MULTICULTURALISM: ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT
Journal Title: International Journal of English and Literature (IJEL) - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 1
Abstract
Mahatma Gandhi, the father of the nation said, “I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my windows to be stuffed. I want the cultures of all lands to be blown about my house as freely as possible.” Multiculturalism is an ideology that promotes the institutionalization of communities containing multiple cultures. India is the most diversed country in the world. The land where we have multi traditions, customs, languages, religions and practices. Multiculturalism has brought new trends into literature. As per the 2011 census of India, there are 122 languages and 234 mother tongues. Writings of Indian sub-continent produced there in a variety of languages, including Sanskrit, Prakrit, Bengali, Bihari, Gujarati, Hindi, Telugu etc., and the sacred writings like Vedas which were written in Sanskrit language and were considered as ancient literary forms. Prose commentaries like Bhramanas and Upanishads took its origin from Sanskrit only. The Sanskrit literature have had a long journey and influenced writings of that time and extended for about two centuries i.e., from 1400B.C to 1200 A.D., and carved a niche of itself in bringing development in literary writing and sacred writings from 1st to 4th century A.D.,
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B PRAKASH BABU, P KRISHNA MURTHY
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