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India is as large and diverse as Europe itself, with the differences between
Kashmir in the far north and Kerala in the extreme south being as pronounced
as those between Finland and Sicily. With 22 major languages and hundreds
of regional dialects, India is a polymorphous melting pot that has maintained
itself surprisingly well as a peaceful and stable nation state for more than
75 years. The history of the subcontinent is equally diverse, with new ideas
and influences entering by sea from three directions and on land from the
north for thousands of years. Hybridity, then, is one of India’s …