A Study on Awareness about Social and Cultural issues in India among B.Ed. Student-teachers

Abstract This research paper focuses on social and cultural issues in India and as we know that Indian culture is the heritage of social norms and technologies that originated in or are associated with the ethno-linguistically diverse India, pertaining to the Indian subcontinent until 1947 and the Republic of India post-1947. India's languages, religions, dance, music, architecture, food, and customs differ from place to place within the country. India is characterised by more ethnic and religious groups than most other countries. Aside from the roughly 2000 castes, there are eight ‘major’ religions and 22 official languages. Culture plays an important role in the development of any nation. It represents a set of shared attitudes, values, goals and practices. Culture and creativity manifest themselves in almost all economic, social and other activities. A country as diverse as India is symbolized by the plurality of its culture. India has one of the world’s largest collections of songs, music, dance, theatre, folk traditions, performing arts, rites and rituals, paintings and writings that are known, as the ‘Intangible Cultural Heritage’ (ICH) of humanity. At present, people of India like to celebrate the merging of India’s multicultural landscape and deep artistic and intellectual heritage with the dawning of the Information Age and the expansion of mass media, which have made it one of the world’s 21st-century cultural powerhouses. In India many social and cultural issues have been risen and every Indian should not neglect it but have to come together with proper solutions. In the words of Mark Twain- “India is, the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grandmother of tradition. Our most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only.”