I am going to be keeping this blog about the media in India in accordance with my Journalism 312i class at CSULB. I'll be providing facts regarding India's media usage, articles of news pertaining to the country, as well as statistics charts and figures for this country.
First off, let me state some facts about India for you:
The population in India (as of 2009) according to the World Bank is over a billion people.
The flag:
Although Hindu is the most commonly spoken language in India, the country doesn't have an official language. This is due to the fact that there are over 27 regionally spoken languages in India. These languages include: Assamese · Bengali · Bodo · Chhattisgarhi · Dogri · Garo · Gujarati · Standard Hindi · Kannada · Kashmiri · Khasi · Kokborok · Konkani · Maithili · Malayalam · Manipuri · Marathi · Mizo · Nepali · Oriya · Punjabi · Sanskrit · Santali · Sindhi · Telugu · Tamil & Urdu
The current president of India is Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil
Top 3 religious sects in India are Hindu, Muslim, and Christian.
Capital of India is New Delhi
Gross Domestic Income for India (as of 2011)
Top Exports & Imports of India.
Famous People of India:
Mahatma Gandhi , Mother Teresa & M. Night Shyamalan
The World Bank
These are just a few facts about India. The remaining blogs for this semester will focus mainly on how the media works in this country.
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