India Cultural Minister to female tourists: "Don't wear skirts here"
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Man you're a piece of work.
You're also still completely wrong about the simple dictionary definition of culture.
And the nature of Indian and European gene pools, apparently.
voodoojohn
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Makes sense you need a dictionary to tell you what culture is. This is what I found when I googled "what is culture:" https://www.tamu.edu/faculty/choudhury/culture.html
My definition of "the collective wisdom of a people" seems to be pretty much on the money. What knowledge did your ancestors transmit to you? How to get an office job in post-WW2 America? How to drive stick? How to grill on a Weber?
IndoAssassin
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Some of you do realize that the gov't officials are corrupt as hell right? In Punjab anyways can't comment on the rest of India since my only experience is there.
Cops drink on the job, and if a rape occurs they tell the woman she shouldn't have been walking alone. Or they'll go and arrest the culprit just to make some money. Half the police force are drunks. Looking for any excuse to hound you for money.
Good luck fixing that place when the gov't officials themselves are a bunch of pedophiles that will fuck anything that walks.
Cops drink on the job, and if a rape occurs they tell the woman she shouldn't have been walking alone. Or they'll go and arrest the culprit just to make some money. Half the police force are drunks. Looking for any excuse to hound you for money.
Good luck fixing that place when the gov't officials themselves are a bunch of pedophiles that will fuck anything that walks.
Messofanego
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Dude, what the hell. When you're resorting to insults, you've already lost every shred of the argument that you were going for.
clearacell
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don't wear blue in a blood gang neighborhood
don't wear red in a crip gang neighborhood
don't wear a skirt in India
don't wear red in a crip gang neighborhood
don't wear a skirt in India
They simply taught me to clap after every meal and not inflict my warped semantic definitions on other people.
By all means go, it's an incredible country. It's also very safe, in a country of 1.2 billion people you're going to get some crime.
Sad but true, this thread shows just exactly why so many PoC are wary of feminisim.
metareferential
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You're right, but you know to what this could lead. And it's not a cultural thing, either.
Anyway, I've crossed India from my "to visit" list a long ago. I know I'm missing out, but there are other beautiful and safer places to visit. Maybe someday in the future (even though I know it is a relatively safe place, all things and population considered).
The fact that a minister has to say something like this is staggering.
It's pretty tough being a fashionable women in India let alone wearing a skirt. There are spots of liberal thought and respect in certain areas obviously, but most of the populace is poor and uneducated and still think of women as second class citizens, consumption for a mans desire. My wife had a tough time growing up there (Mumbai) outside of her town, it can be scary. What's worse is that the police have the same backwards mentality, they shrug off the crime unless it's big news. She was groped on a bus, in the streets, it was awful. They blame her for looking hot.
Girls (especially hot girls) usually are advised to travel in groups, family or be accompanied by a man.
Luckily my wife has a fiery temper, once a guy pinched her bum as she was out celebrating eid she slapped him, a crowd gathered and beat the shit out of him (she's Muslim and this is a serious crime in Islam), they then took him to the police. Loved that story personally.
That's a shame, you'll be fine in the big cities. One thing you should never do is listen to internet when researching regions to visit, ask friend and family instead. They know and care for you and would offer far better advise. You could be missing out on wonderful life changing experiences, as internet chatter exaggerates and simplifies regions and places, usually in an unfavourable light. Best approach is to let yourself decide about a place by visiting.
Girls (especially hot girls) usually are advised to travel in groups, family or be accompanied by a man.
Luckily my wife has a fiery temper, once a guy pinched her bum as she was out celebrating eid she slapped him, a crowd gathered and beat the shit out of him (she's Muslim and this is a serious crime in Islam), they then took him to the police. Loved that story personally.
That's a shame, you'll be fine in the big cities. One thing you should never do is listen to internet when researching regions to visit, ask friend and family instead. They know and care for you and would offer far better advise. You could be missing out on wonderful life changing experiences, as internet chatter exaggerates and simplifies regions and places, usually in an unfavourable light. Best approach is to let yourself decide about a place by visiting.
Yeah, I know lots of women who've worked, lived and visited there - and while all of them encountered problems, they all said it was worthwhile - and followed the (awful, but) common sense rules outlined in this thread and by the Indian cultural minister. India is still stuck with some significant cultural baggage - partly from British Imperialism, but a lot from ancient caste rules and built-in misogyny.
Yeah, Its sad that there are safety concerns when it comes to that country, but what can we do, to a country full of corruption and poverty.
Woah, great shitpost. Do you pat yourself in the back every time you make such a smug post that in essence says fucking nothing at all? Indian men don't just go out and rape whoever they see, dickhead.
Think about how many people live in India. Nearly 1.3 billion people in a relatively small land area. There's bound to be a few fucked up people, especially because of the poverty there.
Indians actually care a lot about this issue, why is why Indian media makes a big deal whenever a rape happens, and the government in response is actively trying to tackle it.
Man, nris are the fucking worst, they think they know about India just because they were born and lived there for like 15 years. Most opinion from them are probably wrong or just info based on limited exposures.
First of all, India has no one culture, tradition followed in one region may not be known to others. Each state has its own culture, not every one dresses similarly, eat the same kind of food or have the level of poverty or have same attitude towards women. If you want to know about india, just ask a real indian living in India not these pseudo intellectual nri on neogaf
First of all, India has no one culture, tradition followed in one region may not be known to others. Each state has its own culture, not every one dresses similarly, eat the same kind of food or have the level of poverty or have same attitude towards women. If you want to know about india, just ask a real indian living in India not these pseudo intellectual nri on neogaf
Messofanego
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Recommend the most liberal places in India.
Mass_Pincup
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I suppose nri means a westerner of indian origin or someone who emigrated from India?
Messofanego
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The latter. Non-resident Indian
first of all, you can be religious and have equal respect for women, Hinduism doent have the same problem as abrahamic religions. Ok, back to question, all highly educated placed with low poverty rate in India are better place for women, so saying stuff like "India is century behind America " is fucking moronic. Oldest democracy but not a single female president meanwhile India had female prime ministers and presidents since the 50s. Btw I refer both type as nris
What the fuck?
Messofanego
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Bhai, you forgot to answer my question
Which places are best for women? New Delhi? Mumbai? etcRandy Monk
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Just give all female tourists a chastity belt during their holiday in India
Bhai, you forgot to answer my question
Most big cities are relatively safe. New Delhi and a few other northern cities can be a little bit more dangerous.
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