By Clive Limpkin"Retired photojournalist Clive Limpkin traveled to India with his wife for a surprise birthday party. Having heard endless stories about the overwhelming poverty, glacial bureaucracy, and hygienic horrors, what he didn't expect was for the country to surprise him with utter delight. Within twelve hours of landing, he writes in the introduction, he and his wife were "hooked," and spent the next three years crisscrossing the continent. Questions from friends back home got them started on how to define the country. Yes, it was "overloaded, overpopulated, overcooked." There was the garbage, the begging, the red tape. But for all that there were one billion great reasons to visit: the people. As Limpkin writes, "It was not the scenery, nor the wildlife, nor the colors, nor the anarchistic madness than made us fall for the country, but the number of Indians who, with little to their name, still smile in greeting.""
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