Unity in diversity

Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted India’s unity in diversity, at the historic address to the joint sitting of the US Congress. ‘India is the home to all faiths in the world and we celebrate all of them. In India, diversity is a natural way of life, today the world wants to know more and more about India’.Speaking about Indian diversity, he said, “We have over 2500 political parties…About 20 different parties govern various states of India. We have 22 official languages and thousands of dialects, yet we speak in one voice. Every 100 miles our cuisine changes, from dosa to aloo paratha.”He said that today, the world wants to know more and more about India. ‘I see that curiosity in this house, too. We were honoured to receive around 100 members of the US Congress over the last decade. Everyone wants to understand India’s development, democracy and diversity,’ Modi.