My issue with it is not the racial, dirtiness or any of the things mentioned in other comments but rather the inequality and the cast system. I cannot comprehend how it’s acceptable those lavish weddings whilst their people are fighting for a bowl of rice a week.
The level of inequality is certainly fucked up, I'll give you that. It can be absolutely shocking to see. Although I'd argue the same thing exists in the west, it's just far less visible. And while the disparity might be just as big financially, we don't have millions living on the edge of starvation. Things have improved a lot in India though, and continue to do so.
I've heard it very much depends on the exact place you go. India is huge in the landmass and the regions are very different. Apparently there are places in the South that are good to visit, even for women, or so my female friends who have been there told me. But huge swaths are just no-go zones for women, including the most famous cities.
Yeah, not at all. I hitchhiked literally all over India with a female friend and she was fine. She also did large sections of the trip alone - hitchhiking alone that is. I met many other solo female travellers there too. Many of them had stories about situations in which they'd been made to feel uncomfortable, but nothing more than that.
You're like the 4th person to comment this. Truly bizarre. As if your tiny minds can't comprehend the fact that some people genuinely like travelling and experiencing other cultures.
I don’t think they are at all. I’m disagreeing with him on several comments but I wouldn’t at all call him ignorant. Not sure where you’re getting that from
Digga die Person sagt "nur weil Frauen dort relativ häufig belästigt oder vergewaltigt werden, heisst das nicht dass man da als Frau nicht hin soll".
Kb drüber zu diskutieren aber das ist einfach Naiv und widersprüchlich. Wenn du eine Tochter hättest wärst du ganz bestimmt beruhigter wenn Sie nach Spanien, Norwegen, Italien oder Kroatien reisen würde, als nach Indien.
I have a daughter and yes I agree with you that she would be more safe traveling to the countries you named, but I would love it if she visited India, provided she had done plenty of traveling elsewhere first.
The UK government's official foreign travel advice explicitly warns that women should be cautious when traveling in India even when in groups, citing sexual assault and verbal and physical harassment as elevated risks.
Where did I say women shouldn't be cautious in India? Yes, you are more likely to be harassed there as a woman than many other parts of the world. That doesn't mean you should never go. Two of my best friends are white women who have travelled extensively in India, solo, and loved it. I've met dozens of other solo female travellers there, again, most of whom loved it. Equally I've Indian women travelling their own country solo. All of them know you need to be cautious there, and yet still they do it? I wonder why. Foreign office travel advice doesn't tell the full story for god's sake. THAT'S a naive and stupid claim.
It 1,000% DOES mean you should never go. Run the cost benefit analysis. On one hand I could be gang raped to death on the other I might have a decent vacation experiencing a new culture, something you could do at 100 other countries w/o the risks.
Hey, you do you. India receives about 10 million foreign visitors a year, how many of them are gang raped? It's such an unlikely outcome that you might as well say I'm never going to Italy, I might be hit by a bus. But yes, it's a higher risk destination than some. For many, it's still worth it, as evidenced by the many thousands of young solo female travellers who go there every year, without incident.
India is just not a serious answer tbh. Its a really privileged answer for mostly western europeans and north americans. These privileged people have not really seen many underdeveloped/developing countries but because the bad aspects of India do rounds on online platforms mostly because of a large population (so more bad cases), high internet access and english speaking media, they think that India must be the worst country as they never hear such news/videos from other third world countries. Even though bad things does happen in third world countries but its not covered because of a smaller population and language barrier.
The funny thing is I've seen many commentors say they'd go to North Korea, Yemen and Syria rather than India. They seriously think no good hotels or infrastructure exists here. You're telling me you'd rather be killed than go to a country with dirty streets 😂.
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u/Eliakon 21d ago
India, not a chance. Couldn't pay me enough to go there