Taking picture

There are not permited place to take pictures in India. For example, airport, station, bridge, railroad, inside bank and museum. If you took picture in these place, your film is confiscatesd.

Time difference

The time difference between Japan and India is three hours and thirty minutes. When nine o'clock in the morning in India, Japan is 12:30 p.m.

The book I borrowed

I borrowed this book from KGU library today. This is written about trip of India.

Respect India

"India is a vast country of rich cultural diversity. To have unity in diversity, is possible when we RESPECT one another. We are now happy to have RESPECT come to India and the students of our schools would like to reach out to refugees in India itself and all parts of the World. We will do our bit to make the world a better place. "
http://www.respectrefugees.org/aff_india.shtml

I heard that there is Japanese school for India people in Japan. They have 9 classes a day!! I was surprised. I intersted in about it. I'll check it deeper.

Book about India

I don't have book about India, so I'll borrow it from library tomorrow.

India Map

Cows Everywhere!

India has 30 per cent of the world's cattle. There are 26 distinctive breeds of cow in India. The hump, long ears and bushy tail distinguish the Indian cow.
Here cows are everywhere! Because the cow is respected as a sacred animal, it's allowed to roam unharmed, and they are pretty used to the traffic and the rhythm of the city.

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Cricket practice at Brabourne Stadium, home to the Cricket Club of India.

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A pilgrim prays at sunrise in the Ganges below Dasaswamedh Ghat.

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Shore temples at sunset, looking out of this world, in Mamallapuram.

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Potato patties from a street stall make a delicious and hearty meal.

India goods

I like India interior. It's so cute. Especially elephant! Sometimes I go shopping to get some sundry goods.

karaoke♬♫

We went to karaoke after the party. We sang song and dance for 5 hours!! I was indeed tired. But it was great fun. I was really proud of us.

Happy Birthday to Tomoko

We had a birthday party for Tomoko in Chiaki's house. I went to there earlier than Tomoko for repare the party.

We made cake, salad eyc.... It was a great time!!

Camp!!

I went camping in Uto with some senior and the exchange student. We had a barbecue, firework and camp fire. There was no light, so I really had a problem to go to bathroom. I had to put up with that many times.

I had a really good time.

National Anthem

The song "Jana-gana-mana", composed by Rabindranath Tagore, was adopted by the Constituent Assembly as the national anthem of India on 24 January 1950. It was first sung on 27 December 1911 at the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress. The complete song consists of five stanzas. The First stanza consists of the full version of the National Anthem.

It reads:
Jana-gana-mana-adhinayaka, jaya he
Bharata-bhagya-vidhata.
Punjaba-Sindhu-Gujarata-Maratha
Dravida-Utkala-Banga
Vindhya-Himachala-Yamuna-Ganga
Uchchala-Jaladhi-taranga.
Tava shubha name jage,
Tava shubha asisa mage,
Gahe tava jaya gatha,
Jana-gana-mangala-dayaka jaya he
Bharata-bhagya-vidhata.
Jaya he, jaya he, jaya he,
Jaya, jaya, jaya, jaya he!

Playing time of the full version of the national anthem is approximately 52 seconds. A short version consisting of first and last lines of the stanza (playing time approximately 20 seconds) is also played on certain occasions. The following is Tagore's English rendering of this stanza:

Thou art the ruler of the minds of all
people,
Dispenser of India's destiny.
Thy name rouses the hearts of
Punjab, Sind,
Gujarat and Maratha,
Of the Dravida and Orissa and
Bengal;
It echoes in the hills of the Vindyas
and Himalayas,
Mingles in the music of Jamuna and
Ganges and is
Chanted by the waves of the Indian
Sea.
They pray for thy blessings and sing
thy praise.
The saving of all people waits in thy hand,
Thou dispenser of India's destiny.
Victory, victory, victory to thee.

Religion 3

Islam
"Arab traders brought Islam to South India in the seventh century. After them came the Afghans and the Mughuls, of whom the most enlightened was the Emperor Akbar. Akbar almost succeeded in founding a new religion Din-e-Elahi, based on both Hinduism and Islam, but it found few adherents.Islam has flourished in India through the centuries. Muslim citizens have occupied some of the highest positions in the country since independence in 1947."
http://www.hcilondon.net/india-overview/land-people/people.html

Religion 2

Jainism and Buddhism
"In the sixth century before Christ, Mahavira propagated Jainism.Its message was asceticism, austerity and non-violence. At about the same time, Buddhism came into being. Gautama Buddha, a prince, renounced the world and gained enlightenment. He preached that 'Nirvana' was to be attained through the conquest of self. Buddha's teachings in time spread to China and some other countries of South East Asia."
http://www.hcilondon.net/india-overview/land-people/people.html

Religion 1

Hinduism
The Hindu religion had its origin in the concepts of the early Aryans who came to India more than 4,000 years ago.