To those who think India lives in her gloriously shining malls and multiplexes, I say: make a trip to Tirupati. India occupies every inch of her villages and small towns, jostling, tugging, nudging, shoving, pushing, pulling all the time.
Speaking different languages, following different traditions and customs, but uncannily understanding other languages and recognizing other cultures, Indians are still mild and patient, yet tough, rugged and enduring, sloppy and uncouth yet sophisticated in their warmth and values…
India is still small town, and half-savage-half-saint…
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