India is the largest democratic country of the world and is hugely popular for its rich cultural heritage. The people of India have preserved this dynamic culture since thousands of years. Hinduism, Islam, Christianity and Sikhism are the main religions in India. The vast cultural heritage of the country is a result of the mix of various religions and its people. Indians are generally known for their strong religious beliefs and practices which they follow strictly. Hinduism is the major religion followed by the people of India.
Every year, India receives a large number of tourists from all over the world, who come here to experience the different colors of India. Foreigners who visit India fall in love with the varied architectural heritage distributed across the length and breadth of the country. Some of these include the Red Fort, India Gate, Gateway of India and the very famous Tajmahal in Agra, which is also among the seven wonders of the world. Tajmahal was built by a Mughal ruler in the memory of his wife. Read the rest of this entry »
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It happens only in Indian Hospitals
Sharda Devi’s family was distraught when the woman was declared dead by doctors at a top Bihar hospital. But their grief turned to shock when the 45- year old woman ‘came back alive’ at her funeral pyre minutes before she was to be cremated.
While her family was happy to term it ‘God’s miracle’, this was more a case of sheer apathy by negligent doctors at the hospital, whose almost indecent haste to declare the woman dead without proper tests paints a sorry picture of hospitals in the state.
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According to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), 600 million people or 55 per cent of Indians still do not have access to toilets. About 54.71 per cent of urban slums have no toilet facility and most free community toilets built by the government are rendered unusable because of the lack of maintenance, the UNDP report for 2009 said.
According to United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) data, an estimated 400,000 children under five years of age die each year due to diarrhoea and other infections caused by poor sanitation and hygiene which is largely because of open defecation of waste that contaminates drinking water.
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