Q.Do we have cultural pockets of small India all over the nation? Elaborate with examples

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Cultural Pockets of Small India All Over the Nation

• Migration and Urbanization: Vast resources attracted people and foreign rulers in our past, and they keep attracting people in the present as well. People from smaller cities migrate to urban centres and metropolitan areas in search of employment, education, etc., and eventually settle down there. When such diversity of people pools together at a relatively smaller place, it becomes a cultural pocket.
• Co-existence of Sub-cultures: The basic idea is that within a bigger, overarching culture, another smaller and different culture is developed and sustained. The metropolitan areas like the National Capital Region (NCR) of Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, or coastal industrial hubs like Surat, Kochi, Visakhapatnam, or religious centres like Ajmer, Amarnath, and the Char Dhams can be taken as examples of hubs of such cultural pockets within India.
• Metropolitan Diversity: Metropolitan areas represent a culture of their own which is entirely different from each other. But they are also highly diverse within themselves depending upon the time and place. The Ganpati Utsav and those who celebrate it form a cultural pocket within Mumbai for ten days. In Delhi, a cultural pocket is formed by political, defence personnel, and patriotic citizens around the Independence Day celebrations.
• Multi-Storey Housing Societies: Multi-storey housing societies in urban areas are also prime examples of cultural pockets. Diverse people live in the same building, exchanging food habits, traditions, and indigenous culture, celebrating all festivals together as if they are a big joint family. The same applies to multinational organizations and corporate offices where workers represent the diverse fabric of India.
• Higher Educational Institutions: Universities and colleges provide a similar scenario. Students from every corner of the nation, irrespective of their hometowns, race, caste, class, or other differences, study in the same classroom and participate in extracurricular activities and college festivals together.