ocr: BY GEOFFREY C. WARD PHOTOGRAPHS BY SUEVE MCCURRY Stareatt the underbelly ofAsia andi behold thel Indian behemoth: 950million people- one-sixth ofbewundhspopulation-whoy live ina country one-third thesize ofthel U.S., who speak more than a thousandl languagesand dialects, and whosupportmore than 20 political parties in the world's biggest tand perhaps boldest axperimentindemocrag: Fivedecades after gainingi itsindependence from Britain, India stillstruggles to balanceits political ideals with a populace that pulls this union in profoundlydifferent directions. HUNDREDS Of1 THOUSANNOS OF HINDUS C ...
