Scary experience in Paharganj

Thank you to everyone who replied. Wow, I never thought there were white prostitutes working in Delhi, but I guess I'm naive...

Ivan said:
Quote: "I guess that you left out the most important info - namely, the explanation the policemen gave for their intervention."

Ivan, I didn't leave out much...They didn't explain anything. All they did was ask questions.

They asked my boyfriend who I am , who he is, where we are from, his address, why his car number-plates don't match his home address ( he is from HP but his car is registered n UP). They seemed to think this was a big issue for some reason. Also, they wanted to know the purpose of our stay at hotel, etc... The questioning was getting quite intense, but luckily my boyfriend managed to convince them that he comes from a well respected family, gave some references and also explained that the purpose of my visit to India was to volunteer and we were just passing through Delhi.

In the end they let the matter drop and 'let us off with a warning: "Never do this again. You may stay, provided you have separate rooms!"

These cops looked and acted really sleazy and no doubt were quite used to taking bribes. So, we feel we were very lucky indeed to escape from their clutches.

now the question arise that if an india having a foreigner girlfriend then which area or which specific hotel is good for them..any suggestion from delhi?

Don't be cheap. The more you splurge, the lesser the hassle/scrutinizing.

any special recommendations?specially in south delhi...

hotel near hyatt are realy nice

This is an interesting thread.
I have been giving alot of thought how difficult finding hotels will be on my trip this January.

I will be travelling with my Indian boyfriend I met last January in India,I am white. Delhi will be fine,we can stay with his uncle,also stay in his home in Khajuraho.
We plan on going from Kerala to Kashmir (with a few places in between) over 4 months and we are only dealing with a mid range budget.

Really sounds like the best thing is to say we are married if asked.Would they not ask for some sort of proof if suspicious?
I will definately do a post on how it went as it appears it could be an issue.Hoping for the best tho

I had the same issues when i went to delhi to meet my GF ( currently partner ), the same predicament minus the Cops.
Initially they said this and that, and i was like no way man. show me the laws in print ( there is no such law ) thats when they used the " COP " theory , and i was like please stop it , i was raised in a cop family and this is pure bullshit.
Finally the threat of asking for our money back put some sense into the guy.

Next day was chatting up with a resturant owner nearby and this is what he said :

Many Dopers/drug addicts come around and OD & die ( Read about some Kashmir guy providing Coke to some white lady who died ) and cops harass the hotel owners for lots of money.

Many Hobo type / Prostitutes ( white ) come down and stay in touristy places like Paha Gunj and sometime are caught in police raids ( Police Headache )

Inter-racial couples ( people who met in travel )fight and the cops come, hotel takes the brunt.
Well i dont buy his argument, but yeah i do understand that cops are waiting to shake down both tourists & owners ( Double Income )

All the very best to you goddess...

will you please name such a hotels neat Hayatt..???

The law does not prohibit any adult (18+ years) irrespective of their sex and nationality to share his/ her room with another adult person with mutual consent in a hotel/ house anywhere in India.

It is only the cops and some moral guardians who try to poke their nose only to extract money. The cops cannot book you just for staying in a same hotel room with the opposite gender without getting married

But obviously they will threat to book you under charges of prostitution, drugs etc.

Hi Goddess!

If they are going to ask you whether you're married, then they would certainly also ask for proof. From what I've heard, south Indian states are less likely to give you trouble when traveling as an unmarried mixed couple.

During my latest trip a few months back, my Indian (now) husband and I looked at quite a few rooms in Paharganj and in Karol Bagh and all of them asked if we were married and the one we settled on staying in demanded to see our marriage certificate. The guy behind the desk studied the photocopy of our certificate in great detail, as if he though it was a fake, till my husband told him off for taking too long.

We had trouble getting a room in Amritsar, even though married, as most hotels there don't accept foreigners, so they said!