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Slumdog Millionaire is an adaptation of the book Q&A(2005) by and Indian author and diplomat Vikas Swarup. It is based out of India and some cultural backgrounds include, their land and climate, population, religion, and different types of greetings. Some things they do in India are like what we do in America. They can greet each other with "hello" or "hi" but for more proper greetings, " In urban southern India, people may address men as Sar (a title stemming from the English Sir) women as Madam. It is polite to use titles such as Professor, Doctor, Mr., Shri (for men), Shreemati (married women), Kumari (unmarried women), or the suffix -ji with a last name to show respect. Indians usually ask permission before taking leave of others."(CultureGramsWorldEdition3). They also highly believe in their religion. Religions practiced in India are, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism. Hinduism is not really considered a religion so much as a way of life, but about 81 percent of Indians are Hindu and 41 percent speak Hindi. "About 13 percent of Indians are Muslim, who follow the teachings found in the Qur`an (Koran) regard Muhammad as the last messenger of Allah (God)." (CultureGramsWorldEdition3) Christianity is also practiced but only about 3 percent of people do.

Slumdog Millionaire's movie setting is in Mumbai, India in 2006. India covers 1,269,219 square miles which is roughly one-third of the United States. "Most of the country experiences three basic seasons: hot (March-May), rainy (June-October), and cool (November-February)." (CultureGramsWorldEdition1). The temperatures are great there! They hardly go below 40 degrees in January and reach above 100 in the summer. A few bad things are floods, droughts, and earthquakes are common there.

Being in the Top 10 list of biggest countries around the world, India is sure to have a huge population. They come in second place next to China. India's population stands at around 1.2 billion today. With all the people, India is ethnically diverse and the country has hundreds of languages. 33 languages have more than 100,000 people each speaking them and 22 have official status(CultureGramsWorldEdition2).



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http://ezp.tccd.edu:2146/pdf/world_pdf.php?id=75
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