I am an Indian and I have noticed that Indians are way too proud of their country for some reason and at the same time lack any civic sense towards it, they are extremely loud and extremely proud. We feel like the world revolves around India and our culture is superior to that of others. Also, a considerable chunk of the population has been sold the “India is a world-leader” myth and they think India is somehow leading the world in innovation, science and technology, human development etc.,

Now, I know for a fact that this is not true, when I try to gauge the perception of Indians abroad on Twitter, I get pretty negative results, but Twitter has nothing good to say about any group of people, so… I kinda wanted to know what you people though of India, don’t base it upon the etnic Indians who might be your friends and are decent people, but base it upon the news you read, the stories you hear from those Indians, etc.

  • atro_city@fedia.io
    201·
    5 months ago
    • exceptional food
    • cheap workforce (the next major factory of world after China is becoming “too expensive” and competitive)
    • hinduism
    • religious segration
    • caste system
    • extreme poverty and extreme wealth
    • racist towards dark skinned people (also due to caste)
    • anti-queer
    • lots of potential, but also among world leaders in corruption
    • hot
    • noisy, polluted cities
    • very influenced by external forces

    I’d like to visit, but Thailand, Vietnam, Bali, and Japan look more enticing.

    • walden@sub.wetshaving.social
      121·
      5 months ago

      Vietnam is wonderful. You also poop directly onto the train tracks in Vietnam (someone else commented about that), but somehow it’s much cleaner than I imagine India is (though I’ve never been to India).

    • Fizz@lemmy.nz
      4·
      5 months ago

      South East Asia is an awesome place to travel. Highly recommend Thailand.