“India is large, very large, and not at all easy to understand. The vastness and complexity can only be comprehended with the aid of compassion and some humour, but above all much patience. If you wish to know something about India, you must empty your mind of all preconceived notions. Do not try to compare. India is different, and exasperating at it may seem, would like to remain so…This is the secret of India, the acceptance of life in all its fullness - the good and the evil.” Indira Gandhi