To whom it may concern

In this world, there are very few who don't love the country they live in, regardless of its geography, climate, terrain and other such externalities. All have reasons, both, very similar to, and very different from each other. 

When I look at my country, I have every reason to love her. After having spent thirty best years of my life I can say this, I love India because it's not just a country, it's a panorama of cultures, beliefs and ways of life. I don't know how many different cultures and ways of life, I'd have come across had I been in any other country, but I'm sure it can't outnumber Indian diversity. 

I live in a country, which is not one because of religion or language or economics, which are the binding factors for most of the world's biggest countries. We are one because of this diverse culture. It's strange, but truth be told, we are one because, from east to west and from north to south, we grow up listening to the same stories in different backdrops, those have their bases in Indian mythology. We all observe same festivals with different names. We wear similar clothes with different names. There are many such things which look different to the rest of the world, but same to Indians.

When one closely observes the cultural backdrop of India, one finds no Aryan, no Dravidian, no Hindu, no Muslim, but an Indian. The beauty of the panoramic Indian culture lies in the fact that, it's colorful, and amazingly the color and fabric of east is liked by the west, the shade of south adds to the magnificence of north. Those who believed that India wouldn't have sustained as a country are now history - a history every single day of which is an example to the rest of the world.

Yes, we have shortcomings, we have differences, we have deficiencies, but which country doesn't? Those who say, India has an outdated culture, a backward mindset and India is socially insecure, I would just say this, we are a country of over a billion and here even exception runs in thousands. This is one of the reasons that what happens in your cities goes unnoticed and what happens here makes enough noise for you to look at us. In the end, it doesn't make us any less competent, because India had improved in every way over last few decades and it will keep on doing so, and its culture will evolve with every passing day. The corrections that the people are making today will, in the future, look like small patches over this vivid sketch on the globe called India, adding to its timeless beauty.