I remember the subject we had in college which was Contemporary South Asia, wherein India geographically belongs to. It is a member of SAARC (South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation). I find it amusing how vast the culture of India and how colorful its history was withnits neighbor especially with Pakistan. I've personally met thm during a convention and their dialect varies from one region to the other. To add, because of its huge land mass and population, it has been considered as Sub-continent. They had also been competing with Philippines in terms of BPO.

I just want to emphasize because most people got this wrong. Buddhism originared from India (and a lot thought it came from China)