* proud to be indian

im trying hard to think of what is exclusively and loveably 'india'...here's some things (with inputs of friends):
1. quest for last name
2. negotiation of identity according to need
3. primacy to non-capitalist institutions....
4. this crazy urge to get married
5. caste
6. multiplicity
7. SRK
8. some 'chai' or regional drink culture...
9. gutka
10. dowry
11. autos
12. peacocks
13. hijras (see how culturally they are accepted in our society than in any other)
14. tutti fruity (plz tell if you know this concept exists somewhere else)
15. JNU
16. matke
17. tabla
18. khadi
19. bioscopes
20. men peeing on the streets
21. chane vaala culture
22. craze for goras and likeness for fair
23. indian railways
24. kulfi (i know this is wrong, then i should include jalebis, gulab jamuns, and then we can go on to lassi, tandoori naan and...but kulfi and pakoras seem less attached to a particular community..and samosas and jalebis and gulab jamuns...okie...whatever)
25. pakoras and samosas...
26. khaats
27. president in name???
28. lakhs and crores (yeh kitna cool hai na!!)
29. so many political parties..nowhere in the world
30. the most number of languages are spoken here..(nobody knows the count)
31. the word and meaning of 'sharmaana"
32. (we are in new month..32..heheh)...beedhi
33. ok..this is cool...we have 18, 000 Gods??..and so many more i bet...and so many people who dont even believe in God..
34. kabaddi
35. kho kho
36. keekli

these are some things that are given more importance in india than anywhere else... OR are exclusive to India!
still thinking..will keep updating...
P.S. thanks to ankit, saif, mahima, neha...