Indian culture is a living, breathing entity. It’s a place where you can find a 5,000-year-old yogic practice happening right next to a high-speed metro line. It is this resilience—the ability to change while remaining fundamentally the same—that makes the Indian lifestyle so endlessly fascinating.

Aryan sat up on the antique four-poster bed, stretching his limbs. He had returned home for his grandmother’s 80th birthday—Dadi, the matriarch who ruled the household with a wooden spoon and a rosary.

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