Indianism

                                   National Flag Of India                   Every free nation of the world has its own flag. It is a symbol of a free country.                                          Well we all know what the above picture indicates. Yes,It is the Indian National Flag. Now lets see how it came to be the one it is today.    Evolution of the Indian Flag Prior to the Sepoy Mutiny in 1857, the fragmented nation of India was represented by the individual flags of the various princely states. Post the Sepoy Mutiny, the British established Imperial rule in India and a flag was introduced to represent the British colony of India. The flag was blue, with the Union Jack on the upper left corner, and a star ...

                                         Song Corner Well after much discussing with a few friends and family alive I have decided to add a song corner to the blog. Now you might think that what is this and why I am doing this so called song corner. Well the reason is that I think that everyone loves songs of various types-rock,pop or even folk songs. So why not start with some songs which talk a lot about India and have some meaning in them. Note-These songs are not all folk songs.Some of them are from Bollywood songs to from various                  movies.                                              Without Further Ado,Here is the first one-               ...

                                                     Rockets                             There are approximately "132.46 crores" people in our country India.                             Out of those 95.6 % of the people celebrate the festival "Diwali".                                                     (shame on those unlucky 4.4%) First something about Diwali.It's an Hindu festival(in name only though,every religion celebrates it,which is a good thing) Now all of us have at least seen or fired a small Diwali rocket.Some might even have launched the legendary 12 at once rockets ...

India has one the most talent scientists and engineers around the world.Any problem can we solved the us Indians often regarded  as Jugad .Let's see how Indians are master of jugad with these following images. 1.Definitely a unique calling bell that is the best proof that Indian is the master of jugad. ______________________________________________________ 2.Now I  bet you have never seen such a rear mirror. ______________________________________________________ 3. Well, now we know how to deal with the brake lights when you can’t arrange anything else. _______________________________________ 4.Car Repairing companies be like-"Don't you worry about the petrol lid.We got it all covered :) ." _______________________________________ 5.And Last but not the least-The Wiper! _______________________________________ That's all for this post. Stay tuned for more Jugadu Indians post and many more. ...

   Spices                                           History and Origin of Spices in India Spices have been closely connected to magic, cultural traditions, preservation, medicine and embalming since early human history. Spices were a key component of India's external trade with  Mesopotamia, China, Sumeria, Egypt  and  Arabia  , along with perfumes and textiles - as far back as  7000 years ago  - much before the Greek and Roman civilisations. As can be seen below, spices played a key role in shaping the course of world history. The clove finds a mention in the  Ramayana  - as well as in writings dating back to the  Roman Empire  in the 1 st century AD. Caravans of camels moved regularly from  Calcutta, Goa  and the  Orient  in ancient times to transport these spices to distant destinations ...

Today let's learn why I decided about the blog name "Indianism". According to Me, Indianism means-a word or idiom characteristic of Indian's English Accent . It all started when our Honourable communication skills sir-Mr Shrad  Tiwari, took our lecture about Indianism. His idea about indianism and his lecture motivated me about this blog. These are some phrases or words we Indians use mostly,but seems an abrupt  attempt to speak English to native speakers.Be Sure to avoid them. Well then,Lets see some Indianism shall we? 1. Cutting -Well i started with this one since its the most common one used. Cutting can mean anything from cutting a piece of paper or something else.But here in India,Cutting is literally used in different sense. Cutting here when said to chai-wala(Local Roadside Tea/Coffee Vendor) is meant to serve tea in small glasses, usually  opposed to the full sized glasses. 2. Time Pass -Time pass might seem common to the native Indians, but to...