This is due to the fact that death is not the actual end of a person's life, because they will come back in another life cycle. There are not many Indian graves with tombstones because the body is considered to be only the shell of a person's existence, and their soul is the real essence (Infoaboutsikhs.com, 2006). The ideas surrounding death are also reflected in the prayers before eating

Idiots" (An Indian Movie) "3 Idiots" is an Indian movie with a strong message for its viewers. Two friends (immersed in their own career of choosing, that a third had helped them pursue) go on a quest to find their long lost close friend, from whom they have not heard since completing their education. They are reminded of a long forgotten bet, along with a wedding that they crashed and

Sacred Pipe Black Elk, or Hehaka Sapa, was a medicine man of the Oglala Sioux tribe. He lived during the final conflict with the native peoples, from 1863 to 1950 and was able to merge the gap between American Indian spirituality and many modern scholars of myth, including Joseph Campbell. Some European authors praised him as being one of the greatest spiritual thinkers of the Native North Americans, particularly because he

Culture and practice defined identity categories for most tribes, more so than color, but they certainly could perceive 'color' in some instances. Purdue's book may seem harsh at times to all the parties involved in the capturing, buying, and trading of human beings, and it is hardly representative of all tribes -- her focus is mainly on the Southwest. However, her work does highlight a fundamental problem with Martin's rather

Ancient Rome openly accepted male-to-female transsexuals, allowing them to assume female identities without negative social repercussions, obviously long before the science existed for them to have gender-reassignment surgery (Reitz, 1998). Modern Indian society has Hijiras, transsexuals that, while not always treated with respect, are accorded their own gender identity and not relegated to male or female (Reitz, 1998). The Dine/Navajos recognized three sexes: male, female, and Nadles. The Nadles

crossings ( a movement categories) personal identity poems. words, border crossing affect person persons poem crosses? *examining language poems *Discuss specific words phrases convey speakers point view / subject ( crossing) Chitra Banierjee Divakaruni "Indian Movie, New Jersey" Pat Moira "Legal Alien" Janice Mirikitni "Recipe." Globalization has made it possible for individuals from diverse backgrounds to interact with each-other without experiencing significant problems, as border gradually come to represent less