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Going home to India
Where are you from ?" is a question I'm frequently asked, living as I do in a country other than my own. My reply usually gets mixed reactions. Some see my native India as a faraway exotic land. But to many, it's synonymous with abject poverty and social divisions. Still others view it as a troubled land on the brink of a nuclear war. These are some of the reasons why I find myself praying for India, wherever I may live at the moment.
For me, India is the country I "go home" to every summer. I see color, vivacity, and diversity—a unique mixture of cultures, languages, and religions. I see a land that has achieved much in science, technology, and the arts, but a land that has a long way to go in other fields. What is it that seems to hold back the progress of a nation with such great potential? It's question that I've asked myself many times over the past years. And what can I do to further my country's progress?
About the author
Annu Matthai is from the state of Kerala in southern India. She now lives in Vienna, Austria.

August 12, 2002 issue
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Global prayers
Bill Dawley
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letters
with contributions from P. J. Mahuvawalla, Barbara Peters, Alistair Budd, Tom Gutnick, Janet Finlayson
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items of interest
with contributions from Michele Orecklin, David Lister, Philip Webster, Robin Ressler, Greg Watts
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Front-page good news about Sudan
By Tony Lobl
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Going home to India
BY Annu Matthai
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My beloved Indonesia
By Djoni Darmadi
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Politics, economy, education—my prayer list for Germany
By Frank Wondollek
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I pray for Columbia
By Consuelo Mendoza-Garcia
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A greater equity for the US
By Bea Roegge Contributing Editor
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Prayer-based solutions for Africa
By Marjorie Scherer
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What's a woman to do?
By Midge Campbell
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Prayer that goes to God. . . and comes from Him
By Channing Walker
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Spiritual solution to incurable condition
Edwin Starner
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An injured hand healed through prayer
Emérito Peña
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Knee injury quickly healed
Susan Bowen