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Why do westerners love India?

I don't get it.

It's culturally alien - There is no similarities between western culture and Hindu culture. Westerners love to eat beef, while Hindus think you're eating a sacred animal (in reality a dumb docile lump of shit).

It's impoverished - Lots of westerners seem convinced that it's a future superpower and will one day be something. Don't waste your breath folks, it won't. There are more poor people in India than in the whole of Africa. You cannot even imagine how poor most people in India are and how squalid their cities are.

It's far away - There are lots of far more accessible and more interesting countries that don't have the same retarded cultural differences that the average westerner has no interest in. North Africa or the Caucasus is geographically much closer yet few westerners have any interest in those places. They're also much closer culturally and don't worship cow shit.

Na'an, Cumin, and Curry.

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Originally posted by Scratchula I don't get it. It's culturally alien

Are you out of your mind!? Europeans and most Indians have ancestors that belonged to the same civilisation/linguistic group less than ten thousand years ago! There's been an intense exchange of ideas between India and Europe (from which Graeco-Buddhism derived) ever since the dawn of civilisation - the Devanagari script used to write Hindi and our very own alphabet, for that matter, come from the very same source.

And na'an is bloody great!

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Originally posted by Scratchula I don't get it. It's culturally alien - There is no similarities between western culture and Hindu culture. Westerners love to eat beef, while Hindus think you're eating a sacred animal (in reality a dumb docile lump of shit). It's impoverished - Lots of westerners seem convinced that it's a future superpower and will one day be something. Don't waste your breath folks, it won't. There are more poor people in India than in the whole of Africa. You cannot even imagine how poor most people in India are and how squalid their cities are. It's far away - There are lots of far more accessible and more interesting countries that don't have the same retarded cultural differences that the average westerner has no interest in. North Africa or the Caucasus is geographically much closer yet few westerners have any interest in those places. They're also much closer culturally and don't worship cow shit.

It's because the British influence on their culture make their immigrants much easier to deal with than those from Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

I came here for the food joke but Eddie beat me to it :/

I think there is a lot of compatibility between middle and upper-class Indians and their Western counterparts. And as Lira stated, the ties between the two civilizations go back a long way. Also of course there's the British influence, as stated above.

with videos like this, how could you not want to be indian?

look at how happy everyone is.

I for one love it for praise of Ganesha, their elephant god who rides a mouse & falls and bursts into treats he's so goddamed engorged on candies and is beheaded by Shiva and pollutes the Ganges River every festival in honor of him, Ganesha.

xoxo Ganesha

The Kama Sutra!

With advice like, avoiding men with worms in their mouth, how could one not be seduced by its sensual descriptions?

OP: We love India because you touch yourself at night.

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Originally posted by EddieZilker Na'an, Cumin, and Curry.

Etc., etc.


Now I'm hungry.

chili chicken biryani

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Originally posted by Scratchula

You are:

a) Either tailoring your argument to suit your main point by only citing negative examples

b) Are close minded and have only heard of India through the likes of Glenn Beck and co.

c) Visited India last during the 80's


I can go ahead and say, why do people love the bay area when Oakland, one of the most dangerous cities in the world is based there or why do people love New York City when Harlem and the Bronx are located there - The answer is that, smart people stay away from dangerous and undesirable places; moreover, most people who choose to venture into such locations go there with the intention of making a difference i.e. bettering the lives of people living over there.

India is a fantastic country, rife with both heritage as well as with western culture. We have come a long way since the proliferation of multinational companies that has given rise to a workforce pretty rife with people having a modern outlook that , for the most part, is pretty compatible with most western cultures, especially those that speak English. Yes, we do have many cities that are still very traditional and not fully aware or accepting of western practices but metropllitan cities such as New Delhi, Bombay etc. have come a long way over the past decade.

Granted our infrastructure isn't as modernized as say the US or most European countries but most people today are well aware of that and don't consider the same to be a deal breaker when picking a country to travel too.

Plus we have awesome food, hot women (New Delhi is having it's own slutwalk next month before you say Indian women are too conservative and don't put out) and creme de la creme drugs. Basically, India has something of interest for everyone - be it hippies, touristy folk, businessmen etc.

I could go on citing more examples to prove your point wrong but this is the COR and no one will read it

Every country in the world has it's negative's but you research them so that you stay away from them.

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Originally posted by raveed Every country in the world has it's negative's but you research them so that you stay away from them.

Oh, he's from Algeria, complaining about how dangerous India is? Who's ever heard of Algeria? I'm sure it's quite dangerous.










One might go there and get bored to death. [/AMERICAN_TOURIST=UGLY]

For the SCARVES

Also food, interesting things to look at, people to meet

Also Goa

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Originally posted by raveed I can go ahead and say, why do people love the bay area when Oakland, one of the most dangerous cities in the world is based there or why do people love New York City when Harlem and the Bronx are located there

I was going to say Goa as well.

my parents are indian and iv been there more times than i can remember, theres nothing i get a kick out of more by having white people ask me where im from and tell me how much they want to go to india lol

i think people are fascinated because its the center of hinduism and a very spritually rich country that doesn't impose ideology as much as other worldviews (tho they still do very much in their own way, you don't see it as much as a foreigner)
hinduism itself is a very open religion and most followers consider it a personal spirituality and lifestyle as opposed to abrahamic religions which seem to be more doctrine based. there is a lot of hindu, muslim, buddhist and secular history there that people love to see, and since india is pretty much the only major hindu country, it has a unique flavor to it.
plus the food is amazing

and...
tripping at a goa beach during full moon on new years with trance blasting in the background will change your life forever

I only love it because of Goa. And the landscape. And some certain buildings. And their traditional music. And the cuisine. And Chinajeevi(that movie guy). And the history. And the cultural heritage I'd kill for.


Apart from that, it's pretty meh.

India is actually either 5th or 4th dangerous countries for women to live in the world.

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Originally posted by tubularbills India is actually either 5th or 4th dangerous countries for women to live in the world.

Because they're always at risk... of falling in love with sexy Indian men:

Westerners love India? I never get the impression that westerners love India. Perhaps it's more prevalent in Europe?

At least in the US, the "Asian nation everyone loves" award goes to Japan.

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Originally posted by ThoughtCrime and... tripping at a goa beach during full moon on new years with trance blasting in the background will change your life forever

lol how would you know you fagggot

because they smell shittier that us.

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