India, the cradle of civilization, has shaped today’s world in countless ways. India has been the birthplace of life changing advances in culture, science, math and philosophy. Without India the world would be missing the great religions of Hinduism, Buddhism, & Sikhism, meditation & yoga, Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Classical Music & Ravi Shankar, pepper & spices, cotton & cashmere textiles, the Hindu-Arabic numeral system, Pi, chess…and the Kama Sutra.