India is a curious place that still preserves the past, religions, and its history. No matter how modern India becomes, it is still very much an old country.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
India's a fascinating country. It's constantly changing, but there's still a lot of superstition and backwards thinking.
India is a country in which every great religion finds a home.
Under the veneer of Westernization, the cultures of the Indian world - which have existed for 30,000 years! - continue to live. Sometimes in a magical way, sometimes in the shadows.
India is now changing and regaining its lustre, and it is coming of age.
The roots of India's soft power run deep. India's is a civilization that, over millennia, has offered refuge and, more importantly, religious and cultural freedom, to Jews, Parsis, several varieties of Christians, and Muslims.
India profoundly changed my outlook on life because you see how people can be content and very happy with little or even no possessions. It's the reverse of the West.
I am always fascinated by India.
I must admit that i am fascinated by the glories of ancient India. But when will the purveyors of Indian culture realise that not everything about our past was glorious?
Our federal Constitution embodies the idea of modern India: it defines not only India but also modernity.
Propelled by freedom of faith, gender equality and economic justice for all, India will become a modern nation. Minor blemishes cannot cloak the fact that India is becoming such a modern nation: no faith is in danger in our country, and the continuing commitment to gender equality is one of the great narratives of our times.