> which gives more credibility to his statement than the partial citation you used. It is still anecdotal of course but given the history of the region the culture does not shift dramatically as soon as you cross the border.

This gross generalisation is nothing new about India. People who do that(even if they are from a "neighboring country") do not understand the many contours of a vast and very diverse country! Indians have now become used to this partial vision of others about the country. The rest of the citation you included itself would have given you a hint: "similar kind of community in its neighboring country". Comparing a community to a whole country is quite a leap!