There are two sorts of threats that are looming over mankind – the ones emanating from ecological imbalance and the others which are direct results of violence on a global scale. The first kind has often been discussed and highlighted by environmentalists, scientists, poets, celebrities and political leaders on world level summits, and has proportionately received its audience but the second one has not been given its due attention. Ever since the world has become a global village (sorry for the cliché), the confrontation of opposing notions of cultures, nationality, race, language etc has become its undeniable feature and from which any time an extremist voice pops up and starts recruiting its adherents. In such a world, a new civil wisdom, a cosmopolitan tolerance needs to be debated. In my opinion and I hope others will agree, India is a metaphor for the world, given its sheer diversity of language, culture, food habits, ethnicity, race, colour, religion, aesthetics, geography, topography seasons etc. Studying and analysing it may give us some insight in its continuity and therefore some lessons for the contemporary world to ward off the evil of extremist notions. For this purpose, I have chosen Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children and will analyse the portrayal of India, the questions that surround her and her way of overcoming.