Simple joys of a confused life

India is known as the land of cultural diversity and the people we meet constantly reminds us of this fact. We are all proud of our traditions and the rich heritage that our country carries. I personally have experienced a nice variety in the last few years as I have moved across the country and seen the different shades of it. Many a times I had heard that Indians have a traditional or conservative mindset which is especially predominant in the Southern regions of India. I had a nice glimpse of the same during my summer project when I spent 2 weeks in Madurai, Chennai and Rameshwaram (This place has some really beautiful beaches) and also to some extent in Kerala. People of opposite sex hanging out together raises eyebrows and in some places if a guy goes to someone’s home, the women of the household stay hidden in a room and no contact of any sort is made. That’s all fine, I had heard about such stories, but there were some places that I never thought would exhibit such ‘conser