This Article is From Jul 24, 2014

The Idea of India: Slow Clap for These Wonderful Videos

The Idea of India: Slow Clap for These Wonderful Videos

Courtesy: SET India

For a change, here's a video that shows India as the hero.

In a country that has more Gods than people, disputes aren't entirely unheard of (and we're being super polite here). Different religious sects often disagree with one another. But there are also those moments when foes turn friends.

Such is the case with these frenemy-type families in the video below. You see a Hindu family seeing off their boy with the routine tilak and aarti. Meanwhile the Muslim, not-so-friendly neighbours stand watching the scene, mocking the act.

Later, as both families watch the boy on television in the hot seat across Amitabh Bachchan, something magical happens. Stuck on a question, the boy decides to call a 'friend'. Take a wild guess in which household the phone rings?

The boy decides to call the neighbours. What happens next will not only restore your faith in humanity but also in nationalism.



And here's another wonderful message shown through another promo of Kaun Banega Crorepati. While the earlier video explains to us we're all one, this one shows us what happens when we forget this little fact.

Contestant Poornima in the hot seat is asked, "the city of Kohima belongs to which country?" The options given to her are, "China, Nepal, India or Bhutan."

A visibly unperturbed Poornima chooses to take an audience poll. Not surprisingly, 100% of the audience says the answer is India. Even the host tells her, "this is something everyone knows."

What this girl says next will move you. Her words will help you understand the true meaning of racial discrimination in this country.

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