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"La India María" (born María Nicolasa Cruz) is a fictional character portrayed and created by actress María Elena Velasco. [1] The character frequently endures situations of racial discrimination , classism , and corruption , although in all of these turmoils, María undoubtedly resolves them with hilarious acts of good-nature and morality.
Tonta, tonta, pero no tanto (English: Foolish, Foolish, But Not So Much) is a 1972 Mexican comedy film directed by Fernando Cortés and starring María Elena Velasco as La India María. Plot [ edit ]
Sor Tequila 's main character is "a quick-witted Indian heroine whose antics subvert the cinematic stereotype of passive, self-sacrificing women." [5] [6] [7] Various sources associate the character with the Virgin Mary.
Velasco was born in Puebla, to Tomás Velasco Saavedra, a railway mechanic, and María Elena Fragoso Peón. [3] She had three siblings, Gloria, Tomás and Susana. [3]After the death of Tomás Velasco, the family moved to Mexico City, where she worked as a dancer at the Teatro Tívoli.
La madrecita (The Little Nun, literally The Little Mother) is a 1974 Mexican film directed by Fernándo Cortés and starring María Elena Velasco as La India María, with Pancho Córdova and Óscar Ortiz de Pinedo.
Las delicias del poder ("The Delights of Power") is a 1999 Mexican political satire comedy film directed by Iván Lipkies starring María Elena Velasco as La India María with Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Irma Dorantes, and Adalberto Martínez.
Indian-origin religions Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, and Sikhism, [4] are all based on the concepts of dharma and karma. Ahimsa, the philosophy of nonviolence, is an important aspect of native Indian faiths whose most well-known proponent was Shri Mahatma Gandhi, who used civil disobedience to unite India during the Indian independence movement – this philosophy further inspired Martin ...
Media in category "Featured pictures of India" The following 117 files are in this category, out of 117 total. 1922 Index of Great Trigonometrical Survey of India.jpg 5,560 × 4,448; 16.54 MB