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.

  • Unforeseen
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    2 天前

    I’ve worked with a very large amount of people from India from the demographic combination of both being in IT and spending most of my career in the Toronto area.

    There is a reason they moved here (Men and Women both) and didn’t stay in India. Many go back to visit family regularly, but I’ve worked with hundreds and I don’t know of a single one that ever did return or planned to return to India.

    • gon [he]@lemm.eeOPMEnglish
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      2 天前

      Oh, that’s… Wow. I mean, I know there’s A LOT of Indian immigrants all over the world, including over here, but I didn’t have the impression that they didn’t ever want to return.

      • Unforeseen
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        2 天前

        Yeah the general sentiment was that it was a much better quality of life here in Canada

  • RebekahWSD@lemmy.world
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    3 天前

    As a woman, I’d never travel there, even with a group. Amazing history, great food, fucking terrifying things though. There’s a lot of places I wouldn’t travel to though.

    • gon [he]@lemm.eeOPMEnglish
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      3 天前

      I do think that, like with most places, if you have the right group, guidance, and enough money, you can have a good time. I’ve heard some truly terrifying things about India and women though, that’s for sure: getting grabbed non-stop, getting chased down streets, getting knocks on your door… It’s nightmare-fuel…

      Then again, a great deal of the middle east, for example, isn’t exactly recommended for women as travel destinations.

  • Franconian_Nomad@feddit.orgEnglish
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    3 天前

    I used to hear really negative things about Indian people online.

    Then I lived near a student dorm with indian guys studying here in Europe. They all were respectful, friendly and polite, every single one of them. Not only to me, but also to my girlfriend. Also, they are staying for only a year, and then move on, so it wasn’t just one batch of students I knew.

    That’s just my own experience, of course I won’t deny all the issues India has. But in general it’s ill advised to listen to somebody who tells you how bad certain people are.

    • gon [he]@lemm.eeOPMEnglish
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      3 天前

      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.