q-9 write answers to the point: 1."unity in diversity" is the characteristic of India.Explain the statement.
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Explanation:
Unity implies one-ness or a sense of we-ness, meaning integration wherein hitherto divisive people and culture are synthesized into a united whole, along with higher levels of cooperation, mutual understanding, shared values, common identity and above all national consciousness. It holds tightly together the various relationships of ethnic groups or institutions in a dovetailed manner through the bonds of contrived structures, norms and values. It has also been described as a social psychological condition. However, unity does not mean uniformity which implies similarity. Unity may be born out of similarity.
The reverse of the term ‘unity’ is ‘diversity denoting collective differences so as to find out dissimilarities among groups of people: biological, religious linguistic etc. Ethnic diversity is perceived on the basis of biological diversity. Religious diversity is visualized on the basis of religion or faith. Linguistic diversity is marked on the basis of languages spoken by a group of people. Thus all these differences presuppose collective differences or prevalence of variety of groups and cultures.
India, a vast peninsular sub-continent, also known as ‘Bharat Varsha’, has a total land area of about 33 million sq.kms. and population exceeding 800 millions. The seventh largest and the second most populous nation of the world (with 2.4 percent of world’s land area and 15.0 percent of the population of the world) India, possesses varieties of social, economic, geographical and ecological conditions.
The sources of diversity in India may be traced through a variety of ways, the most obvious being the ethnic origins, religions, castes, tribes, languages, social customs, cultural and sub- cultural beliefs, political philosophies and ideologies, geographical variations etc.
India is an ethnological museum. The waves of immigration have drawn the ancestors of the majority of present population into India from the surrounding territories across the Himalayas. Their dispersal into this subcontinent has resulted in the consequent regional concentration of a variety of ethnic element and creation of a social mosaic along with ethnic distinctiveness.