When the great poet Allama Iqbal waxed eloquent in his famous poem, “Saare Jahan Se Achcha Hindustan Hamara”, he had in mind something in our national psyche that no invader was able to erase or decimate. For instance, our myriad traditions. Indian traditions are deep-rooted like the mangroves (whose roots go deep down and come up as well) and no tsunami can uproot them easily. Take the family...
