Category: Cultural Diversity

The Peculiarities Of Japanese Pet Culture What would you be interested in doing if you visited Japan? I would like to learn about Japanese pet culture, what animals are commonly kept as pets and how differently they are cared for compared to Australia. Australian pet culture is somewhat similar to Japanese pet culture, some pets…

Dharma, Kama, Artha, Moksha As Four Main Concepts Of Hinduism Hinduism is one of the widespread religions in the world. It is considered the third largest religion after Christianity and Islam, and some scholars even call it the oldest religion with the roots dating back more than 4000 years. It is mostly practiced in the…

The Peculiarities Of Japanese Pet Culture What would you be interested in doing if you visited Japan? I would like to learn about Japanese pet culture, what animals are commonly kept as pets and how differently they are cared for compared to Australia. Australian pet culture is somewhat similar to Japanese pet culture, some pets…

Rejecting Hinduism As A Religious Identity Of Self In a recent work, The Coddling of the American Mind (2018), Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt talk about two versions of Identity Politics : Common Humanity Identity Politics and Common-Enemy Identity Politics. They regard the former as a positive and loving approach since it aims at bringing…

Japanese Culture, Customs And Cuisine Introduction to asian cultures and customs Asia is the largest continent on the Earth which is occupying almost 9% of the surface, which includes 50 countries. Asia is the most populated continent with 60% of the total worlds population. Asia is home for many traditions, Customs, Philosophies and Religions like…

The Role Of Fire In Hinduism Fire has always been a symbol of purity and brightness. There is no certain information about how humankind first got acquainted with fire. Probably when he first met fire, he was afraid and tried to protect himself against it. He was hurt by embers of the fire, however, when…

The Worldview In Hinduism Religion Worldview refers to the way a culture experiences the world through the expression of its own beliefs and philosophy. Martin and Nakayama (2002) describe it as a culture-specific set of values or beliefs about the way the world and human behavior should be, (p. 21) although worldview is defined as…

Vivekanandas Ideas On Reconstruction Of Hinduism Swami Vivekananda was a great political thinker. His social, political, religious and philosophical ideas are catered in many of his letters written to his disciples, his friends, his donors and his followers. Vivekananda was a many sided genius, a many sided personality is rather a poor description of his…

The Fundamentalism Of Hinduism Focusing on solely Hinduism, the fundamentalism of Hinduism has faced a series of changes and evolution, or considerable devolution, ever since the independence of India in 1947. Hinduism is rooted back to over four thousand years, making it the oldest religion to exist. Yet, it is hard to trace its exact…

What Is Peculiar About Hinduism? Hinduism is one of the top religions of the world, ranking number three, with 900 million followers and 15% of the world’s population behind it (Prothero, 133). The Hindu religion is considered one of the oldest and most versatile religions found in the world today. Hindus practitioners have over a…