About India & Australia

A speech about India & Australia

When I was asked to be a part of “Finding Stuff Out” project on “Discovery Kids” Channel, I was very excited. I was also very happy and thankful to be collaborating with James Oven, who is a very proud Australian with great knowledge. I was also overjoyed to learn new things about Australia as I am sure James was about India.

Let me list a few facts about India & Australia that we both found very interesting!

- Australia is more than double the size of India whereas Indian Population is more than 50 times of Australia

- Australia is 4 and a half hours ahead of India – so if we are having breakfast in India – Australians will be having their Lunch!

- Australia has 4 seasons – Winter, Spring, Summer, Autumn. All equally distributed around the year

- India has Winter, Summer, Monsoon, Post-Monsoon (i.e. Autumn). Monsoon being the longest season and Winter the smallest

- Australians prefer sun-bathing & surfing, playing Beach-Volleyball on beaches during summer, whereas Indians love to go to Hill Stations to cool-off in these times!

- We eat similar kind of Fruits/Vegetables in Summer season like Mangoes, Cherries, and eat almost similar vegetables

- Australia celebrates Halloween on 31st Oct at around the same period as India does Diwali, on 4th nov 2013

- In Halloween, Jack-O-Lanterns are lit, whereas in Diwali, Diyas/Candles are lighted

- And finally, kids enjoy both the festivals in large numbers

I have learnt a lot about Australia and India during the activities, hope you did too.

Thank You!

Ruhin Raghuvanshi..
May 2013'
(prepared for Ruhin to speak as part of India-Australia seminar and exhibition in school)