India is a bit like America in the fact that it is huge and multicultural, and you do not need to leave in order to travel, in my experience. (incidentally, fr

India is a bit like America in the fact that it is huge and multicultural, and you do not need to leave in order to travel, in my experience. (incidentally, from Ireland, I must admit I had met and drank beer with several Israelis years before I knew anything about the whole Jewish thing. It's pretty easy to ignore history & geography when you are younger.)