The Great Paradox of India

First Online: October 14, 2001
Page Last Updated: August 20, 2024

If anything, India is a country of extremities.

You can see the homeless outside the palaces, barefooted construction workers laying optical cables, bandit queens running for government offices, men worshipping vehicles, illiterate citizens running one of the greatest democracies, and homeless beggars being honored for begging. While there are elaborate explanations to each of these, in this section, we present the great paradox of India as it is. - Ed.

Extremities of India

• The Amazing Bicycle
• Extreme Water Shortage
• Illiterate Sells Alphabets
• Man Selling Flowers by Weight
• Newly Married Couple Enjoying the Wedding Feast
• Only in India can the Deities Model for Erotica!
• The Shelter and The Shelterless
• The Ultimate Open Kitchen
• Vehicle Worship in India
• Wedding without the Bride
• Wiring a Subcontinent
• Young Lovers at Ghotul

See Also:

• The Concept of Instrument Worship (Ayudha Pooja)

• The Begging Profession of India

• Interviews with Poverty