Why we love India!

Let us admit we all love India. We love it despite all its follies, the roads, the lack of amenities, and whatever reasons any NRI can come up with. We are patriotic in our own sweet way. We believe only Indians have the right to say anything against India. It is our birth-right and no one can take that away from us. Yesterday I was having a long animated discussion with my cousin (living outside India) . Clearly he wasn't impressed with the way we Indians (notice how casually he forgot that he was an Indian)struggle for survival. He, completely on a hyperbole ride, mentioned how people in India are fire-fighting creating one invention after the other to sustain, to lead a good life. Ironically, it made me love India even more.These are a few reasons why I love India, the list is in no way exhaustive, but hopefully can get the point across:
a)Hope: We can lose our wallet, our degree, our business, our land, but we never lose hope. Hope keeps us going, hope keeps us afloat when the chips are down. The hope of a better tomorrow, the hope of redemption, the hope of having our own dreamland.
b)Parents:Given a choice an average Indian would love to stay with his/her parents, to still get his/her pocket money, to still get scolded if he/she injures himself/herself. This is our way of knowing that there is someone who cares. Someone who stands by us, no matter what, someone who would never leave us, even if we were born ugly, fat and with single hand and feet.
c)Customs & Tradition: Ever been to an Indian wedding? It's a experience that lasts for days and leaves an impression for life. Whether its the Ladies Sangeet, or the haldi or the tradition of stealing the groom's shoes, the Indian weddings are full of life, warmth and happiness. I love the Indian traditions, whether it's touching an elder's feet or welcoming guests at any hour or the family getting together on festivals.
d)IIT, IIM : The IIT and IIMs are perhaps the greatest institutes in the world, simply because they have the ability to fulfill 'The great Indian dream', in a way no institute can. One can literally see students getting transformed into future leaders. The tag is one thing that stays, even though it may precede you at times, but for whatever the institute has given you, it's worth it.
e)Siblings: In India, we do not love our siblings in an "I do because I have to" kind of way. Siblings in India share a bond which goes much deeper than can be explained. Whether you hate it or love it, blood is indeed thicker than water.
f)Indian Film Industry: No list on India can be complete without the mention of Indian film industry. They call it Bollywood, though it's clearly offensive. We have created our own niche, that is there to stay.We Indians are sucker for movies, the song and dance routine, the one Sunny Deol Vs Rest of the world fares. Rajnikanth, Mithun da, Amitabh Bachchan would be there etched in our memories forever, and no Tom Cruise or Brad Pitt can change that!

I know everyone has a lot to add to the list, probably the list can never be complete, but the fact is India rocks. A billion people can give a billion reasons for that.