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Time for something different. I have done a lot of research on India both for my Transcultral nursing class and for my own personal benefit. I have come across many facts about this country, some very useful (like don't point the bottoms of your feet when you cross your legs because it is considered the greatest insult a person can give) and other bits of information not so much. So if you are coming along with me on this journey I think you should share in the knowledge. We will start with the cold hard facts and progress (possibly downward?) from there.
-India's population is 1,166,079,217 people (only country besides China to have over a population over a billion)
-The rupee is the national currency. The current exchange rate is $1=50.07 INR. (Not bad when $1=.75 euro!)
-There are currently 2.4 million Indians living with HIV/AIDS. (Stunning how unreported it is...)
-The average life expectancy is 70 years average for males and females.
-Ayurveda is the oldest school of medicine in the world.
-The number of times the earth orbits the sun and pi were discovered by Indians in the 5th and 6th centuries respectively, before the Europeans.
-The Indian railroad is the largest employer in the world. Employing over 1million people
-There are so many festivals in India every other day is a national holiday.
-India has the most post offices in the world.
-There are over 200 million cows in India (that's what happens when you can't kill them and they roam free!)
-Bollywood produces more movies then any other country in the world! Including the U.S.A!
-1,000 elephants were used in the construction of the Taj Mahal
-The national game of India....you will never guess....no it's not cricket....hockey. No joke hockey.
-And last but certainly not least: the national board game of India is Parcheesi. Why I will never know.

Now that you are all enlightened by my random fact tour of India I bid you Namaste!

"You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist."~Indira Gandhi (a Prime minister of India who was assassinated in 1980. The international airport in Delhi is named after her.)