Ever been to India? Why do people find it so depressing?

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Anonymous wrote:If life were so great in India, people would not immigrate as soon as they had the minimum means—and not immigrate to the West but everywhere in the world. Tanzania, Kenya, and South Africa have huge Indian populations.

Indians are 1/5 of the world population. They go to different countries around the world and succeed wildly in the richest and the poorest countries of the world. More successful than the local native population of those countries.

1/5 of the world population where 60% of the population is below 35 years old so they will obviously spread to other countries too to amass wealth and seek opportunities.

Especially if they can speak English, are young, are STEM educated, have family and community support, work harder for less money and are law abiding & tax paying.

As an Indian, I am just fine if you don’t go to India. India has such a huge population that they are not starved for tourists. In fact Indian tourists are propping up the economies of other nations.

300 years ago, India was the richest nation in the world. Our poverty is the result of 45 billions dollars looted from us by the White man. So your attempt to shame India does not work because we know our history and who are parents are. And we are getting that money back from the world - one outsourced IT job at a time, one medical doctor at a time, one pharma pill at a time, one military weapon at a time, one Bollywood movie at a time!

We are such a huge market, such a powerful juggernaut (or Jagannath) that Netflix to Disney, Amazon to Tesla want to woo us.


We have the capacity to work hard, pool resources, study hard, be frugal and build wealth. Indians expats send enough foreign exchange back to India from around the world that India can remain non-aligned in our foreign policy.

Indian housewives own 11% of the world’s gold reserves. We are the largest democracy, the most diverse country, the oldest civilization and have originated Hinduism, budhhism, Jainism and Sikhism from our religious philosophies.

Yes, India is still a poor country but we have the audacity of hope, grit, courage and inventiveness (jugaad). So we are a nuclear power, a space power and the 5th largest economy!

Haters can fuzkkk off and get a bikini wax!!

Oh, and we are so non-aligned that you would not even know if we are Democrats or Republicans. Our genes produce both Usha Vance and Kamala Harris!! Both Goddesses!!

Correction- 45 trillions dollars was looted from India by British!!

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India is a reflection of your state of mind. You are at ease with yourself and go with the flow, India is great. You have a stick up your ass, terrible family life, inflexible thinking - India is hell!

Yes, India has also millions of poor people. But, they are for some strange and magical reason, neither depressed, nor lonely, and they do not even think of committing suicide!!

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They have a gang rape problem in India.

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Anonymous wrote:They have a gang rape problem in India.

Second only to US sex trafficking problem. Be careful in US and India.

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Anonymous wrote:I loved my trip to India and would go back in a heartbeat, but it is absolutely overwhelming in many ways.

The poverty is a gut punch, but I also found the sheer humanity a lot to take in. DC felt weirdly uncrowded after that.

I felt the same. Also put on five pounds because I loved the food so much.

We got invited into some random people's wedding and just had a wonderful time - but the whole trip was like that; we could go anywhere and next thing we knew we'd be invited to participate in something, and we were at a stage of life then where we always said yes.

I'm glad you have good food memories!
I couldn't eat anything. Our stomaches just aren't conditioned for it (it would take a lot more time and acclimation). Had to be super careful and still got pretty sick towards the end of the trip. Our friends who lived there told us (and it's generally well known) that food preparation is sketch. There were lots of public health initiatives/bill boards about basic handwashing. It's simply not done there (yet)

Same here at certain Indian restaurants. 🤮 In Arlington, the restaurant cook asked me if anything was wrong with the food. He had dried mucus hanging from his nose, unwashed hair, and dirty clothes.

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The OP has to be a troll. How can someone be this daft?

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Anonymous wrote:I loved my trip to India and would go back in a heartbeat, but it is absolutely overwhelming in many ways.

The poverty is a gut punch, but I also found the sheer humanity a lot to take in. DC felt weirdly uncrowded after that.

I felt the same. Also put on five pounds because I loved the food so much.

We got invited into some random people's wedding and just had a wonderful time - but the whole trip was like that; we could go anywhere and next thing we knew we'd be invited to participate in something, and we were at a stage of life then where we always said yes.

I'm glad you have good food memories!
I couldn't eat anything. Our stomaches just aren't conditioned for it (it would take a lot more time and acclimation). Had to be super careful and still got pretty sick towards the end of the trip. Our friends who lived there told us (and it's generally well known) that food preparation is sketch. There were lots of public health initiatives/bill boards about basic handwashing. It's simply not done there (yet)

Same here at certain Indian restaurants. 🤮 In Arlington, the restaurant cook asked me if anything was wrong with the food. He had dried mucus hanging from his nose, unwashed hair, and dirty clothes.

It’s all about the gut biome. Have you heard about fecal transplant to improve gut health?

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Anonymous wrote:The OP has to be a troll. How can someone be this daft?

Op is just unemployed and unhappy!! Or maybe hates Kamala?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I loved my trip to India and would go back in a heartbeat, but it is absolutely overwhelming in many ways.

The poverty is a gut punch, but I also found the sheer humanity a lot to take in. DC felt weirdly uncrowded after that.

I felt the same. Also put on five pounds because I loved the food so much.

We got invited into some random people's wedding and just had a wonderful time - but the whole trip was like that; we could go anywhere and next thing we knew we'd be invited to participate in something, and we were at a stage of life then where we always said yes.

I'm glad you have good food memories!
I couldn't eat anything. Our stomaches just aren't conditioned for it (it would take a lot more time and acclimation). Had to be super careful and still got pretty sick towards the end of the trip. Our friends who lived there told us (and it's generally well known) that food preparation is sketch. There were lots of public health initiatives/bill boards about basic handwashing. It's simply not done there (yet)

Same here at certain Indian restaurants. 🤮 In Arlington, the restaurant cook asked me if anything was wrong with the food. He had dried mucus hanging from his nose, unwashed hair, and dirty clothes.

Arlington is in US, you racist pig!!

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Anonymous wrote:The amount of poverty and classism is alarming.

You are expected just to ignore it and not make eye contact.

I don’t follow. Not make eye contact? With who?

Clearly you haven't been to India.

Hence the post, dummy

Sigh.

You can't really drive or walk through a city without being swarmed by poor people -- many of them very young children, many very physically deformed, crying and looking very said and begging. They stare until you make eye contact. Then they beg and beg. And it never stops. There are thousands of them, so you can't connect with someone even if you want to. Because it is never ending. Like an avalanche of human pain and suffering. And your only hope to get through it at all is to not make eye contact.

Is this just the case in Agra or did you experience it in Delhi too?

I have been everywhere in India. Agra really sucks. Unless you have a real passion for the Taj Mahal, it's not worth it.

Yes, I know Agra is like this, that’s why I was asking if Delhi is similar.

Delhi is best if you know someone to help show you around. I didn't. And I already had Indian city fatigue. I had come in by train from Varanasi (recommend) and then headed north to Rishikesh in the Himalayan foothills (amusing). Old Town Delhi is worth a wander - the mosque is interesting. It's an absolutely filthy city. The monkeys are annoying. And while I was there, there was political violence so it seemed tense. I didn't see any reason to stay long. I did make a long day trip to Agra, and it's probably the least interesting thing I did in India.

It takes a while to get to know an Indian city. I had the best urban experiences in Mumbai and Kolkata. So when I fly in, I choose one of those two. And I book a good hotel for the first three days to acclimatize before venturing on the trains and buses, which are an experience. I'm fond of India, but it's a tough country. I alternate between luxury and backpacker hostels. You eventually learn how to navigate the trains. It can be a horror show, but also really fascinating. It's best to believe in a god when traveling by bus. Avoid all midrange "business" hotels. And if you are a woman, don't even think about traveling alone. The south is safer and more well to do than the north. Really avoid places like Bihar.

Flying in to Delhi is useful though if you are heading to Rajasthan. Or north into the Himalayas. By land, which is not for everyone.

India a lot to experience. I couldn't imagine just going for a short trip. You'll hate it, like everyone here does. But a longer, more well researched trip with ideally a good, experienced travel companion is definitely one of the more memorable things to do on the planet.

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Anonymous wrote:Following up on the earlier post here. My dh refuses to go again, says it’s a horrible place and he’s usually open minded. Maybe I’ve seen too many Bollywood films, but it’s always seemed so exotic and charming to me

The poverty is very stark. I was born and raised in India but my European DH and American-born kids have a hard time facing it.

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Anonymous wrote:If life were so great in India, people would not immigrate as soon as they had the minimum means—and not immigrate to the West but everywhere in the world. Tanzania, Kenya, and South Africa have huge Indian populations.

Indians are 1/5 of the world population. They go to different countries around the world and succeed wildly in the richest and the poorest countries of the world. More successful than the local native population of those countries.

1/5 of the world population where 60% of the population is below 35 years old so they will obviously spread to other countries too to amass wealth and seek opportunities.

Especially if they can speak English, are young, are STEM educated, have family and community support, work harder for less money and are law abiding & tax paying.

As an Indian, I am just fine if you don’t go to India. India has such a huge population that they are not starved for tourists. In fact Indian tourists are propping up the economies of other nations.

300 years ago, India was the richest nation in the world. Our poverty is the result of 45 billions dollars looted from us by the White man. So your attempt to shame India does not work because we know our history and who are parents are. And we are getting that money back from the world - one outsourced IT job at a time, one medical doctor at a time, one pharma pill at a time, one military weapon at a time, one Bollywood movie at a time!

We are such a huge market, such a powerful juggernaut (or Jagannath) that Netflix to Disney, Amazon to Tesla want to woo us.


We have the capacity to work hard, pool resources, study hard, be frugal and build wealth. Indians expats send enough foreign exchange back to India from around the world that India can remain non-aligned in our foreign policy.

Indian housewives own 11% of the world’s gold reserves. We are the largest democracy, the most diverse country, the oldest civilization and have originated Hinduism, budhhism, Jainism and Sikhism from our religious philosophies.

Yes, India is still a poor country but we have the audacity of hope, grit, courage and inventiveness (jugaad). So we are a nuclear power, a space power and the 5th largest economy!

Haters can fuzkkk off and get a bikini wax!!

Oh, and we are so non-aligned that you would not even know if we are Democrats or Republicans. Our genes produce both Usha Vance and Kamala Harris!! Both Goddesses!!

You can acknowledge that these opportunities are only available to a very small minority of Indians.

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Anonymous wrote:If life were so great in India, people would not immigrate as soon as they had the minimum means—and not immigrate to the West but everywhere in the world. Tanzania, Kenya, and South Africa have huge Indian populations.

Indians are 1/5 of the world population. They go to different countries around the world and succeed wildly in the richest and the poorest countries of the world. More successful than the local native population of those countries.

1/5 of the world population where 60% of the population is below 35 years old so they will obviously spread to other countries too to amass wealth and seek opportunities.

Especially if they can speak English, are young, are STEM educated, have family and community support, work harder for less money and are law abiding & tax paying.

As an Indian, I am just fine if you don’t go to India. India has such a huge population that they are not starved for tourists. In fact Indian tourists are propping up the economies of other nations.

300 years ago, India was the richest nation in the world. Our poverty is the result of 45 billions dollars looted from us by the White man. So your attempt to shame India does not work because we know our history and who are parents are. And we are getting that money back from the world - one outsourced IT job at a time, one medical doctor at a time, one pharma pill at a time, one military weapon at a time, one Bollywood movie at a time!

We are such a huge market, such a powerful juggernaut (or Jagannath) that Netflix to Disney, Amazon to Tesla want to woo us.


We have the capacity to work hard, pool resources, study hard, be frugal and build wealth. Indians expats send enough foreign exchange back to India from around the world that India can remain non-aligned in our foreign policy.

Indian housewives own 11% of the world’s gold reserves. We are the largest democracy, the most diverse country, the oldest civilization and have originated Hinduism, budhhism, Jainism and Sikhism from our religious philosophies.

Yes, India is still a poor country but we have the audacity of hope, grit, courage and inventiveness (jugaad). So we are a nuclear power, a space power and the 5th largest economy!

Haters can fuzkkk off and get a bikini wax!!

Oh, and we are so non-aligned that you would not even know if we are Democrats or Republicans. Our genes produce both Usha Vance and Kamala Harris!! Both Goddesses!!

Correction- 45 trillions dollars was looted from India by British!! [/quote

Stop taking your economic knowledge from YouTubers. Your textile industry was based on handlooms, and the British industrialized first. This does not mean that they "stole" that $$$ from you, simply that your industry was overtaken. Did the British extract wealth from India, sure, but they gave it a heritage that allows you to type that above from a western country.

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Anonymous wrote:I loved my trip to India and would go back in a heartbeat, but it is absolutely overwhelming in many ways.

The poverty is a gut punch, but I also found the sheer humanity a lot to take in. DC felt weirdly uncrowded after that.

I felt the same. Also put on five pounds because I loved the food so much.

We got invited into some random people's wedding and just had a wonderful time - but the whole trip was like that; we could go anywhere and next thing we knew we'd be invited to participate in something, and we were at a stage of life then where we always said yes.

I'm glad you have good food memories!
I couldn't eat anything. Our stomaches just aren't conditioned for it (it would take a lot more time and acclimation). Had to be super careful and still got pretty sick towards the end of the trip. Our friends who lived there told us (and it's generally well known) that food preparation is sketch. There were lots of public health initiatives/bill boards about basic handwashing. It's simply not done there (yet)

I got very sick in India and lost a lot of weight. Now that I'm middle aged and have gained a few pounds, this might be a reason to go back. All kidding aside, I'm never going back.

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Anonymous wrote:They have a gang rape problem in India.

Even the death penalty is not a deterrent. The recent gang rape and murder of the Calcutta doctor proves it.