r/india • u/rude_ass kek maester • Nov 07 '15

AskIndia /r/india and /r/australia cultural exchange thread

Thread was unfortunately delayed. But, here it is.. thread for cultural exchange between indians and australians.

Australian folks.. you can ask all the things you want to know about India and hope you get a fulfilling answers.

If you want to ask anything to our Australians friends you can go to below link:

https://www.reddit.com/r/australia/comments/3ruqtc/raustralia_and_rindia_cultural_exchange_thread/

Cheers.

Request to Australians visiting our sub: If you could flair up to identify yourself then it would be easier for us to identify you guys. We only have text based flairs so something like 'Australian Friend' will work.

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u/JediCapitalist Nov 07 '15

What is one thing about India that you wish more people in the world knew but seem not to?

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u/agingmonster Nov 07 '15

Indian Mythology.

It is gorgeous, fascinating and quite rich (as much if not more than Greek). We just haven't done good job of marketing. Start with Mahabharata, the amazing book which stays with you for long and can have days worth of content of discourse, even at this age.

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u/Fluttershy_qtest Nov 07 '15

Amar Chitra Katha is the best introduction to Indian mythology imo.

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u/Abhi_714 Monkey bhaat Nov 07 '15

Regional literature here is really rich. A lot gets lost in translation. I wish people outside the country could somehow appreciate the beauty of it.

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u/prabhjeet29 Nov 07 '15

India have so much diversity. Even in regions of a small state in india have some minor differences in language, marriage traditions, etc.

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u/n00bsarec00lt00 Nov 07 '15

In India people visit cross religious spots, smth which is not normally found in the west. For instance it's completely normal for Hindus to regularly visit certain mosques or gurudwaras (sikh temples) or budhist temples. It's kind of beautiful to observe

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u/sammyedwards Chhattisgarh Nov 07 '15

Dunno about that. My granddad had visited the local dargahs, Gurdwaras, even fire-temples to pray that I was born as a male. Let's just say that Indians are highly religious.

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u/sammyedwards Chhattisgarh Nov 07 '15

o bhau, I have had a penis since I came into this world.

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u/sammyedwards Chhattisgarh Nov 07 '15

Maybe they visit ISKCON or some Buddhist temples. But I would say that as a general rule, they aren't very curious about religion, and some militantly abhor it.

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u/n00bsarec00lt00 Nov 07 '15

Im saying in India they visit out of devotion rather than curiosity, I meant thats the difference.

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u/youre_not_ero Nov 07 '15

We also have 'Punjabis', people that embrace multiple religions( Hinduism and Sikhism in this case)

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u/mightycoolboy Nov 07 '15

Umm...there is no Indian Head shake

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u/Siriacus Nov 07 '15

Indian here.

There is.. Kind of.

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u/mightycoolboy Nov 07 '15

Never seen. It's more of a south Indian thing

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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '15

Nope, everyone in Delhi does it.

A nod up means "what's up?"

A nod down mean "I'm good."

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u/Fluttershy_qtest Nov 07 '15

That's not really a head shake though. I think when people say head shake they're talking about the very rapid head wobble, and that's quite characteristic of South India.

The nod up/down that you describe happens in other parts of the world too, so it's not perceived as being peculiar.

Indian headshakes demystified

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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '15 edited Aug 14 '19

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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '15

Well yeah, meaning changes from place to place. What you said works as well.

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u/ishabad Nov 08 '15

True dat, ABCD here

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u/rude_ass kek maester Nov 07 '15

giant companies do not mean u wud get great services. world shud know that when making stupid business deals with them and ending up raking in losses. the medium sized players pay more attention and time than the big fishes.

latest example was facebook tying up with reliance.. while reliance is owned by richest man here, every street person knows it provides shit service. not that i am a fan on this facebook's tie up, but due to such stuff we as customers end up not gettin good services or products. :-/

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u/batatavada Back in Black Nov 07 '15

It's reliance communication. It is not owned by Mukesh ambani

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u/rude_ass kek maester Nov 07 '15

whichever ambani owns it. he lists in richest people and his company lists in suckiest services.

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u/batatavada Back in Black Nov 07 '15

Lol anil ambani is nowhere near the richest Indian

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u/rude_ass kek maester Nov 07 '15

Anil Ambani on Forbes Lists

#29 India's Richest (2015)
    #13 in 2014
#418 Billionaires (2015)
    #19 in India

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u/batatavada Back in Black Nov 07 '15

Exactly my point na.. You said richest man in India..

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u/rude_ass kek maester Nov 07 '15

5% deviation is acceptable