1. What is the religious composition of India?
The computational knowledge engine known as Wolfram Alpha spit out the following facts:
80.5% Hindu
13.4% Muslim
2.3% Christian
1.9% Sikh
1.9% Others (Buddhist, Jain, etc.)
They were in line with the estimates provided by myself using the computational knowledge engine known as the ARNABrain.
2. Are there really cows on the street? (The girl asking this warned me beforehand that it would be a "cute" question.)
Yes, there are many cows to be found on the streets of India. Delhi is supposed to have at least 40,000 holy cows wandering its streets alone. The blessed bovines are revered by Hindus, so they are free to roam the roads unharmed.
3. Why does India have significantly more developed IT and bio tech sectors than China?
This was the toughest question of the bunch, warranting further investigation. I muttered a convulated answer about how China has much greater infrastructure than India and equivalent educational instituitions, but is severely lagging behind in English language skills and in the free flow of information and knowledge that is continually transferred between India and the West.
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