I finished watching the PBS documentary "The Story of India" over the weekend. The show reminded me how little I know about India, and also reminded me how Eurocentric I am. Everything in The Story of India was new to me, but an equivalent length documentary on Europe would not have been able to cover anything I did not already know. Knowing that Indian history is longer by half than European history, the fact that almost everything in the documentary was new tells me that I have a lot of fascinating history and culture to discover.
To partially remedy the situation, I quickly ran to the nearby Barnes & Noble and spent $125 on history, tour, literature, and language books. I have a lot of reading ahead of me, and that is not including forums on the internet about how to beat the heat, repel mosquitos, and avoid getting stomach aches.
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