It is about time America was schooled in Indian ways and Indianness. The world's most powerful country fares rather badly when it comes to cultures and civilisations cohabiting planet Earth beyond the Ural Mountains and the Caspian Sea, especially the Indian subcontinent. It is perhaps to remedy this anomaly, and also to introduce Gen Z Indian Americans to Indian culture and history through “immersive technology, virtual reality, interactive exhibits, and multimedia displays”, that the Indian diaspora, led by Indian American educationist Amitabh Sharma, is planning a “first-of-its-kind” India Heritage Centre Museum in Washington, DC.

Cultural Misunderstandings Persist

Indians have, for long, been at the receiving end for their beliefs and cultural........

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