Hey I am from India...BEautiful place, beautiful people, terrible diseases...We made the cliche taking the bad with the good..
But that aside it is a very fascinating country..THE most diverse in the world...
The 'Promise to the Bearer' note on ou currency is displayed in 16 languages!!!
Each state in the country has a different culture, dialect if not a different language altogether.
Also the weather pattern in India is unique to it ...It rains profusely for 4 months in a year (Monsoons) and is largely sunny otherwise...