Sanskriti
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Heritage
Club Newsletter
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MIIRAAS
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Heritage; an essential part of human life
Heritage is an integral, inseparable and indelible part of
human life. It comprises of all lessons provided to us by our forefathers, tangible
as well as non- tangible knowledge bestowed upon us by our predecessors in the
forms of land, architecture, traditions and most commonly, holy texts and
scriptures.
However a person should not blindly abide by or be charged
with the task of continuing his legacy, nor should he disregard them
completely. He should be inquisitive enough to realize the importance and value
of his heritage, judicious enough to discern between right and wrong in his
inheritance and pragmatic enough to know what practicality and reason lay in
the traditions and dogmas he upholds.
He should attain that level of maturity, wherein he learns
from the mistakes of the past, applies the principles of truthfulness and
honesty in the present, can determine the veracity of antecedent facts and
correlate then with modern innovations and ideologies in order to lead a
successful life in the future.
The quintessential heritage is one which does not give a
person unfathomable orders as to how to live his life, but tells him what a
good life is, merely showing its path.
-
Vikramaditya
Mishra 11-I
Why heritage?
India is blessed with a vast and rich heritage. One has only
to see the various architectural marvels and cultural institutions that dot the
geographical expanse of India to glimpse the richness of our heritage.
The science and technology of ancient India was quite
advanced. Many historians believe that most of the scientific advances believed
to have been made in Europe had been achieved centuries ago in India. Such
advances covered major fields of human knowledge and activities like
mathematics, astronomy, physics, medicine, metallurgy, surgery, fine arts,
civil engineering and architecture, shipbuilding, navigation, etc.
Indian mathematicians have made important contributions to
the study of the decimal number system, zero, negative numbers, arithmetic and
algebra. The study of linguistics was initiated by Indian grammarians who began
the trend by first attempting to catalogue and codify the rules of Sanskrit.
Even today, the main terms for compound analysis are taken from Sanskrit.
India is the birthplace of Ayurveda and Yoga; these systems
are now finding many followers in the West. India’s rich spiritual tradition
has attracted many troubled Westerners, fleeing the materialistic and
spiritually empty worlds they inhabit, to her shores, seeking solace and
salvation.
Classical Indian music and dance have a wide fan following
all over the world. Each state has its own art forms which are well documented.
Imposing and architecturally splendid temples, mosques and churches embody the
diverse religious and cultural influences that have made India unique. Cuisine
too is an important part of our heritage.
As Indians, we ought to be proud of our rich heritage and
strive to preserve it for our descendants by respecting it and ensuring its
survival.
-Sherlin Prem Verma 11-F
India’s heritage
India or Bharat, the fifth largest and the second populated
country in the world, is one of the few countries which can boast of an
ancient, deep rooted and diverse culture, which stretches, back to 5000 years. In ancient times, India was known as “Bharata
Varsha”,, the country of the legendary king of puranic times called bharat, and
was supposed to be a part of the island continent called “jambu Dvipa”
Geologically speaking, India formed a part of the Gondwana land and was
attached to Antarctica and Australia, before it was liberated from the
Antarctica complex about 135 million years ago and started drifting towards the
north and finally joining South Asia about45 million years ago.
-
Harshula sharma 11-F
Cultural
heritage
Cultural Heritage is an expression of the ways of living
developed by a community and passed on from generation to generation, including
customs, practices, places, objects, artistic expressions and values. Cultural
Heritage is often expressed as either Intangible or Tangible Cultural Heritage
.
As part of human activity Cultural Heritage produces
tangible representations of the value systems, beliefs, traditions and
lifestyles. As an essential part of culture as a whole, Cultural Heritage,
contains these visible and tangible traces form antiquity to the recent past.
Cultural Heritage is a wide concept. We prefer to
concentrate on the similarities between the various heritage sectors, instead
of on their differences.
-vani
narayanan 11-F
