My father is from India, but he never tells me much about the area. Have you ever been there?
Yes, I have been there many times!  Interestingly, 3 bodies of water lie next to India - the Indian Ocean, the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal 
Wow, that's pretty cool. I visited the Indian Ocean once when I was a kid. I barely remember it though. Do you know the population of India? I heard it's a big place.
It is very big!  In fact, it is the seventh largest country in area - and it has a large population of 1.2 billion people
Wow, that's so many people! Do you know what people like to eat there?
Legumes and vegetables are popular foods in India. Also Asian food is eaten of course, with India being in  in South Asia.
That's what I thought, but I wanted to double check. Usually here in the West people think of butter chicken as Indian food, but I heard there is so much more variety.
Indian cuisine
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