Indian Traditions #8

Recently I read and article about Indian traditions, their customs and how their daily lifes are. First of all before I read this I was going to compare how Indian traditions and culture are to the novel Nectar In A Sieve. I read about how important bathing is and about how washing there hands and body before prayer as an act of cleansliness. I could not relate this to Nectar In A Sieve but only the fact that I knew how much they bathed. Also I read about how often they pray and how important it is to their culture. I also could relate this to the novel because I do know in the novel that Rukmani prays for help and for other things. But something I could not relate to the novel was the turmeric that they hung over there house as a anti-septic. Overall I think that Nectar In A Sieve has both characteristics of the Indian culture as described in the article and some not so characteristics of Indian culture described in the article.

Indian Traditons, Customs, religions, festivals, pooja. NRIOL. 24 Feb 2009http://www.nriol.com/indianparents/indian-traditions.asp