Belief Socio-Cultura l Condition of India

Thus, when villagers move to cities they will get difficulty to find a job and to socialize with others if they do not learn Hindi. Many different languages in India often cause problem. For instance, people from different parts of the country cannot understand each other. The differences in writing among the languages also present another problem. Actually, before 1965, English had become the official language of India. However, after 1965, English become an associate language. Nowadays only about 2 people speak English and usually they are educated Indians 1971: 98.

4.1.2.3. Belief

Segal 1965: 15 writes that India is one of the unique countries in the world. One of the causes which make India becomes one of the unique countries in the world is religion. In India, religion plays a vital role. There are several religions in India such as Hinduism, Moslem, Christian, Sikh, Jainism, and Buddhism. Hinduism is a religion of vast contemporary devotion, which never leaves India at all except in the blood of emigrant communities Segal, 1965: 15. In the novel it is explained that Hinduism doctrines influence the way Hindu people think and behave. Everyday Hindu people never forget worshiping to gods and goddesses. All of Hindu people have little temples for worshipping puja. Hindu people commonly do puja at least once every day. They do puja in order to get protection for the whole family and to get good luck in every deed. When they want to go working, when they go seeking jobs, when they want to start cultivating their farmlands or many others, those people never forget to pray for blessing from gods and goddess. Here is one of many Lapierre”s description about Hindus devotion: “Then his mother performed a ritual as ancient as India itself- she filled the oil in the lamp which burned before polychrome pictures of the tutelary gods: Rama and his wife Sita, goddess of prosperity seated and a lotus blossom; and Ganesh , the elephant headed god of good fortune. Two other pictures, discolored by the years, showed the childlike face of Krishna, greedily swallowing a bowl of butter, a popular representation of the cowherd god most dearly loved by the Hindu people; and the Monkey god, Hanuman, a legendary hero of some of the most prodigious adventures of Indian mythology.” p.5 Hindu people believe in many gods and goddesses. The different gods and goddesses in Hinduism are representation of the various functions of god. Hinduism accepts interpretation distinction among Hindu people. No one knows the founder of Hinduism but it does not decrease their faith toward this religion.

4.1.2.4. Caste System