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Pearson India Indian Culture Art And Heritage 2Nd Edition by Devdutt Pattanaik
Culture is the belief of a community that is transmitted from one generation to another. While studying culture we study people’s food, clothing and shelter preferences, their belief systems, rituals and customs. Art is the expression of culture – in tangible (literature, fine arts, sculptures, fashion, architecture, coins, pots, carvings, etc.) and intangible (performing arts, music, dance and theater) form. Heritage is what is needed to be preserved and what we as humans want to take forward too. This book shows how amalgamation of these three components – Culture, Art and Heritage – have created, build and resurrected Indian society from its inception. This book has been designed to address the needs of Civil services aspirants.Features1. Written by an expert who is known for simplifying mythology2. Unique Structure to aid understanding and memorization:a.)64 topics grouped under 3 main-headings and 10 sub-headingsb.)Mapping of culture, arts, heritage to history (time) and geography (space)c.)Over 250 story-telling images, and 100 tablesd.)More than 200 examination-based questions3. Content framed on contemporary and future geopolitical realities includes:a.)Contemporary Topics: People, The Indian Home, LGBTQ, Womenb.)Themes in vogue: How Politics and Economics shape Culturec.)Stress on Media: Storytellers, Oral and Written Traditions, Photography, Cinema,Radio, Television, Internet and Social Media.d.)Comparison with World Cultures.e.)Connecting idea to design, myth to tradition, culture, civilization, art, and heritage.