REAL
India has ‘Unity
in Diversity’. From centuries, India has been open in welcoming outside
elements & change, assimilating their culture & enriching its cultural
diversity.
Now, the whole world
is in the same process.
In her book ‘World
Class: Thriving at home in the Global Economy’, Rosabeth Moss Canter, a Harvard
Business School Professor, writes that cultural diversity is an asset. The key
to turning access to cultural diversity into an asset is Intercultural
Communication Competence (ICC). Without eliminating differences, ICC helps deal
with clashing cultures.
Indian connection
proves that the world is more Indian than we think.
People from all
over the world come seeking for answers and get enriched by India’s wealth of
wisdom.
In mid-1974, a
young Steve Jobs, Apple’s ex-CEO, had travelled to India with his friends in
search of spiritual enlightenment. They toured extensively in India. There was
a transformation in their personality because of the time they spent here.
Many ‘foreigners’
visit India as they are spiritually drawn & adopt India as their home. They
learn and contribute. Sadhus & Sadhvis of ISKCON & those who stay by
the banks of the river Ganga etc. are more Indian than we think.
Italy-born Ileana
Citaristi, is now an Odissi & Chhau dancer, based in Bhubaneswar, Odisha
since 1979. In 2006, she became the
first dancer of foreign origin to be conferred the Padma Shri Award for her
contributions to Odissi dance. Ileana is more Indian than we think.
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| Odissi Dance of Odisha, India; Source |
