Idk man. My personal experiences with people I have met actually don’t see American indians as higher ups. But I have a hunch u would not agree with it.
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Not what I heard from the desi girls I’ve dated. They want the US green card.
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Don’t look at what people see. Look at how they behave. Behavior never lies.
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I was talking about behavior
In that case it would help to know more about what exactly led you to the conclusion you made.
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Is India a safe country to explore as a solo female traveler?
My understanding is that the general consensus is no on this from looking into traveling to India. I’ve saw quite a lot of content from travelers not recommended women to travel solo. It seems that most travelers put India as not a place for beginners for various reasons.
I think if you have to have concerns to go to a place, you should have some concerns for people from that place coming to you as well?
I have always wanted to visit India for the rich history of that land. But after a lot of research, I have legitimate concerns that prevent me from visiting, and some of those are behaviors from Indians themselves like the absolute filth and disregard for proper trash management.
It might not be pleasant as an Indian to hear but your country has earned some of the bad reputation
While I totally get 1 person is not the cause of how things are and is not responsible for the whole. But it’s also this kind of view that causes problems like littering. Taiwan used to so much dirtier with a lot of littering and it took massive amounts of effort to get people to not just care about not littering but also recycling correctly. India should do the same in this example.
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Related to the Indian food question: since, as most here seem to have agreed, Indian restaurants overseas have limited culinary options and that you have to sample the wide variety of foods from different regions…must you travel around India to do that? That is, I would have food safety concerns as a Western tourist who hasn’t built up a tolerance for local food. I’m afraid of Ganesha’s Revenge or worse.
This is mostly nonsense.
I have traveled in India many times and have met plenty of solo female travelers there. There are some special concerns for solo female travelers but it can be done with a little caution and preparation.
Sure India has issues with trash and public hygiene issues.
But a middle class travelor can easily avoid these by traveling like a middle class person. MIddle class Indians–of whom there are hundreds of millions–have an excellent quality of life and are not affected by these issues. Copy them. If you want to roam with the sadhus, well, that is something else.
India’s issues with trash and hygiene arise from poverty. Of which there is a lot. People don’t choose to be poor. It is not some kind of depraved moral condition. Poor indians who go abroad don’t defecate in public because they are not forced to do so in rich countries. Nor do they dump their trash in places where that have garbage collection services.
Fear of India and Indians says more about the person with the fears than India or the Indians.
Now I will admit that I was a bit nervous about traveling to India before I first went there. It is an incredible and mindblowing place like no other I have been to. It is too much for a few visitors. Most people with reasonably open minds love it despite its mind-boggling challenges.
You should go. Pro-tip: avoid the big tourist destinations like the Taj Mahal and the big cities (at least at first). They are where you are most likely to see packs of street children, encounter scammers, and be pestered by aggressive vendors. The real India is not like this.
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Is it?
I don’t think I can be convinced the India is a nice place to be. I just can’t. I’ve see enough. No way India is safe for solo female travelers. A quick search on YouTube will show you how bad it is.
You say you can avoid indias dirty habits by being middle class and above. I think not. Toilet abuse from Indians is a major issue for airlines.
You can see so many videos of people flying on Indian airlines like air India. It’s filthy even on business and first class. If this is the hygiene standards of a first class flight, it tells me enough what the rest of the country is like.
As a season traveler, and as someone who watches a lot of travel content to see where I want to go and explore. India looks absolutely awful.
But if you guys want to ignore all of that, go for it. India can continue to be like this
You’ll probably also be eating vegetables from rivers like this where no life exists anymore from how contaminated it is and yet farmers grow crops and water from the river.
I would love to visit one day but not with the current issues India faces. I don’t think it’ll be fixed if indias on this forum seem to not acknowledge these issues.
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The UK is one big dump at the moment. We have garbage collections. We have bins in many places on the streets and at busstops. However, many of the new arrivals seem to think it is easier to just dump it on the street. Not just Indians. Just arguing that your point above isnt true for a lot of people.
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I took many trains around all India, usually a class lower than the highest and they where all clean and people were super respectful. I also took a domestic flight with no problems.
The rest is a lot of up and down, it really depend the city. I think with money you can avoid a lot of the issues.
The first apartment building I moved into in the UK, we had a major issue with people leaving trash all around the halls and buildings including just leaving entire trash bags. The building manager had to have multiple meetings and emails with everyone to tell them to stop. I’ve had to confront my neighbors about it because can see their name from things like deliveries. It was always Indian names. Always. I’m sorry to say this but that’s the truth.
I don’t know why I experienced this in the UK, Indians in the US I’ve known didn’t really have these issues but maybe it’s more of an issue with 1st gen immigrants in the UK.
And in my 2nd apartment building, the building managers had to email everyone because of the toilet abuse from tenants. Now I don’t know which tenants keeps trying to flush trash but I’m guessing it wasn’t the Brits.
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This is completely absurd. How could you ever form such categorically negative views about such a vast country based on some videos?
Just one example. I have flown many times in India. It’s just the same as anywhere else.
But I think it’s probably best that you don’t visit India in light of your bizarre ideas about the country and its people. I find this very strange.
My bizarre ideas? I just gave you a bunch of examples of what I’m talking about. It’s all there. Documented on 4k for you to see 
As a seasoned traveler, I totally get there’s good and bad for each country. For example I would love to visit Egypt but I’m only willing to go with a very good guide experience with all the things I’ve seen with how locals harass you and try to scam you at every turn.
But India has been by far the worst in terms of negatives. Scams, dirty, not safe for women, etc.
You’re the one saying nonsense that it’s safe for women when Indian women aren’t even safe.
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I had Indian roommates in undergrad, and have traveled in India, and have had Indian colleagues in 3 different jobs. Never had any problems.
You seem to be afraid of a lot of things because things you have seen on the internet. Sad.
I don’t know what to say about your UK apartment experience. You sound pretty sheltered to me.
I’ve not had any issues with Indians in school or work either.
Ok, but you didnt live with them for years at school. I did.
And how about spending weeks in the country…
You’ve clearly missed the plot if you think it’s fear.
But tell us all again how India is so safe for solo female travelers .
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It seemed about as safe or dangerous as any big American city to me. Bad things happen. Most people are fine. You need to exercise common sense and understand the environment you are in. I met some solo women travelers. They said it was fine but you did need to be careful. Most women felt that it was better to travel in a group. The biggest problem was harassment. It’s undeniably an issue. But it is no reason not to visit India. Especially as a man.
There are thousands of foreign women hanging out in Goa every winter partying or doing Ashrams etc. It’s pretty much indisnguishable with the scene in Thailand in terms of safety etc. as far as I can tell. Go to Rishikesh. There are plenty of foreign women travelors hanging out there or visiting. These are just a couple of places in an unimaginably vast country with all kinds of varying local conditions.