About India

• Capital city : New Delhi • Population: 1,166,079,217 (July 2009 est.) • Conventional Name: Republic of India • Local Name: Republic of India/Bharatiya

Ganarajya • Location: Southern Asia, bordering the

Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and Pakistan

• Chief of State: President Pratibha Patil • Head of State: Prime Minister Manmohan

Singh

• Taj mahal is famous place in India. It is very beautiful place. I think this place made one man for him wife.

• The Golden temple is a very famous Sikh temple in India in Punjab. I went there, it is a very nice place.

• A Punjabi festival is called lohri. This festival is only celebrated among Punjabi People. One of the celebrations during this festival is to throw like wood on fire. We all enjoy celebrating this festival.

• Diwali is another wonderful festival we celebrate. We celebrate it with firework. When this festival starts everybody cleans their houses and put the lights on in their houses. I enjoy playing with firework during this festival. It is very nice.

• I like Indian food because it is delicious and spicy. I like saag, roti and curry the most.

Chocolate and chips

• I like Indian chips called lays and kurkure. I like chocolate kit kat, munch and dairy milk.

Henna Henna is typically applied during

special occasions like weddings and festivals. The design is usually drawn on the palms and feet, where the colour will be the darkest because the skin in those places in the human body contains higher levels of keratin which binds temporarily to lawsone, the colorant of henna. Henna was originally used as a form of decoration mainly for brides.

• The meanings in the Indian flag :• Saffron (orange) means courage

and sacrifice. • White means purity and truth. • Green means faith and fertility.

• Holi is an Indian festival. We play in this festival like with colour paints.

• This is my house in India.