Thaipusam: Uniting Tamils globally Sudarshan Ramabadran is a writer, blogger, and contributor based in India. Public Diplomacy as an area of study, expertise and practice over a period, has ensured a strong culture and value exchange. In historical and contemporary times, this is not just between countries but vitally between people of countries. India’s culture has been a vital aspect of the civilizational state’s public diplomacy orientation. The diversity of India’s culture is discernible in over 640 districts in the country. But what has astounded people, observers and analysts is that India’s culture has organically permeated beyond her geographical boundaries and has united humanity for a shared purpose at large.