India is the second largest country in the world with regard to population, the
world's largest democracy and by far the largest country in South Asia, and one
of the most diverse and pluralistic nations in the world in terms of official
languages, cultures, religions and social identities. Indians have for centuries
exchanged ideas with other cultures globally and some traditions have been
transformed in those transnational and transcultural encounters and become
successful innovations with an extraordinary global popularity. India is an
emerging global power in terms of economy, but in spite of India's impressive
economic growth over the last decades, some of the most serious problems