‘Hey, where are you going?’ Rahul asked his alter ego Shanu as he found him packing bags. ‘I am going out in search of Soul of India.’ ‘Soul of India!! Why?’ ‘Well!! I have always wanted to meet her. Have only heard about her, felt her presence but never actually met her so…’ ‘Dude, even I would want to meet her.’ ‘Join me then.’ Rahul was elated. ‘Give me some time to pack my things.’ ‘Of course.’ ‘So, where shall we go to look for her?’ asked Rahul. ‘That’s the problem. I do not have any idea. Have you noticed that of late there has been no reference of her in the media? I was uncomfortable with this absence – precisely the reason why I thought of undertaking this journey.’ ‘Well!! Had never thought about it but now that you say I realize she is actually absent from public sphere for quite some time. But there needs to be a logical starting point – we cannot just go on looking arbitrarily for her in this vast nation.’ ‘Right’ ‘Shall we start from ‘Villages’? It is said ...