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What does the world think of India? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I grew up in India's abusive ex (UK). My impression was that people have a

Most people have no problems with Indians and British culture is pretty heavily influenced by India (or at least more so than other countries). Most Brits like Indian food and everyone drinks tea. Vindaloo is especially popular with people who are very drunk, and also happens to be my favourite meal generally (they might ban it in Denmark soon). My experience is that Indians are pretty chill people.

All the news we get from India paints the north as being full of insane zealots/rapists. Stories about whole villages pinning a man down so they can saw off and steal a man's "holy leg" or young girls getting brutally gang raped etc. I know this probably isn't the whole story but you need a decent pr team.

Narendra Modi is a twat.

Indians are stereotypically seen as either doctors or corner shop owners. Indians are typically seen as hard working. All tech support and telemarketing is outsourced to India and people don't typically enjoy those things.

That said the UK does have it's fair share of racist morons, who will always have a problem with Indians, but that's because they weren't raised right.

The caste system and arranged marriage are terrible. It doesn't strike me as a good place for women.

[–] Tangent5280 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Wait, they might ban vindaloo in denmark? Why?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm joking, Denmark recently banned a variety of instant ramen for being too spicy not joking

[–] Today 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This seems ridiculous but a kid in the US died recently after eating a 'one chip challenge'. He had a heart issue.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

People should be able to eat whatever spice level they like. My 5 year old takes bites of my 3x spicy noodles that were banned in Denmark yeah she needs to rinse her mouth, but she enjoys them.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Narendra Modi is a twat.

Dude should be in jail but he's the PM ? Nuff said.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/jun/15/the-architecture-of-modern-empire-arundhati-roy-review

Of Modi, who was chief minister of Gujarat in 2002 when more than 1,000 Muslims were slaughtered in an inter-communal riot, she observes: “The courts, the press, the parliament are not functioning as checks and balances. If they were, he would be in jail today.”