... the very essence of Indian culture is that we possess a mixed
tradition, a mélange of elements as disparate as ancient Mughal and
contemporary Coca-Cola American. To say nothing of Muslim, Buddhist,
Jain, Christian, Jewish, British, French, Portuguese, Marxist, Maoist,
Trotskyist, Vietnamese, capitalist, and of course Hindu elements.

	-- Salman Rushdie, "`Commonwealth Literature' Does Not Exist"