New Delhi: For people in the US, Europe, South America, Africa and East Asian countries, India could be a land of puzzles, a melting pot of different cultures and lifestyles. A foreigner visiting India never fails to marvel at the rich diversity of this vast subcontinent - from Mizoram and Nagaland to the tribals of Bastar and Chhatisgarh, from the heaven on earth Kashmir to the backwaters of Kerala.India's contribution to world science, mathematics, astronomy, health has been phenomenal. There have been many prominent personalities, who have expressed their opinions about India. Here we take ten popular quotes:1.“In religion, India is the only millionaire… the one land that all men desire to see, and having seen once, by even a glimpse, would not give that glimpse for all the shows of all the rest of the globe combined.”: Mark Twain, American Author2.“We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.”:Albert Einstein, Scientist3.“If I were asked under what sky the human mind has most fully developed some of its choicest gifts, has most deeply pondered on the greatest problems of life, and has found solutions, I should point to India.”:Max Mueller, German scholar4.“Perhaps in return for conquest, arrogance and spoliation, India will teach us the tolerance and gentleness of the mature mind, the quiet content of the un-acquisitive soul, the calm of the understanding spirit, and a unifying, a pacifying love for all living things.”:Will Durant-American Philosopher:5.“Indian is a country where every religion finds home.”:Annie Besant, British Activist6.“India is not, as people keep calling it, an underdeveloped country, but rather, in the context of its history and cultural heritage, a highly developed one in an advanced state of decay.”:Shashi Tharoor7.“Perhaps it will be simplest to throw away the tags and generalize India with one all-comprehensive name, as the Land of Wonders.”:Mark Twain, American Author8.“There has been no more revolutionary contribution than the one which the Indians made when they invented zero.”: Lancelot Hogben, English Mathematician9.“India is, the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grandmother of tradition, our most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only.”:Mark Twain, American Author10."India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border.":Hu Shih, former Ambassador of China to USA
