You’d run out of words long

before you'd run out of an India

that all those words describe.

And in not just one language, but

many. Including SMS.

India is not a contradiction in terms.

It sets the terms for all contradiction.

It’s the world’s biggest and most

energetic democracy, where people

chuck out governments as frequently as

they chuck out their garbage. It’s a

byword for immense wealth and

terrible poverty, a realm of billionaires

and beggars, the Maha Kumbh mela

and mega malls, tantrics and Twitter.

Have you ever seen a large ‘Commit

No Nuisance’ sign and a line of men

standing under it and peeing? A state-of-

the-art expressway with cows

roaming across it? A train with more

people sitting on the roofs of the coach-

es than passengers inside? A booze shop

advertising ‘Chilled Bear Served Hear’?

As we celebrate the 61st year of our

raucous and irrepressible Republic,

we invite you to share the sights

and the sounds, the scenes and the

surprises, that you feel make India,

India. Join us in what we hope

will be the biggest exercise ever in

collective story-telling: A Day in the

Life of India. Hosted on www.day.in.

Turn the page to find out more.

Jai ho! And Ho jaye

Bizarre. Overloaded. Technicolor.Chaotic. Golmaal. Jugaad. Chalta hai

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