"Don't go to India because ..." Prejudices and Misconceptions Collected

HowieUK · Jan 14th, 2006, 18:23

No Problem! The bloated floating corpses could be used for ballast when you got tired swimming against the current!!!

PeakXV · Jan 14th, 2006, 19:18

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Originally Posted by HowieUK

My Mother bless her said, "You will be careful in Africa this time won't you"

Howie

My Mom, after 20 years of trying, has finally learned to use the VCR Record (clock still flashes at 12:00). She makes it a habit to record some of the more alarming incidents happening in India as seen on BBC world and CNN.

She'll have it queued up when I arrive and exclaim:

"isn't that the place you like to go"

????

chapati · Jan 14th, 2006, 19:23

To me people tend to say!!! What!!! you go to India, what's there except poverty, beggars and wars? Why don't you go to Hawai, Australia or Spain...these are such clean and safe places!!!!

lotus blossom · Jan 14th, 2006, 22:28

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Originally Posted by chapati

To me people tend to say!!! What!!! you go to India, what's there except poverty, beggars and wars? Why don't you go to Hawai, Australia or Spain...these are such clean and safe places!!!!

ah yes, i get that one too!

Indojingai · Jan 14th, 2006, 23:12

Dont go to India because its not fun, not comfortable, not corruption free,not clean and not entertaining. Nor is it cool, hip or young.

If you still go there, do not blame India for being a bad experience.

chapati · Jan 15th, 2006, 01:05

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Originally Posted by Luckywoman

Don't go to India if you don't want to experience other norms and standards than your own.
If you're open minded and willing to absorb and to learn form others (better or worse) India is the richest source on earth.

Wise words luckywoman!!!!

chapati · Jan 15th, 2006, 01:07

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Originally Posted by Indojingai

Dont go to India because its not fun, not comfortable, not corruption free,not clean and not entertaining. Nor is it cool, hip or young.

If you still go there, do not blame India for being a bad experience.

That is what I tell about my home country (I am always negative except our excellent social service)......

gaya · Jan 15th, 2006, 03:24

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Originally Posted by chapati

To me people tend to say!!! What!!! you go to India, what's there except poverty, beggars and wars? Why don't you go to Hawai, Australia or Spain...these are such clean and safe places!!!!

I get looks from some people like I must be horrible for wanting to go to India and see people in such poverty. "What would you want to see that for?" they say - as though that is the main travel reason that one has for visiting India!

Obviously the other reasons go straight over their heads.

chapati · Jan 15th, 2006, 03:52

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Originally Posted by gaya

I get looks from some people like I must be horrible for wanting to go to India and see people in such poverty. "What would you want to see that for?" they say - as though that is the main travel reason that one has for visiting India!

Obviously the other reasons go straight over their heads.

Its all because of the fact that media only is interested in the negative things of India. Nobody (who doesn't know or hasn't read anything about India) in the west will be able to tell something positive about India.....too bad!!!

Jan 15th, 2006, 04:07

"Don't go, because I have a friend of a friend of a friend's friend who went, stayed in 18 star hotels and saw rats and cockroaches everywhere."

To which I replied, "It wouldn't surprise me if the name of the hotel was 18 star. But an 18 star hotel? WITH RATS ? This I gotta see!" I had visions of rats circling the diamond-studded pearl pillars holding up a gold cieling.

Sama · Jan 15th, 2006, 05:42

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Originally Posted by Luckywoman

In Varanasi I saw this floating dead baby, and it was really a shock. Afterwards I realised that this is part of India too.

don't have to go to India to see that. they pull bodies out of the Chicago River occasionally.....

wendyo · Jan 15th, 2006, 08:08

This is what my grandmother asked me a month before my trip.

My answer:

"No, I'm not planning on going to Oklahoma City or New York City on this trip..."

jgv · Jan 15th, 2006, 08:36

My mum always freaks out when I mention India.

I did shit through my mouth for 3mths afterwards but I had giardia so it took a while to get rid of and 2 courses of antibiotics. But I am tougher for it!

robert stickland · Jan 15th, 2006, 08:54

Do you tell your hair to grow or does it just grow. Do we tell our finger nails to grow or do they just grow,Where all being lived and these are fear based stories from peoples past.Live the moment and enjoy!

PeakXV · Jan 15th, 2006, 09:13

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Originally Posted by jgv

My mum always freaks out when I mention India.

I did shit through my mouth for 3mths!

That scared the hell out of me and I quickly was considering really heeding all these listed warnings (what with Bird flu et al perhaps these type events are becoming possible) when I first glanced at your comment

.. but then I saw your location.

I remembered a similar line from an Aussie colleague when Mike Tyson bit of Evander Holyfield's ear:

"Tyson got the shits with him"

both of them did this together .. at the same time

ohhhhh got really mad at him

Old Russian saying : Whatever doesn't kill you makes you ten times stronger!

Jan 14th, 2006, 23:12	#35
Indojingai One in a billion member. Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Amsterdam Posts: 969	Dont go to India because its not fun, not comfortable, not corruption free,not clean and not entertaining. Nor is it cool, hip or young. If you still go there, do not blame India for being a bad experience. __________________ I need your clothes, your boots and your motorcycle.

Jan 15th, 2006, 08:08	#42
wendyo Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: NY Yankee in TX Posts: 22	"Are you going where the bombs went off?" This is what my grandmother asked me a month before my trip. My answer: "No, I'm not planning on going to Oklahoma City or New York City on this trip..."

Jan 15th, 2006, 08:36	#43
jgv Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 95	My mum always freaks out when I mention India. I did shit through my mouth for 3mths afterwards but I had giardia so it took a while to get rid of and 2 courses of antibiotics. But I am tougher for it! __________________ http://www.pbase.com/bookster/india2003

Jan 15th, 2006, 08:54	#44
robert stickland Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: australia Posts: 13	just stories Do you tell your hair to grow or does it just grow. Do we tell our finger nails to grow or do they just grow,Where all being lived and these are fear based stories from peoples past.Live the moment and enjoy! __________________ Rob

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Jan 14th, 2006, 18:23	#31
HowieUK "On The Road Again" Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Coventry England Posts: 190	No Problem! The bloated floating corpses could be used for ballast when you got tired swimming against the current!!!

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chapati Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Netherlands Posts: 159	To me people tend to say!!! What!!! you go to India, what's there except poverty, beggars and wars? Why don't you go to Hawai, Australia or Spain...these are such clean and safe places!!!!

Jan 15th, 2006, 04:07	#40
goose Posts: n/a	"Don't go, because I have a friend of a friend of a friend's friend who went, stayed in 18 star hotels and saw rats and cockroaches everywhere." To which I replied, "It wouldn't surprise me if the name of the hotel was 18 star. But an 18 star hotel? WITH RATS ? This I gotta see!" I had visions of rats circling the diamond-studded pearl pillars holding up a gold cieling.

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