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.

  • Ganesh Venugopal@lemmy.mlOP
    662·
    6 months ago

    They stare and get too close and touch you all the time. I kept having people touch my shoulders and try and touch my face when I was in public or queuing

    This is more of a culture thing, I used to do it a lot when I was younger (it’s considered friendly)

    • neo@lemy.lol
      58·
      6 months ago

      Thank you for being genuinely interested in the opinion of others and for explaining culture differences.

    • PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca
      30·
      6 months ago

      To someone from my culture and to me when I was there, I hated it. It felt the absolute opposite of friendly. It felt predatory. I didn’t feel safe, I felt uncomfortable, I felt I was a freak and an oddity and it made me embarrassed to go anywhere. And this was with Indian-American guides who were familiar with which places to go to and which to avoid for tourists.

      I say this to you with no disrespect to you as a person. I’m just trying to state things without sugarcoating them. I appreciate you explaining the cultural perception.

      • Ganesh Venugopal@lemmy.mlOP
        2·
        6 months ago

        It felt predatory. I didn’t feel safe, I felt uncomfortable, I felt I was a freak and an oddity

        I feel no connection to this culture whatsoever, I would happily follow your cultural norms if ever am lucky enough to visit the West, so you are not offending me, and I appreciate the honestly too :)