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My cultural heritage has changed over the time as I have gotten older and interacted with more and more relatives and learnt more about my generational history. Some things have stayed the same like my family relations but a lot of things have changed like my religion which I have somewhat reduced and my food which I like spicier food more which also changed how my relatives and parents cook. Overall, I think I have changed in only some aspects

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My cultural heritage has mainly been shaped by personal events rather than history, but the caste system and British rule in India helped shape a stronger feeling of a want for change. I feel as if a lot of culture in India is locked to "higher" castes or other such societal ideas, and this is a part of my cultural heritage.

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Rash Behari Bose - He was one of the revolutionaries who fought against the British Empire and founded the Indian Independence League.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam - One of the main men who helped send India's first satellite launch vehicle. He also grew up in what i consider my hometown in India, Tamil Nadu.
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar - He was a social activist who protested and advocated for rights for women and the "untouchable" caste
Ashoka - I consider him to be the best Indian rulers of all time. He ruled in 269 BCE to 232 BCE) and fought in wars and eventually came to practice philanthropism, and spread the principles of non-violence, love, truth and tolerance.
Brahmagupta - He was the mathematician who first developed the zero, and I am proud of the fact that one of the most important numbers was created in India.

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For my choice board i chose to do an interview, museum virtual tour, and a few movies. What affected me most would be the interview, with the movies in a close second. The museum helped understand my history, but it wasn't very personal. And the movies helped me understand social culture in India and my parents also love movies, but the interview is ultimately the most personal out of all of them and helped me learn more about myself and my parents. I learned about my parent's first job which I didn't know until then, as well as their relatives i have never met.

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My values of my cultural identity are
Religion and festivals, traditional food, and art, though it is mainly indian and older art.

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We are Hindus and have always been Hindus and this has been a core component of my identity and my mom's side. My dad's side is a little bit less religious, but its not their whole identity. Both my mom and dad have come from poor backgrounds and came to America with no money in their pockets, so they taught me the value of money from a younger age, my mom teaching me that money should be used to bring yourself happiness, not the money being the happiness itself, and my dad taught me how to save and be careful with money.

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The main ways I have experienced cultural differences is through food and family. In america, families are separated a lot with parents and grandparents living separate cousins/siblings leading unconnected lives in a lot of cases. This is different to India and many other south asian cultures where family is together in close proximity, or able to meet up regularly. And with food, a lot of food in America isn't very fragrant, while in Indian food, you can practically smell it more than you can taste it. This comes from the very old idea where the British gave Indians bad meat and they had to mask the smell and flavor, giving birth to the cuisine today.

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A tradition that has been passed down through several generations is the festival Nombu, where we pray to god to help strengthen familial connections.

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Charity Work

Indian History

Hindu Religion