A noun is a part of speech that names a person, place, thing, idea, action or quality. Proper nouns refer to the individual name of a person, place or thing.
If a younger person greets you with NAMASTE you can response by saying — namaste Khush Raho . ( Be happy ). Or NAMASTE , Jeete raho ( God bless you ). You can waive your hand or you can slightly bow your head .
Pranam is never answered by saying Pranam back. Namaskar is a greeting and has an adrupt reply. It is answered by saying Namaskar or Namaste. As such Pranam should always be done by younger ones to elders.In return the elders should give blessings.
It can serve as an alternative to thank you, as a polite introduction, or it can represent acknowledgement. Head bobbles can also be used in an intentionally vague manner. An unenthusiastic head bobble can be a polite way of declining something without saying no directly. The gesture is common throughout India.
Meeting and Greeting
Westerners may shake hands, however, greeting with 'namaste' (na-mas-TAY) (placing both hands together with a slight bow) is appreciated and shows respect for Indian customs. Men shake hands with men when meeting or leaving. Men do not touch women when meeting or greeting.Indians believe that when a person bows down and touches the feet of their elders, their ego gets suppressed as this gesture indicates respecting the age, experience, achievements and wisdom of the person whose feet are being touched. The elder person then, in turn, blesses the person touching their feet.
The word "How" is a pop culture Anglicization of the Lakota word hau, a Lakota language greeting by men to men. The term how is often found in stereotypical and outdated depictions of Native Americans, made by non-Natives, in some Hollywood movies and various novels, e.g. those of James Fenimore Cooper or Karl May.
Men and women do not typically touch, so avoid shaking hands unless the person you greet offers first. “Hello” is an increasingly common informal greeting in urban areas, though “goodbye” is generally considered too final, as if asking the person for permission to leave.
After Indian Independence in 1947, Hindi was declared the first official language, and attempts were made to declare Hindi the sole national language of India. Due to protests from Tamil Nadu and other non-Hindi-speaking states, it was decided to temporarily retain English for official purposes until at least 1965.
India has 29 states with different culture and the second most populated country in the world. The Indian culture, often labeled as an amalgamation of several various cultures, spans across the Indian subcontinent and has been influenced and shaped by a history that is several thousand years old.
Hindi cinema, often known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, is the Indian Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai (formerly Bombay).
