>It is interesting to see Indians talking of themselves and India as a separate entity. Apropos of that, I have an Indian acquaintance who is an activist, focu

>It is interesting to see Indians talking of themselves and India as a separate entity. Apropos of that, I have an Indian acquaintance who is an activist, focusing on women's rights and poverty. She's told a couple of stories stories about going into tiny, remote villages in India and telling people about their basic rights under the law, only to be asked "what is India?" and having to explain that the place these people live is called "India".