Whenever I hear about India, life in India, travelling to India, it seems beyond awful.

I’ve talked to some Indians online, and it’s been hit-or-miss, which is to be expected. I’d also expect IRL Indian people to be mostly reasonable, like, you know, people everywhere? Somehow though, everything I hear online about India (the country) is that it’s dirty, misogynistic, and rude. I know that there’s a higher chance for people to share the extremes—meaning that terrible experiences in India get shared more than normal experiences do—but it’s still remarkable.

I actually wanted to visit India very much, I’ve even mentioned in my last (or second to last?) post that I’m planning to learn Hindi, but this stuff is messed up. I wonder if Goa is much different from the rest of the country. I wonder what India is really like.

  • gon [he]@lemm.eeOPM
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    3 days ago

    The one Indian I have met IRL was also nice, though I can’t say I really spoke to him a word more than hellogoodbye.

    I’m firm in my belief that people, in general, are reasonable. I don’t think country of origin dictates whether someone can be or is good. I tried to frame my post as my thoughts on the internet’s perception of the country, not the people, because that really is how I feel! I don’t think it’s fair to judge a “people,” it just doesn’t make sense to me. Whenever I hear generalized statements about a people or a race or nationality or ethnicity or whatever else, I usually just discard it, to be frank.