India at its best

With India turning 60 on August 15,2007 I tried to review the strides taken since independence. I spent some time to ruminate over few questions that have perturbed me over the past few years. I can't say i have an answer but tried to develop my own hypothesis. I was wondering if there is anything common among the Indians aside from our passport ???? Granted,India comprises many states with different language,caste,creed,culture,cuisines,convictions,economic practices,political and geographic variety. But something makes us tick. I was pondering over what it could be and finally arrived at the conclusion that its our "virtues". In other words the harmony of moral,material, and spiritual values are inbuilt in Indian psyche. And this better explains the concept of "Unity In Diversity". One more thing that amazed me is the brilliance of an average Indian. Given each individual's predisposition and population strength no wonder we have such a cacophony of arguments,opinions,beliefs,practices and ideologies. But this is why perhaps India has plenty of brilliant individuals in different fields :-) . We may be free-wheeling,robust,corrupt,inefficient and divided, yet we are flourishing. Perhaps our contradictory nature evens out the anarchy of our endeavors and deliver results. Anything is at its resourceful best when pushed to deliver. I guess India is t its best !!!!!