White Vermillion

The flaming pink windows of the Jaipur Palace
Misty whit walls of the Taj Mahal
Musical anklets worn by women
Bedecked elephants marching through the streets of Lucknow
The fragrance of mangoes overcoming the Konkan
One nation - of so many names, so many people - but just one soul
As India participates even more actively in globalisation, there is a mounting fear that it would lead to the loss of our culture. So what should we do to combat this problem? Start wearing silk sarees at home? Cotton lungis to the market? Exchange our top of the range cars for elephants to go to office? The answer to this difficult question can be found in the very first words of the preamble of our constitution that says, 'We, the People of India.'
India is not a mere conglomeration of states or a developing country on its way to becoming a world superpower. India is us, its people, its citizens. What we need to preserve even more importantly today, is not India's external facades but our crumbling love and pride for our country.
Many may argue - that today it is difficult to believe in the potential of our country than it was hundreds of years ago. All those years ago, India was rich in jewels and wealth and thus it came but naturally to take pride in one's national identity. But I say, if we regain just one bit of the self - confidence we had all those many years ago, we can not only become two times richer but much more emotionally happier than we presently are.
It has once been said, 'A man's country progresses in exactly the same degree in which he works for its welfare.' When we triumph over the secret fascination we have for everything that is foreign and learn to genuinely love our Indian way of living, we will never have to fear losing our Indianness.
Preserving Indianness in a Global India.
That isn't necessarily about eating with our fingers, saying Namaste or breaking coconuts.
That is about having faith in our country, India, and having faith in ourselves as Indians.