So, we're reading The Death of Vishnu by Manil Suri in my World Lit class at school, and let me tell you, it's definitely opened up a new view point to me.
Of course I've always wondered what Americans would think of the India if they actually met it. As is, the part that's not glorified as "the land of elephants" [side note: no, my family there does not ride an elephant to work/school, STOP ASKING ME]
What happens when they meet the India that isn't all desolate and full of malnourished, homeless street children.
What happens when they meet the real India?
The lives lived in small middle class neighborhoods, the lives lived in small houses or tiny apartments where every neighbor knows exactly what's going on in the house next door.
India is known as the land of diversity, infact it's motto is Unity in Diversity, so on that basis it's hard to group anything into groups.
What is the real India?
Is it the India picturized in this book written by a man who walked those streets.
It may be what I know, or it may be a world totally different from what I know it to be.
These are just a few snap shots of the glories of India.
And if you get a chance : http://india.gov.in/
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