A Few Things You Didn’t Know About India

I love my nation, India. No doubt, it’s the world’s most diverse country, with 29 states, 7 Union Territories, has 1.25 billion people, is the seventh largest country, also the seventh largest economy of the world, famous for its spices, mangoes and …. We stop there, don’t we? In this blog post, I shall describe a few facts about India that most of you (especially my international readers) don’t know about, at all.

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People from outside India, especially from the western countries, have a pre-conceived notion about India. They think that India is a place where you can barely find people speaking English. Now, my dear readers, you shall be surprised to know that India has the second largest English-speaking population in the world, only after the States. And guess what? The UK ranks fifth! Also, a lot of people think that we Indians are very poor… True, but did you know? India, until 1968, was officially the only place in the whole world where diamonds were available! We Indians had  a very glorious past; we were the richest and most intelligent people in the world, and also the first to be civilized. 🙂

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Indians are extremely good at Math; we invented the zero, Calculus and also Trigonometry! How I wish the ability to do Math was genetic… 😉 The person who first invented a USB is of an Indian origin, his name is Ajay V. Bhatt. India has the largest number of employees employed in the Railways – 1.4 million ! The Indian Armed Forces are next with 1.3 million employees. Talking about the Armed Forces, India ranks sixth in the expenditure on military…

Ever heard of Bollywood? Did it seem to sound like a copy of Hollywood to you? Well, however it sounded to you, India makes the most number of movies every year, out of which a large part is made only by Bollywood. And, not all movies in Bollywood are completely in Hindi (our national language), most of them have a lot of English in them. And, Hindi, is actually not our national language. In fact, we don’t have a national language. We only have 22 official languages, one of them being English, others including Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Tamil, Malayalam, Urdu, etc. Urdu.. Hmm….. Doesn’t it remind you of our ‘enmity’ with Pakistan? India is the country with the largest number of mosques. Yes, even more than Pakistan.

What else is India first in? The production of cow and buffalo milk, the production of a few pulses like chickpeas, some spices, etc. and the number of road accidents, unfortunately.    😦 I hope that our condition improves… The Kumbh Mela, happening in India, on the banks of the Ganges, is the largest gathering of humans in the world. It is so humongous that it is visible from outer space.

India, is a very vast land, with a lot of resources that have been carelessly exploited. India is also the country with the most number of traditions and beliefs. We Indians have all the talent to make India as good as it was during the ancient times and we must do so, or at least make an attempt to. I know that we will reach there some or the other day…