% GDP 1947AD- 2% GDP😢😢😢😢
The cow is sacred for socio economic reasons. The cow provides for from birth to death. The cow provides milk, butter, clarified butter, cow dung (disinfectant, pest control and fuel), the urine is a disinfectant. After death leather. So you can understand why the cow is revered and hence protected.
@Zuzana He didn't touch on the Eastern States of India like Assam, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh which border Myanmar (erstwhile Burma). India is a huge country with one of the most diverse land and climates, as well it's the country with one of the most fertile land of any countries in the world. Hence, India is the top or top two or three producers of many agricultural products in the world - rice, wheat, milk, millets, and so on.
South India is highly educated as compared to the North India. Most of the Indian scientists come from the Southern part of India. But the thing is, Most of the South Indians are enough rich that they can afford to go to abroad like US, Most of the Indian CEOs of American companies are from the South India. So your assumptions are wrong. See, Why muslims even though they're the second largest majority yet has the lowest number of literacy rate. Bcz they mostly go the madarsas to get religious knowledge instead of schools to get scientific knowledge. Zoroastrians and Jews are most educated communities while Christians too only go to the missionaries instead of schools.
South has Christian population more than north but even that is too minimal(less than 3%) compared to other religions. So there is no need for you to presume that South India is more developed cause of Christianity. South has less population and more industrialised and hence per capita income of south is more and is more developed.
Like he said there are many royals still in india they have huge properties and local goverment influence , so india as a whole dont really care about royals it might have some local impact in those areas.
20:10 No, the highest concentration of Christians is in the Northeast. Apart from Muslims, no other religious communities tend to live in ghettos here. Sikhs, Jains, Jews, Christians, and others are found throughout the region. In fact, Muslims are also widespread, being the second largest religious group.
Cows are respected like mothers but not worshipped here reason for us is after mother only the cow feeds the child milk and raises him, so krishna teaches us that " we do not kill the one whose milk we drink" as lord krishna played with calves all his childhood
Cow thingy is very much normal...in my house when i was little we used to feed them and they used roam around in the day and then come to our house in the evening for food and usually mom cooked a little xtra for them and they are surprisingly very intelligent animal they knew exactly at what time to come they recognised us well (never ate our plants lol) (plus traditionaly in conservative hindu families usually the 1st chappati and first bite of vegei is reserved for cows or birds each time u cook)
Oh wow! thank you for sharing!
yes my mom do that i have fixied 3 times in day for cow to stand in gate
same in my village also in maharashtra
@@Anshu-Das-Vaishnav Indeed. In my village in Haryana state and also since we live in various cities across India, everywhere my Mom always ensured that the first roti she makes everyday goes to the Cow nearby and the last one goes to the Street dogs. I think this is tradition for almost all Indian households. Although not all follow it in this modern age.
@malharaher904 same here in Rajasthan ,
India has a long history of droughts and floods. In the past, these natural disasters often destroyed crops and livestock, leaving people without food or income. In these difficult times, cows became essential for survival. They provided milk, which was a vital source of nutrition, and their dung could be used for fuel and fertilizer. As a result, cows came to be seen as sacred animals, and killing them was considered a sin.
Today, cows are still an important part of Indian culture. They are often treated as pets, and people give them names and care for them with love and affection. In some parts of India, cows are even allowed to roam freely through the streets. This is because they are seen as a symbol of peace and prosperity.
The story of the cow in India is a reminder of the importance of animals in our lives. They provide us with food, companionship, and even spiritual guidance. We should all be grateful for the animals that share our world, and we should treat them with respect.
wow
For a person like me who's Vegetarian , All animals are sacred 😄😄
Yea but cow has a significant importance
Particular race in cow..not all cow...
@@Baba00100because from ancient times people are using cow for various reasons.Cows are used for milk,for ploughing,for making cow dung cake etc.When drought used to come people survived using milk of cow.Hence cow are more important.
Agree
Except insects.
Cow is treated as a Mother in Hindu culture.. brings prosperity to home.❤
interesting
@@zuzanareacts also because Lord Krishna came from a dairy farmers family and India has been lacto vegetarian since ages, killing animals for food is not in our culture..... But obviously with time things have changed there are many who eat meat because of various reasons....
@@AbhishekG929indu culture have so many different believes you can't say that all hindus are vegetarians .
@@human8454ya but no one eats cow meat.
India & Pakistan got freedom in 1947 , then King of kashmir decided to remain independent , but Pakistan has started sending tribal people with arm & ammunition , that created chaos in Kashmir so King asked help from India in return he decided to join Union of India ..
That's where dispute started
I'm aware - thank you! :)
@@zuzanareactsand @sudentstudent3723 Fact: Only INDIA gained independence in 1947 AND NEW STATE OF PAKISTAN WAS "CREATED". THERE IS NO PAKISTAN BEFORE 1947. Pakistan was born in 15 th August 1947. Indian history and existence is 1000+ years old.
A little correction Only India got independence and Pakistan was created that time.
Bro its 5 thousand years old , in vedas this place was called bharatvarsha ofc india wasn't completely united @@travelroundvideos7470
India is a whole world in itself... It will take minimum 2 years to cover whole india... India is so amazing...
20:17 South Is More Developed Because Of Many Reasons Like Having Port Access, least invaded, better politicians
I see thank you!
Another misconception pal.
Either your have not visited north or just have stereotypes against the north indians.
But for me we are one both north or the south is equally developed.
North South..forgot about East and West?
@@user-lw8wt5jz4sequally developed?? Not really. I am a delhiite myself. South is better in hdi rankings and more developed. But the difference is not very stark. But yah south is cleaner, and has better economies too.
@@gigabyte1739 i have lived at both places delhi and chennai. And delhi was more cleaner than chennai. Also cleanliness depends on the location itself. There are parts of a City which can be clean and there are parts which can be dirty.
You talked about hdi sure south have greater hdi but by how much? The difference is not that much.
Also economics? Bro they are equally contributing to the gdp of the country just checkout the rank of the states gdp wise.
Sacred River :-- So avoid throwing waste in River ,
Sacred Animal :-- Say no to animal abuse.
Sacred Women :-- Say no to women/girl harassment ,
Sacred Tree :-- Don't Cut tree
Sacred Parents :-- Always be there in good & bad time.
But this should be practical !! and it's mandatory to do !!
Ok that's a very very basic understanding of the dharmic culture. I recommend you to read more or use the word 'sacred' more cautiously.
Cow stereotype is literally, Sanatan Dharma teach us to respect the nature, we show gratitude to rivers, trees, mountains, sun, moon, and even animals. our culture taught us to love every being unlike Abrahamic faiths Christianity and Islam where animals are just resources to be exploited!!
I guess fair enough - what I snuggle to understand is the practicality of life getting around when you have the animals roaming around.
@@zuzanareactsthey do roam, but not always on the road 😂. As far as accident are concerned they are high intelligence animal, if they see any vehicle are coming then they do move on the side of the road.
No need to compare with other religions
@@zuzanareactsChaos Magic!
@@human8454 it’s for the context.
Cows were sacred in the Greek and Roman religions also. The cattle of Apollo were famous. In the Odessey Odysseus and his troops were punished because they butchered and ate the cattle of Apollo.
After Christianity came to Europe these things became normal.
I see
Cancer of humanity..which divede peoples in categories like those who doesn't believe in Christ are pagans,and those who doesn't believe in Islam are kafirs.. before this cults world was more beautiful and prosperous..
There are 15-20 varieties of banana in India. India and Southeast Asia being the region of origin of bananas with evidence stating it to be at least 10,000 years ago. With Seedless Varieties originating from Southeast asia and Seeded Varieties from India. It went to Africa less than 4500 years ago thru trade or sail.
I had no idea - thank you for sharing!
Article 48 of the Constitution of India is one of the Directive Principles which directs the state to make efforts for banning animal slaughtering of cows and calves and other milch and draught cattle.
(But this isnt mandatory )
> So India is largest producer of Milk .
I see
In hindu philosophy, respect for every living being are discussed thoroughly cuz if we try to manipulate or change the food chain it will drastically cause the nature and earth's functioning... Today we are facing challenges of climate change and green house gas is the direct result of over exploitation of natural resources......
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In India every 100km language,food & landscape change
Christianity has nothing to do with development but science lovers and enthusiasm and hard working people. We have many religions.
Ground zero means that area is inhabitable and we can't even do a war in that area due to geographical area and extreme climate, that's why it's a dead man zone or ground zero.
I see - thanks a lot!
@@zuzanareacts that area is mainly inhabitable because of high altitude and mountain terrain in which temperature goes as low as - 40-50 degree Celsius.
Hey Zuzana, on your question regarding why cows are revered in India, during famines and crop failures since the ancient times, Indians have survived on the milk from their domesticated cows. Hence the concept of Gau Mata (Cow Mother) came into existence. As you have learned from this video that Indians consume a lot of dairy products. Even now, when subsistence farmers face crop failures, they survive of the milk from the cows they own, in part, and the government food grants in part.
thank you for sharing
No country is claimed to be as diverse as India, our diversity is our strength🙂
true
Ek din ye diversity leke dube gi beware and prepare for that day.
If we are proud of our diversity then we should stop all kind of foreign interference.
There is no doubt that the diversity is alive just because one religion is in the majority. Just turn the tables and see how long it remains that way. 😅😅
Man, remember when Doug Walker referred to “the Indian culture” as a single monolithic culture?
Bhutan is a very small landlocked country between India and China. The word “Bhutan” translates to “Land of the Thunder Dragon.” It earned the nickname because of the fierce storms that often roll in from the Himalayas. Bhutan only has around 800K population. It is a very isolated and second smallest country in Asia. Bhutan literally has a dragon on their flag lol. Bhutan became the first country in the world to ban the sale of tobacco products, mountaineering is banned in Bhutan and Bhutan has the world’s highest unclimbed mountain - Gangkhar Puensum at 7,570m (24,836ft). It is the world's most mountainous country and at 3,280m, Bhutan has the world’s highest average elevation.. Bhutenese people and culture is very similar or you can say related to Tibetan culture and people. India Bhutan Relations is traditionally close as both countries share a special relationship based on culture and mutual interests. Indians can visit Bhutan on road by vehicle. We don't even need visa or passport to visit Bhutan or vice versa.
I see - thank you for sharing!
@@zuzanareacts Also bhutan is the only carbon negative country in the world. That means it absorbs more pollution than it creates.
@@zuzanareacts Slovakia's population :- 54.5 lakhs/ 5.45 million
Bhutan's population :- 7.77 lakhs/ 777 thousand.
Europeans don't know about Bhutan and Most Indians/Asians don't know about Slovakia lol
perfect balance :) We need to stop being egotistical. Just because someone doesn't know something does not make them stupid. The world is a big place and we are a student of the world trying to survive in it
@@zuzanareacts well i know about czech republic and slovakia from very long time.together they used to be called czechoslovakia...i was taught about these countries in geography and history subjects in my school days.even my friend name is zuzana and she is from prague...so i know about a slovakia and czech republic..😊😊its my wish to travel in both countries one day
Bangalore unofficially name , orginal is Bengaluru capital of Karnataka, and IT capital of India, Garden City of India, Bio capital of India, Silicon valley of India 🚩🚩🚩 kannada Karnataka 💛❤️
The caste system is very different from dharma's Varna system, Caste system is British colonial system to divide the Indian people in birth' based caste to further divide them. whereas Varna system is not based on birth but on the base of your Karma (duty). so anyone can become a Brahman by acquiring good knowledge and it is not necessary that only a Brahman's son can become a Brahman.
Well said bro... Super... 👌👍
Yay.....glad someone wrote that here ❤💯
Can tell the name of a single person who became Brahmin through karma
@@sreesankuniyil8047 The great Hindu epic Ramayana author was in today definition a lower caste, Mahabharata author was a lower cast
We faced a lot of invasion both from Islamic and Christians invaders as a result demography changed, recent voilence in Manipur r directly or indirectly pertinent to the Brits.
We didnt really face any Christian invasions. British didnt actually invade india in the real sense. They gained power and control through many tactics. They leveraged their powers and advantages.
Mostly we faced the islamic invasions.
Here in India we have so many royal families but they are not too popular like UK and I think this is waste of time to recognise the royal family in any where in the world in democracy
interesting
Caste system in India is very different from the original varna system in Hinduism......... caste system was introduced by the British not only in India but in many other commonwealth countries like Africa
Kya fuk ke aya hain re ? Saste nashe maat kiya kar !!
Lol. Get down from your ivory tower and look at all the caste based violence in the country. Caste system is one of the most regressive practice that needs to be removed. Even today many upper caste people don't believe in inter marriage. Lot of bigotry and racism is the everyday truth. Stop only pointing it in an exotic rosy lens. Unless you accept the mistakes India can never progress as a nation. Look at Germany, they learnt from World War 2. They even teach their kids the atrocities of the nazi party so that it doesn't happen in the future. India is heading towards being the next Germany!
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Because Thailand / Bali/ Southern India were ruled by a Single King , so transfer of Culture is very common.. !
I see!!!! thanks so much for sharing!
development of South is mostly related to practicality as it is closer to ports better connectivity and also governance and no its no relation with Christians as it is only in good number in state of kerala like 20 % and South has 5 state so I guess ur observation was a bad assumption
My India is beautiful 🥳😍
Don't say my say our
@@subarnaroy454 ok 👍👍👍
Why do west say the phrase "holy cow"? 😄
Why not holy goat/ holy pig/ holy cat?😂
A good one - I have no idea haha - I'd prefer holly molly lol or simply WTF haha
@@zuzanareactsI too don't know the answer but I have always been curious about it. You should perhaps deep dive into pre-christian era of Europe maybe!
ideally by time travel - how cool would that be 🙈
Christians are more in the South, yes, but they are still a minority. South also has Hindu majority. Also, most of the Christians are found in NorthEast which is not that developed. So you cannot find a correlation between Christians and development just based on this observation.
thank you
Obsession for being white is similar to the obsession for being tanned in western Europe. Skin color which is rare in a society is considered exotic. Plus, in India and China the rich tend to live in house and not toil in fields under harsh sunlight hence the upper class tend to have lighter skin tone. Hence lighter skin tone is perceived to be of being from upper class.
we had the same here with the upper class - although if you take the whole Central European Region we are historically pure white and we don't like it and everyone wants to have sun-kissed skin 🙈
@@zuzanareacts😂 human nature
we all want what we don't have
Cow is sacred because
1) it gives milk which a mother gives.
2) by using milk we can make many products like ghee, makhan, and many more ( actually a huge)
3) for farming we previously use cow ( farming is the core value of human sustainability, just cant live without food)
4) cow used for vehicles previously.( Like horse carriage)
5) cow dung use for fertilizer, for fire, for insert repelling in house ( if you use cow dung with water and sprade it outside house many insects will not come, it is used in past)
6) centuries ago cow piss used in medicine( not anymore 😂)
7)and when you rise someone with care you become a family member.
Well there are more reasons i just don't remember accurately
Just imagine when someone give this much benefit to you throughout his life for you how can't you love him. Well we hindus just worship everything as god if someone help u in your life. How can we ignore an animal when his everything is to help us. So that's why we think cow is sacred. I just cant imagine to eat that cow who give us this much.
Well short story my lil bro got two pair of duck 🦆 and brought him home.
I am foodie and i want to eat them 😅. My parents say let them grow up first then we can think of eating them. Well they grow up but we did play along with them daily and i can't make myself for eating them . I didn't eat any 🦆 till now because if i see ducks i remember them.
ohh bless. I don't really like duck but Chinese duck is very yummy 😁🙈
@@zuzanareacts well about royal family
When British rule, just handful nos Britishers did come to India. So they use royals to exploit Indians. When independent happen all royals give up their region to govt willingly.well they may have lost their royalty but many of them didn't loose their connection and goodwill of their citizens (in the case for good kings).
So yeah they are rich and quit popular still today
In my state there is a festival called Rathayatra where 10 millions of people gathered every year. In that festival king come(not the govt, but kings family head of that region) to complete some rituals and then festival will begin.
Well we do talk a lot about kings and their families 😂. Well our history is full of heroics tale of kings. They are related to our history so we still respect them.
Well they didn't live like British royals, they are like normal citizens, but with historical tales.
interesting - thank you for sharing!
@@zuzanareacts glad to hear that you are interested in our culture and history 😊
thank you I do really appreciate it❤
For hindus securing food for the taste by hurting animals is like biggest crime. But in india all the type of people live and eat all the type of food. I am hindu. So I like to not hurt animals and eat them. See Hindus treat cow as their mother like real mother give milk when you were child. We Hindus drink the milk of cow. W can't force to anyone to not eat meat because our idiology. But atleast not eat cow that's all.
I need to figure out how cow relates to a mother - what's the analogy behind that.
@@zuzanareacts read hindu culture in depth you will know about it
@@zuzanareacts let me enlighten you with my Param Gyan (supreme knowledge). There are many reasons but will explain some of them.
1) The cow is seen as a symbol of motherhood and nurturing qualities. Just as a mother provides nourishment and care to her children, cows are considered providers of milk.
2)In Hinduism, the cow is associated with various deities, particularly Lord Krishna. Lord krishna likes to play with the cows.
3) non-violence is central to Hindu ethics. Hindus believe in treating all living beings with kindness and respect. Since cows are seen as gentle creatures that provide sustenance without harming anyone, they are accorded special reverence.
I appreciate you sharing! Makes sense.
Cow is considered a mother because its milk feeds you throughout your life. Usually in most of the hindu families the first Roti (≈bread) is cooked for a cow and birds (if cow doesn't eat). Although the actual tradition was to cook first three rotis for a cow, a needy person and a dog but only some cook for the other two now. I wish they return to the tradition again.
Sister has won India's heart❤
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Most Europeans can win a colonized Indian heart and mind by simply making reaction videos.
Ignorance can be cured, but not a colonized identity.
I give up 🤦
India is one of the oldest civilizations in the world with multicolored diversity and rich cultural heritage. Along with this, it has also been molding itself with the changing times. After getting independence, India has made multidimensional social and economic progress. India has become self-sufficient in agriculture and is now counted among the most industrialized countries in the world. Along with this, it is also being counted among those few countries whose feet have reached the moon. The area of India is 32,87,263 sq km. Which starts from the heights of the snow-capped Himalayas and extends to the equatorial rain forests of the south. Being the seventh largest country in the world, India stands out from the rest of Asia which is characterized by mountains and seas and gives it a distinct geographical identity. Surrounded by the great Himalayan mountain range in the north, it becomes narrower beyond the Tropic of Cancer. The Bay of Bengal in the east, the Arabian Sea in the west and the Indian Ocean in the south determine its boundary. 🇮🇳
It means that we are now the most populous country of the world having 142 crore or 1.42 billion people (around 18% of the world's total population). So more people means more cars or different type of vehicles. It results in a traffic jam everywhere in India. So being getting late is normal here.
isn't there a way to rethink that system and make it work for humans and cows likewise?
@@zuzanareactscows are always on the road generally, again a stereotype. They do not roam on road not in the metropolitan city.
As far as the road are concerned, they can be widen as there are many things to be concerned like 500-600 year old temples, houses of people, trees and do not forget mosque( can’t demolish them, if we do then muslims will burn whole india and everyone else will be labeled as persecutor or islamophobic).
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I love Milking animals , we have their milk when we were kid , even when the animal dies they're still very useful to us !
We should always be kind toward them..
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India becoming it's own silicone Valley..
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I've seen the request for it - will look into!
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Yup 🙏
And royal families in india? Madam india has the longest history of empires we have more royal families than entire europe combined and are higly respected in their communities not like Uk royals who are abused every single day even by the people living in their own country , stealing something and earning something is different
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North India. Attacked by invaders many times. People got less opportunity for education. Agriculture was very prominent because of major rivers from Himalayas.
South India. Bounded by sea. No invasion. Got opportunity to learn more from different ships and sailors. Focus was more on education and learnings.
In short, geography plays the role.
i see - thank you
India is great Country you know
visit india , even views of indians can't define india . you will see , Languages , dialects, food , color of skin , attire , habits , rituals & mindset of people changes within every every 50 to 100 km .
that's the plan!
@@zuzanareacts Before Enter into India ; keep away western templets & living standard memories in mind and infrastructure expectations. We got independence only 75 years before . Come with neutral mind ; you will see that India will shift into your heart ❤️ haha !
19:50 You’re wrong. By percentage of total population, the most Christians in India are in the North-East of India and not the South.
The South may have more total Christians, but they also have a bigger overall population than the (sparsely populated) North-East.
I was never claiming to be right - I was offering an observation and wanted to see what you guys thought.
South is more developed coz they have access to the coast and less population...coz even Gujarat that is not a southern state is developed due to its coast and relatively less population. Most of the companies have their manufacturing plants at these coastal regions and thus employ locals. Central India and Northern India is kind of landlocked as infrastructure in the hinterlands is Not that great.
I hear you!
Child trafficking is something which should be completely stopped but I don't understand when he was doing video on UK, why did he failed to mention the "grooming gang"...Child trafficking is a sad reality but it is a reality in most countries and numbers also comes down to the population of one country.
it is very sad and none talks about it as it is well hidden.
because that will expose the western hypocrisy.
@@zuzanareacts Yes
@@abhishekkushwaha2455 on the point
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20:09 yah, southern states do pretty well in HDI rankings. Though the correlation between christians being present in south and development doesnt hold true. Tho there are Christians who live in south India, the absolute numbers are still quite low compared to other communities. The map shows the lighter green color in south. Darker colors are present in north-east and kerala.
More Christians are present in the north-eastern part of India. Missionaries during british times converted many tribes to Christianity there.
Jews, Christians, muslims, all foreign religions arrived in India through sea routes to south India.
I suggest you should watch the video "Evidence Of Ancient Medical Technology" BY Praveen MOHAN. He beautifully describes the scientific thoughts of Hinduism. His videos will really help you understand the rich scientific history of India. I hope your next video will be on that.
I can already tell you it won't be but I will put it onto the list - thank you :)
Also Thailand, Singapore Malaysia have same temples because cholas and Khmer and other Indian rulers ruled over those countries.
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In 1800, India was the richest country in the world, which was also called the golden bird, but then the British oppressed us so much that we came to the poorest countries in the world by 1947. Then our ancestors used to have only cow at that time because of which our ancestors survived, then our ancestors considered cow as the form of God. The second reason is that in our Hindu belief, 33 types(Koti) of gods reside in the cow, due to which the cow was given the status of God. The third reason is that suppose no one is the mother of the newborn.Or the mother of that child is unable to feed her own milk, then only cow's milk is fed, due to which the child survives, this is the reason why in Hinduism, the cow has been given the status of a mother🙏🇮🇳
Thank you using proper map of India 🇮🇳🙏
6:58 Now the tallest statue in world is statue of Unity in Gujarat India. 182meter I think. Do a reaction video on it as well.
There are 31+ Cuisines in India
Try Indian Food labeled Satvik it has zero to low levels of spices, and is simpler to digest.
Satvik Food: Simple easily digestible food designed for health and spiritual thoughts. (Calms Your Mind)
Raajasik Food: Spicy, Oily, Rich, tasty food which is designed for partying and creating materialistic desires. (Extroverts your mind)
Taamsik Food: They are Heavy, spicy, alcoholic, Preserved food which is designed to create lethargy and sluggishness. (Dulls your mind)
You can go to restaurants run by ISKCON temples in Slovakia to taste simple Satvik food or CZcams it. What you get in Indian Restaurants are Raajsik or Taamsik Food.
I like the idea of Satvik food!!
As per Indian culture if you drink milk from someone, she becomes your mother or mother like. Most Indian households have cows and kids have milk of that cow. So, in a way that cow is a mother like figure for many. That's why it's forbidden to eat cow meat. For example - who would want to kill and eat his/her pet?
COWS are considered SACRED as the cow milk alone can sustain you without having proper solid food and has the highest amount of nutrition without having to mix/cook anything. So, it can be considered as the most SUSTAINABLE food source.
@Zuzana The Bharatiya (Indian) culture has been the most open since time immemorial and hence it welcomed all people and all religions around the world. In fact, when Islam spread into Iran, the Zorashtrians migrated to India and India welcomed them and today they are the Parsi community in India. The Zorashtrians in Iran were given three options - convert to Islam, get beheaded for not converting, or to leave the country/land. Those who left, because they didn't want to convert to Islam or to die, landed in India and started life there. Similarly, the Tibetan Dalai Lama has been living in Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh since the 1950s when he fled from Tibet because of the Chinese invasion and takeover of Tibet.
Around the time East India company was flexing its political muscles, an ambitious Indian dynasty was consolidating the country.
They won Tiruchirappalli in the south [Siege of Trichinopoly (1741)], Delhi in the north [Battle of Delhi (1757)] Peshawar in the west [Battle of Peshawar (1758)] and invaded Bengal in the east [Maratha invasions of Bengal] - forming the rough boundary of present India. Less than 5 empires in world history have conquered this much land this fast. To put it in context, the distance between Peshawar and Trichirappalli is comparable to the distance between Greece and Iran.Due to infighting and clever playing of sides by the EIC, the Marathas lost the momentum and got consumed by the East India Company by 1818 - Third Anglo-Maratha War. [4 decades later the Marathas would have their revenge in the revolt of 1857 when Nana Sahib would contribute to the overthrow of the company rule and the resulting bankruptcy of the largest company on earth. 5 decades after that another group of Peshwa descents would form the core of the Congress movement to begin the end of the empire].
In short, if the British had not conquered India, Marathas would have done it or somebody else would have done it. By 1707, the Mughal empire had already controlled most of the subcontinent except for some parts in the extreme south.
In short, it is a myth that India was always a warring bunch of states that Britain somehow made a country out of. Every major nation has had its chaos. England had it in multiple centuries. Same in China, Iran, Greece and elsewhere. India’s chaos was in the mid to late 18th century. Not a permanent thing. 15 centuries ago when an ambitious Hindu saint,Adi Shankara, set about reviving Hinduism, he put his famous muths [missions] in the four corners of the present nation. If people at that time didn’t have an idea of India or its boundaries, why would he put these missions in such a strategic way or have his classic debates from Kashmir to Kerala?
Geographically India is hard to support multiple political entities. It has a nice natural boundary - Himalayas at the top, Brahmaputra in the east, Indian ocean in the south and Sindhu river in the west. These natural boundaries defined Indian culture and has been recognized by Indians across all regions. These boundaries built and sustained an unique culture. Sure, we share similarities with fellow Aryans of Iran and Sri Vijaya folks of modern Indonesia. But, the core of our civilization was always between the Himalayas to the Indu maha sagar.
Within these boundaries there are no natural features to stop an ambitious ruler from running over small rulers. There are no major mountain ranges or impenetratable jungles that stand in the way. There are no cultural barriers either.
While the people called the outsiders as Turksha [from Turkish origin - most Sultanates and Mughals], Hunas, Shakas or Yavanas [the Ionians who came 2000 years], there was no particular term for northerners or southerners. People thought to be of the same culture/ethnicity. In fact, the southern rulers like the Cholas had Prakrit/Sanskrit in their coins and glorified the ganga river of the north. Pilgrims from the south dreamed of bathing of Ganga in Kasi and pilgrims from north dreamed of bathing in the calm ocean of Rameswaram.
North and south followed the same religions, same gods, similar rituals, festivals, names, vocabulary [drawn from Sanskrit], social systems [like varnasrama], political systems and even similar crops. Just as Yorkshire differs from Cornwall, so does Kashmir and Kerala, just on a bigger scale due to a bigger geographical distance. Nevertheless same nation.
When the priests of south India set out to recite their temple prayers they would do in the name of Bharat Varshe, Bhartakande [land of India of the Indian continent]. The temples of north India, west India, east India, central India would all pray in the name of same Bharat of this continent of Bharat.
In short, it was natural for India to get united and it was done time to time by ambitious leaders. The last time it was done was not by British [who had an ungovernable mess of 550+ kingdoms alongside their territory], but by Sardar Patel - the nationalist who welded much of India with the help of Nehru and V. P. Menon.
Sure, there are interesting variations among us. What a Haryanavi would call as Sankranti would be called as Pongal by a Tamil and Bhogali Bihu by an Assamese. While the Punjabis would call their April 14 new year as Vaishaki, the Malayalis would call that Vishu. While the Deepavali is celebrated for Rama in UP, it might be celebrated for Krishna by the south or Lakshmi in the west. While the Gujaratis dance for Navratri, the northerners do Ram lila, the easterners and southerners do in the name of Durga. We are just one with many forms.
Across the subcontinent there is an affection for the Himalayas, Indus river, Indian ocean and the Ganga. You can see this in names kept by parents across India and the temples built by devotees [in extreme south temples look to build replicas of Manasarovar in Tibet or Kashi Vishwanath].
With or without the British such a union would have happened. It happened before the British rule [Mughals], during the British consolidation [Marathas] and after the British rule [republic era].
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Well explained! 👏
95% hindus+ jain+budha+sikh believes in rebirth, do you know?
Mam nothing to do with religion in terms of development, It's just a misconception because, western state of India i.e, Maharashtra is most devoloped state (Mumbai is the capital) have highest GDP growth 📈 but sometimes they consider Maharashtra as a south Indian somethimes north Indian...😂 But we are growing all together now...& That's the main thing...India first👆🇮🇳 btw i am from Mumbai.😇
Jai Hind 🇮🇳 Jai Maharashtra🚩
Geography of India is really tough like really tough, I remember mugging up the maps to draw the rivers in blind map of India 🥲🥲
I'm so happy I never had to do this. I just wonder what are blind maps good for anyways 😂🙈
@@zuzanareacts oh come on its in a way exciting, like now when I travel across different places across India I remember the place on map and the significance of that place vegetation or that place which enriches my experience of travel so it's in a way exciting as well.
Hinduism was based on respecting the resources. Cows provide dairy products and were (perhaps still are) tilling soil for agriculture, their dung was dried and used as fuel. Elephants were also elemental to carrying heavy things around. #raakhgraffiti
Cow are roaming around street in India is normal
I cannot really imagine that in practicality - this concept for me is quite unimaginable
@@zuzanareacts Visit india u will get to know more amazing things it is so unique
My Bharat is very beautiful
India existed as a civilization-state. Now it is a Westphalian nation-state with fixed borders. Concept of fixed borders is fairly new, from treaty of Westphalia - devised to stop European nations from trying to keep changing borders in the age of total war. Before the advent of citizen army of French republic, war was between small numbers of armies led by royals. Total war changed that because of deep mobilization, immense casualties and protracted drawn out wars. So just because western European countries managed to have fixed borders and political unity etc a century or two before India, they don't magically become a 'natural country’ and India becomes an ‘artificial country’ .
The concept of nation-states, i.e. that the aspirations of the people that constitute a nation are best served by a common political entity is considered a relatively recent idea in Europe from the 18th century. Nationalism led to the formation of nation-states and modern countries. This development was followed up with a gradual hardening of state boundaries with the passport and visa regime that followed it.
Note that the concept of nationhood is based on the idea shared by a set of people that they constitute a nation. This idea or feeling may be based on common ties of a people based on their culture, common descent, language, religion or other such attributes. The state constitutes a group of people inhabiting a specific territory and living according to a common legal and political authority.
The modern nation-state, as it exists today, is a new development for the entire world, and not just for India. Mediaeval Europe, for instance, was divided politically into many small principalities, the boundaries and sovereignties of which changed frequently. Many of the countries as we know them today got established in the 19th and 20th century, and the boundaries of these changed throughout the 20th century - in the two World Wars, border disputes and the turmoil in Eastern Europe.
The United Kingdom was not really united till the act of Union in 1702 when England (including Wales) and Scotland came together. Even then they retained different laws and (even more crucially in European nationhood) retained separate national Churches. In 1801, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was formed. In 1922, Ireland broke off as an independent country resulting in the present political formation - the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Thus the UK in its present political state, if that is the criteria to be used, is not even a hundred years old.
Across the Atlantic, the picture is even more stark. In 1700, the British colonies were spread barely over the area that comprises the few North Eastern States, less than 10% of the current geographical areas. The diverse Native American tribes that inhabited the area of the present day United States could not be said to have comprised a nation, and even if they did, the current United States neither considers itself as a continuity of the native culture, nor are its people primarily descendents of the natives. Even in 1776, when America declared itself a separate state from the British, its area was a small fraction of the area it has today, mainly constituting the states on the East Coast. Only in 1845 did Texas and California, among its largest states, become part of it as a result of a war with Mexico. Washington State gained statehood in 1889, Hawaii in 1900. Thus the United States in its present political and geographic conception is barely 100 years old as a state and, at the maximum limit, as a political entity is about 250 years, with many annexations and a civil war in between. No state or kingdom existed on its boundaries before that in history.
If you take Mexico, the story is better, but not much. While it has greater continuity from pre-colonial times than the United States because of the Aztec Empire that existed for about a hundred years before the Spanish Conquest, the Aztec never controlled all of present day Mexico. No other conception of nation-hood, such as shared religious beliefs, united the other areas of Mexico with the Aztec ones. Furthermore, while present day Mexicans take pride in their Aztec heritage and use symbols from the Aztec nation on their flag, they have largely lost any direct cultural continuity of either language or religious beliefs from pre-colonial times. Spanish has very nearly wiped out the native languages and 95% of Mexicans are now Christians and described as `Hispanic’. i.e. of the Spanish culture.
Similarly, Africa and South America mostly constitute of state boundaries carved up by colonial rule. The present boundaries of the African states were largely carved out by treaties among the European nations between 1884 and 1899 in meetings held in Europe with no African representation into the process! While there had been some kingdoms like Ghana and Mali in earlier times that were politically united, the boundaries of current African countries rarely map to the territories of historical kingdoms.
In short, if we take the legitimacy of current nation-states on the basis of centuries of common continuous political rule over the same geographical boundary and inhabited by the same people, then practically no country on the planet meets this criteria. Simply put, shifting nature of political kingdoms and their boundaries over the centuries legitimize virtually no country in its present form.
To understand nationhood then as it is supports the modern nation-state, we thus must search the roots of nationhood first and foremost in the conception of nationhood, i.e. did a particular set of people, within a particular geography, imagine of themselves a common socio-cultural geographical heritage that comprised them as a nation?
This video is kinda good, better than the other ones out there but not free of stereotypes. For example, the comment of Indian films having a happy ending all the time is absolute rubbish. One who has no idea of Indian Cinema will say these stupid things. We make movies of every genre possible. Films like RRR, KGF Chapter 1 and 2, Pathaan, etc are just huge and have raked in huge numbers at the global box office. While there are family dramas too, low budget romantic comedies too, biopics too(some like Bhaag Milkha Bhaag based on the life of Indian athlete Milkha Singh have gone on to win so many awards at international film festivals). Movies like Article 15 and Jai Bhim challenge the Indian society at the root level and show the audience the absolute horrifying effects of the caste system and why we need to eradicate it. Only a fool will say that all Indian films are having songs and dance and happy endings. Hell NO!!!! Indian Cinema is as diverse as India and Indian culture. Each region of India makes such wonderful movies that you'll literally cry watching some of them. Also, our cinema is way different than other world industries because we incorporate song and dance sequences in almost every movie, most of which actually carry forward the plot of that particular movie. Our movies are long (like two hours minimum) but are engaging enough to keep you hooked throughout the time you're in the theatre. We celebrate our movies because they show our culture with pride. Actors like Shahrukh Khan, Ram Charan and NTR Jr are known worldwide now. Shahrukh Khan especially is HUGE in West Asian countries like Saudi Arabia and the UAE
Some royal families are active in politics in India.some royal family members contested in elections and got elected as member of parliament.For example royal familes of Udaipur,Jaipur,Jodhpur, Indore,Gwalior etc.
Mumbai, Gurgaon, Delhi, Kolkata, Pune are most developed city of India with majority of Hinduism and Islam also ( very very low % of Cristianity).
this is another Observation.😅❤
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Except Mumbai which states are developed than south india very funny😂
And when Pune and Mumbai are named as a states these 2 cities are in same state😂
@@RanjithKumar-dk3sdyes we hv bad politics in here bt don't forget bro that Indias 1st IIT in bengal, 1st metro, 1st Oscar, 4 nobel prizes, 1st mobile use, 1st television use, asias largest science & research center, 1st zoo, 1st cantilever bridge, and many more,,, also 1st under water metro.
@@santanu_chakraborty everything only first after that nothing and by the way the topic is which states are developed north or south so ur answer makes nothing sense
@@santanu_chakraborty And I am not against or not degrading North India and I love North Indian very much I have many frnds in north India and I am saying the fact that's all ❤️ no offence
South is more development than north becoz north part of india is mostly suffered by invaders.total distruction. South is like untouched that's why many ancient temples are still stands there and destroyed in north part. And after independence establishment started to develop ports for shipment and south part is mostly surrounded by indian ocean. So it's advantage and need, to develop south part of india at fast rate. It's nothing to do with Christian population over there. Infact in south hinduism is most prominent religion.
thank you!
Now india has changed alot after 5 years.
Only mother and cow's milk can be digested. Cow's milk can be produced at scale. Therefore, cow is considered like a 2nd mother. This was also common Africa
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19:40 🧐There are total 4% Christians all over India. I think you can understand😂
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Honestly, when I hear “curry “ I wonder what is it? What west calls curry is called gravy in India. And most available in west are pure construction of restaurant industry.
All the South Indian states are Hindu majority. Their progress has nothing to do with Christianity.
It is just that north India was gateway of invasion and hence had to suffer the brunt many times more than south India.
In south India you can find innumerable 1000yr or more old temples but in north India you find very few.
Varanasi which is one of the holiest pilgrimage for Hindus has only one 1000yr old temple, that too because it was miles off from main city.
5:24 because of its weather and temperature and geographical layout..!
Temperature :-- -50 to -70 degree Celsius .
> Dangerous of avalanche is always ON.
> Level of Oxygen is too low ..
Cow is sacred bckz it is shivas vehicle....
South is slightly more developed due to numerous sea ports, so most industries prefer South due to less transportation cost...... Nothing to do with religion..... But if u r interested, South Indian states have 20% -30% muslims+ Christian population max, rest are Hindu...... Other states have over 90% Hindu population..... So yeah relatively u can say abrahamic religions are little bit more prevalent in south, mainly due to sea trades right from exploration era of Europeans from 17th century..... They arrived in south by sea.... And dharmic religions ( Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, jains) covers almost entire of india and most prevalent in north..... But u can also see majority muslims towards Pakistan border side and some in Bangladesh border side in north because of islamic invasion era from Afghanistan side in north
South is more developed because it had ports and south usually is the first choise for bussiness as they host major port cities north east india is more christian than the south actually.
5:17 The Siachen glacier is also the highest battlefield in the world. Indian army is also titled as the highest battlefield controller due to this glacier. In 1984 the pakistani millitary captured it and to counter it India launched operation meghdoot to strike them down and the Indian army fought a fierce battle without proper winter clothes when the pakistani soldiers were very well equiped for the climate. Still the Indian soldiers were successful to kick them off and to reintegrate our land back to India.
The south is seemingly more developed because all the invasions happened from the north. So the northern states had to bear the brunt of these invasions while the south was relatively peaceful.
Many people have a common misconception that ‘The feeling of Indianness (one nation) did not exist before the British rule.’ First of all we need to understand that this notion has not come out of nowhere but has been carefully taught and implanted through the British educational system in India which once used this to encourage the division among Indians by preaching that Indians were never united.
So, let me present some scenarios to debunk this myth.
Historical examples:
Throughout our Indian history, we find the Indians united under one banner after some brief intervals of time which was followed by invasions (the invaders were referred to as mlechhas).
The first consolidation of a large part of India was under Magadha. This was followed by an invasion of Alexander. (Weren’t Greeks considered as foreigners?)
The consolidation of India under Mauryas. This was followed by invasion of various Central Asian tribes who were initially considered as foreigners by the major post-Mauryan kingdoms like Satavahanas and Shungas. (The texts of those period record victories over mlechhas which prove that they were considered as foreigners).
Consolidation of a large part of India under Guptas. This was followed by the invasion of Hunas and later Arabs.
The Arabs are defeated by the united confederation of the Rashtrakutas of South and Gurjara-Pratiharas of North (the sovereigns of later Rajputs). It is followed by internal conflicts between these Indian kingdoms for around 3 centuries and then Mahmud of Ghazni invades.
(Taking a fast forward…) A coalition of Afghans (who had been accepted by the Indian society till then) and Rajputs under Maharana Pratap against Akbar (Mughals were viewed as foreigners by both of them for a long period of time.)
Mughals and later Marathas establish a pan-Indian empire.
So, as stated above, there are a number of instances which show that the feeling of Indianness did exist among Indians as they were united from time to time.
Geographical isolation:
India has been separated from the rest of the world by natural barriers. As a result India lived separately and evolved her own style of life and development. No doubt, some of the foreign cultures and civilizations found their way into India through the northern passes but their influence was very limited. These led to the development of a Indian culture with slight variations in the various subregions of India.
Finally, the literary texts of India:
The Ramayana links the North with the South. The Maha- Bharata introduces the concept of one Bharat. These stories were then taken and told and retold in all the languages of the people of this great civilization, till the stories themselves established a linkage among us and to the sacred geography they celebrated. This sacred geography is what makes north Indians flock to Tirupati and south Indians to the Kumbha Mela. These books which were compiled centuries ago prove that the Indians were indeed ‘one’ since centuries ago!!
And yet, we learn, in our colonial schools, that the British created India and gave us a link language, as if we were not talking to each other for thousands of years, traveling, telling and retelling stories before the British came!!
Comparing this to Britain itself, in England in the Dark Ages the idea of England existed but in actual fact that region was very much divided into several sovereign kingdoms: Wessex, East Anglia, Mercia and Northumbria to name the main ones.
A nation is defined as:
A large body of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular state or territory.
Note the definition doesn't include political structures, kingdoms, empires etc. It is just about cultural practices.
When the Greeks came to India, they didn’t have many terms to distinguish the Punjabis, Rajasthanis, Haryanvis and Biharis they encountered. They found the culture quite common and used the term Indians for all these groups and same for the Persians, Chinese, Arabs, Turks, English and other groups who visited India. They saw the people following common culture.
Again, the locals had term for outsiders - Yavanas (Ionians) for Europeans, Turushka (Turkic) for Muslims, but the different states didn’t have term signifying outsiders from other Indian states and they all used the common term Bharat to refer to their land. So, implicitly there was an idea that people of different regions of India had a common descent.
Did Indians have common languages before 1700s? Majority of India spoke a language that is directly derived from the Prakrit. Although the southernmost region speaks a different language [in terms of grammar] the vocabulary is derived from the same words. This is why a northerner can understand terms such as Kanyakumari, Madurai etc - derived from common vocabulary. Same for most of the names kept in the south and almost all scripts of India are related to Brahmi. Tamil kings such as Cholas issued coins in Devanagari script.
Other things that were common to Indians:
The varna system.
The holy 8 of Hindu pantheon - Siva, Vishnu, Brahma, Parvati, Lakshmi, Saraswati, Ganesha, Surya, Kartikeya.
The importance of the two epics Ramayana and Mahabharata.
Importance of rivers and seeing them as a holy, purifying force. The importance of Ganga as the holy river is particularly common across India.
Priests across the country use the Vedas - the core Hindu text - in the exact same pronunciation.
Again, there are close genetic connections among the Indians and common kingdoms such as the Mauryans, Guptas and Mughals who ruled much of present day India.
When the famed Hindu saint of Shankara set about to reviving Hinduism about 1400 years ago, he went on foot across India to far away places such as Kedarnath, but not to the next door such as Sri Lanka. Indians didn’t try to gain anything from Sri Lanka [besides conquests] while seeing the rest of India as one common cultural entity.
Given these close cultural, linguistic connections, it is safe to assume India as a nation before the English colonization.
wow. - thank you so much for sharing - this is very informative
Cow is sacred - Ancient vedic texts, then in hindu festivals during pooja PANCHAMRIT means mixture of 5 nectors from cow viz. GHEE, MILK, CURD are used in religious ceremonies so a socio religious cultural angle. Moreover, I dont care we all like Milk and unlike western cherrypicked love for Dogs, Indians are thankful for another mother who provides Milk.
Cows roaming around - accepted as it is, means they are allowed to wander which is wrong but our rules came in 21st century however, such activities is centuries old. We accept domestic animals. Problem of plenty.
20:08 completely wrong, reason is Assumption (well its conformational bias Rudyard kipling wrote in white man syndrome sorry but need to point out fault lines) - 'Christians live in South so south is more developed', but those christians aint white, they are indeginous, reason is South India has less population, more education and responsible citizens with *civic sense* as compared to North (where people got mutated by virtue of history of invasions - example, in North Music Dance is prohibited in Hindu homes considered act of Prostitutes tawayat, Northern women do parda, while in south Women dont do parda and tgere is a culture of playing Music and Dance in south)
Indian royals are many when getting independence in 1947, we had 565 princely states 400 Hindus 100 Muslim princely states since all sold their sovereignity to British so they aint famous but do exist. We might have 1000+ princes.
Longest surving line with illustrious History
1. Kingdom of Mewar (9th century AD to 1305 AD then jauher happened, 1305 to 1947 AD the most respected Rajput Kingdom)
2. Chola of Tamil Nadu (10th century to 1947)
Cholas had world first Navy with 1000+ vessels and we found records of friendly Naval games between Cholas of South with Qin Empire of China in 11th century mind bogling right! Cholas founded branches in entire south Asia hence making Indo china a reality example Indonesian Sri Vijaya and Malasian Malay Kingdoms were founded by Chola princes.
Mewar is like Spartans many kings chose honor and death insread of running away and defeated invaders with larger armies. when you visit India you see Maharana Pratap statues in all 4 way crossing. Indian 4 way raod crossing circle is full of statues of our heros from Kings to Revolutionaries.
Gypsies are from sindh, pakistan & Rajasthan,india.they are Banjaras means traveling dancers.
Siachen glacier aka deadman zone is the highest battlefield on the planet.
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There are no cattle roaming around in South Indian cities. This feature is found North Indian cities.
Romanian are also Indian origin which is known as Doma in India.
South india is more developed than north because of the peninsula shape of india and sea trade route from where British or other groups came to india for trade or invasions because India was rich at that time. From north mughal invadors came and destroyed cities and temples and north is surrounded with desert and mountains. So if you see foreign culture and religious group that is because they came through the sea route. One more interesting fact is Colombus was searching for India(for spices) and accidently found America.
प्रकृतिम स्वामवष्टभ्य विसृजामि पुन: पुन: ।
भूतग्राममिमं कृत्स्नमवशम प्रकृतेर्वशात॥
Hahaha..we too draw major river map, cultural sites map in school days. We were given outline map of india
maaan! I wouldn't want o be you guys! hahaa
Romanian Gypsies are fleeing musicians/artisans from India during Islamic invasions during the 11th and 13th century
Because of attack and war north always got robbed and looted by Mugal and British. And got poorer and poorer. For example 500AD- 33% GDP
1700AD- 25% GDP
1947AD- 2% GDP😢😢😢😢
The cow is sacred for socio economic reasons. The cow provides for from birth to death. The cow provides milk, butter, clarified butter, cow dung (disinfectant, pest control and fuel), the urine is a disinfectant. After death leather. So you can understand why the cow is revered and hence protected.
@Zuzana He didn't touch on the Eastern States of India like Assam, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh which border Myanmar (erstwhile Burma). India is a huge country with one of the most diverse land and climates, as well it's the country with one of the most fertile land of any countries in the world. Hence, India is the top or top two or three producers of many agricultural products in the world - rice, wheat, milk, millets, and so on.
South India is highly educated as compared to the North India. Most of the Indian scientists come from the Southern part of India. But the thing is, Most of the South Indians are enough rich that they can afford to go to abroad like US, Most of the Indian CEOs of American companies are from the South India. So your assumptions are wrong. See, Why muslims even though they're the second largest majority yet has the lowest number of literacy rate. Bcz they mostly go the madarsas to get religious knowledge instead of schools to get scientific knowledge. Zoroastrians and Jews are most educated communities while Christians too only go to the missionaries instead of schools.
About Cow, this sentiment you can only understand by visiting india.
Bty Cow is a representation of Mother Earth
And Bull is a representation of Dharma
According to our Scripture.
Cow is like mother to us❤.
Keep in mind that this video is extremely outdated and a lot of things have changed in these 6 years.
South has Christian population more than north but even that is too minimal(less than 3%) compared to other religions. So there is no need for you to presume that South India is more developed cause of Christianity. South has less population and more industrialised and hence per capita income of south is more and is more developed.
Like he said there are many royals still in india they have huge properties and local goverment influence , so india as a whole dont really care about royals it might have some local impact in those areas.
20:10 No, the highest concentration of Christians is in the Northeast. Apart from Muslims, no other religious communities tend to live in ghettos here. Sikhs, Jains, Jews, Christians, and others are found throughout the region. In fact, Muslims are also widespread, being the second largest religious group.
Cows are respected like mothers but not worshipped here reason for us is after mother only the cow feeds the child milk and raises him, so krishna teaches us that " we do not kill the one whose milk we drink" as lord krishna played with calves all his childhood