It is an event where students get opportunity to display your culture through diverse mediums such as posters, presentations, digital

presentation, traditional music, food, and clothing. The purpose of this fair is to get our members to have an experience and contribute to Concordia Students Life, encourage them to involve with our association and participating in our activity. This event promote cultural diversity on campus as well as enlightens the existence of an international students association at Concordia. Finally it also a delightful experience into getting to know the uniqueness of each culture and enlarge peoples awareness and understanding about another country.

India has a rich cultural heritage and the varied dance forms that we get to see here serve as a reflection of its diverse cultural traditions. When it comes to classical dancing, the country has an amazing variety to present. Some of these dances are religious in nature, while others are performed primarily for the purpose of entertainment, during the happy festive occasions. All the classical dance forms of India revolve around the nine 'Rasa' or emotions, namely happiness, anger, fear, courage, peace, kindness, agony, surprise and disgust. Most of them even have a religious significance and convey devotion and thanks towards the divinity. As the popularity of the classical dance forms in India increased, dance festivals came to be organized in a few temples, with the aim of bringing the religious dances and temples close to each other. Amongst the most notable examples in this context is the Khajuraho Dance Festival, which was first held some 20 years ago, amidst the backdrop of erotic sculptures. It proved to be one of the exclusive festivals of the modern times and enjoys immense popularity till date. With time, several other dance festivals also came to be organized across India.

Durga Puja : A very famous festival of Hindus. According to Hindu calender, it is celebrated in the month of October/November. This festival is most popular in West Bengal. Bengalis made huge pandals and decorated it by light and establish the idol of Goddess Durga inside the pandals. It is nine days festival. This festivals is also celebrated in Orissa, Bihar, Jharkhand and some other regions of India. Birth of goddess Shakti : According to the epic of Hindu, the Goddess Durga(Shakti) created from the power of all the gods. Once demon Mahishasura captured the heavens because he had a boon given by Brahma. Brahma blessed him that he will be killed only by a woman. He drove away all the gods from heaven and captured the IndraLok. Gods offered a weapon each to Goddess Durga. Then a battle took place between Goddess Durga and Mahishasura and Goddess Shakti killed him. According to the epic Goddess Durga is also the wife of Lord Shiva. Laxmi, the goddess of wealth, Saraswati, the goddess of knowledge, Kartika, the god of war and Ganesha(Elephant headed), the god of success are all the four children of Goddess Shakti.

Corruption

Peoples Power: The best part of Anna Hazares movement had been the triumph of the common man and the maturity of parliamentary democracy. Anna Hazare's agitation has undoubtedly awakened the non-political class and established that such movements have a place in democracy and can enforce a change in the society. The overwhelming support by the common man in Annas movement has strengthened the age-old saying that democracy is for the people, by the people and of the people. The success of Annas agitation has also set a precedent before the world, which is currently witnessing a violent revolution against several dictatorial regimes that even in these turbulent times, noble objectives could be achieved through peaceful means. Corruption: Thanks to Annas agitation, corruption has now become a national issue. Given the anger and rising frustration in common public, which has been a victim of rampant corruption for long, it is evident that India will no longer tolerate corrupt anymore. The corruption issue may even make or break a government. People of India could no longer be fooled by mere announcements of commissions or probe panels in cases of corruption. All successive governments will have to ensure transparency, accountability and decisive action in their functioning.

Other areas: health, public safety, education, trade unions, etc.

See also: Police corruption Corruption is not specific to poor, developing, or transition countries. In western countries, there have been cases of bribery and other forms of corruption in all possible fields: under-the-table payments made to reputed surgeons by patients willing to be on top of the list of forthcoming surgeries,[8] bribes paid by suppliers to the automotive industry in order to sell poor quality connectors used for instance in safety equipment such as airbags, bribes paid by suppliers to manufacturers of defibrillators (to sell poor quality capacitors), contributions paid by wealthy parents to the "social and culture fund" of a prestigious university in exchange for it to accept their children, bribes paid to obtain diplomas, financial and other advantages granted to unionists by members of the executive board of a car manufacturer in exchange for employer-friendly positions and votes, etc. Examples are endless. These various manifestations of corruption can ultimately present a danger for the public health; they can discredit certain essential institutions or social relationships. Corruption can also affect the various components of sports activities (referees, players, medical and laboratory staff involved in anti-doping controls, members of national sport federation and international committees deciding about the allocation of contracts and competition places). There have also been cases against (members of) various types of non-profit and nongovernment organisations, as well as religious organisations. Ultimately, the distinction between public and private sector corruption sometimes appears rather artificial and national anti-corruption initiatives may need to avoid legal and other loopholes in the coverage of the instruments.
Why are the corrupt susceptible to corruption ? The low salaries of people made them susceptible, bringing with it more inefficiencies and the easy way of making money with less or no accountability. The crime of corruption is easily forgotten , the law offers easy way back into the mainstream and acceptance by the society. In addition to that it is

the lure of luxury, personal status enhancement and the false sense of elitism that makes the corrupt vulnerable to illegal and unethical means of acquiring wealth. How can we stop corruption ? Greater solutions may include population control to improve the quality than the quantity, Controlling population will bring up the quality of life and thus lesser competition and effective control of people and government processes. However feasible solutions are to impart moral principles in schools, and introduction of stringent audits, accountability, effective tracking of corrupt individuals through citizen cards or tax id's.