this is basically the truth! i see people are still trying to fight it in the comments but the reality is we can get groceries delivered in 10 mins, but the bare minimum necessities like infrastructure, air quality, and safety are lacking. i see people constantly talking about how great India is, but you wouldn’t believe how difficult it is to convince someone not to throw trash on the roads. most metro cities are dysfunctional. only solution for us is to accept it and work on fixing it, rather than denying it.

British Indian tourist goes to India for 3 years and calls it "a dump".

He says even other poorer countries in Asia like Vietnam are better.

India is in denial about it's global reputation. https://t.co/0TKyz1w85H

Deedy

this is basically the truth! i see people are still trying to fight it in the comments but the reality is we can get groceries delivered in 10 mins, but the bare minimum necessities like infrastructure, air quality, and safety are lacking. i see people constantly talking about how great India is, but you wouldn’t believe how difficult it is to convince someone not to throw trash on the roads. most metro cities are dysfunctional. only solution for us is to accept it and work on fixing it, rather than denying it. 

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everyname (acq. Q4 '23)

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i too agree. there are certain things which are very unique to india and are great. i love them. but the ones that are bad, are sort of must haves to live in a place. we definitely need to focus on them, to make them better.

Seen this doing the rounds even in whatsapp group chats—having lived in India for several years after university I can comfortably say that it is a wonderful place if you filter certain things out like pollution and urban congestion

Food, history, craft and design, natural habitats etc — it is incredible

But now as a new father I can't rationally bring myself to even take my son to India (avg. air quality is smoking 3-5 cigarettes a day in most places)