India - Where 'Life Is Beautiful' !

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I apologise that this is going to be a long post from me. I also apologise, that this might not look like a 'topic of discussion' as such, and most of you might not find anything useful in it. It is just that today is a holiday, and I am free, and I am feeling like writing. So, I am going to write! As simple as that! Location - I dont know how to say it in longitude and latitude. I dont plan to make things too technical either. I hope that someone, who never struggled with geogaphy tests wont find it difficult to locate India in the world map. However, I can help you a bit. India comes in asian continent. She shares her boundaries with China, and is soon so share its population figures with that country too! Climate - This is amazing. There are Himalayas in the north, where temperature goes as low as -50 degrees, and at the other extreme in the south, there are places where the temperature burns at +50! Go east, and you have Cherrapunji, which boasts of having maximum rainfall in the world, and to the west, has the deserts of Kutch, which often struggles for a few drops of water. The central India, has one of the most beautiful greenary in form of Satpura Range. 'Cotradiction', thy name is India! People - So, you think its only the climate, which is different? Ok, have a look at people now! If it is to do with colour, then the country can very well give rainbow VIBGOYYOR a run for its money! From snow white, to carbon black, and wheatish too, the country has almost all shades of colours! The nature of the people, is generally friendly, and if you are a foreginer, preferably European or American, then, the common man, is going to be extra friednly with you, and try to help you at times, even when you want none! Though, its hard to generalise a particular mentality of people in a country,whose well past a billion mark, but still, one can say, that people here are more emotional, and family oriented, and this feature is very well reflected in the soceity as well. Culture - At times it looks, as if 100s of small countries have been united as one and given a name 'India'. The country has many 28 states, and almost each state has got its own culture. The most popular language is Hindi, which is majorly followed in India. Apart from it, Englsih is also popular, and then, each region has got its own regional language, and even more accent. People from all religons live here, and so, the culture is also diverse. Be it Diwali, Ed, or Christmas, all festivals are celebrated together by the coutryman. Economy - India is a land of farmers. Well, that is what I hear often. However, the condition of farmers are not somthing, one can be proud of. I have seen some very tough lifestyle of the farmers, and it really amazes me to see, that despite all the hard time, they still continue to carry on with the good work. West, mostly Americans, Canadians, and Brits have already seen a portion of Indians, (NRIs- non Resident Indians) making an impact over their country. However, there is still lot of thing, still to be done, particularly at the grassroot level of the economy. Political - Now, some not so good thing about her! The bureaucracy has been a big disappointment, and the corruption has entered deep into it. Even well after 50 plus years of her independence, the country has not shown performance as per her potential, and the credit undisputedly goes to the dirty politics around. Cunning politicians have been able to fool innocent and majorly uneducated rural Indians. However, with literacy rate increasing promisingly, alongwith the level os awareness of a common man, lets hope that the future is going to be promising. Conclusion - So this is a little outer introduction of my country. All said and done, once land is once own, and he ought to have a soft corner for it, and I am no exception to this rule. The aim of this post was to have some kind of cultural exchange between all of us. MyLot has got members from almost every corner of the world. So, I thought, it would be a good India, if we can have some kind of culture excahnge here. After all, we here are ONE BIG FAMILY in our own way! So, let me have opinions of other fellow family members. It would be good, if we can share some peculiar things in this thread. Be it something related to once country, city, or people, or anything cultural for that matter. Feel free to express yourself. Cheers!