Many foreigners make fun of India by saying India is dirty and Indians are unhygienic. Are we really that bad?

Last Updated: 03.07.2025 06:35

Many foreigners make fun of India by saying India is dirty and Indians are unhygienic. Are we really that bad?

This pisses me off

India neither has Anime nor plays world class soccer but Indian actors have sufficient exposure and look beautiful enough to make a splash in all those events

You need more films like RRR

How Acetaminophen Silences Pain Before It Reaches the Brain - Neuroscience News

Foreigners make fun of India because you guys allow them to make fun of India

Seriously, can't you guys fight against the Corruption everywhere and see that poverty is mitigated and cities are kept less crowded and clean

India has so many chances to sell soft power and culture and change the image of India

NBA Free Agency Rumors: Timberwolves will officially lose key player + latest on Lakers, Warriors - SBNation.com

India is dirty because Cities are overcrowded with poor people

If India can work out its corruption and poverty and the VIP culture

A middle class Indian is as clean as a middle class American

See photos: Miguel Angel Jiménez wins the Principal Charity Classic - The Des Moines Register

India is dirty because poor people are forced to poop in the streets and not wash because access to potable water is another major bummer

India is dirty because it is overcrowded

It's just that India has too many poor people and too much corruption

Do you have any problem dating a younger man?

So Indians are as hygienic as anyone else

That's on you guys

Make fun of India the country, and that's one thing

What is one thing you've learned from life?

You allow Corruption to fester and make life unbearable for poor people and force them to migrate by the Dunki route and the poorest people become the face of India when just fifteen years ago, it was all about the migrants in silicon valley

You need Mahabharat to go Global to Europe and the States

You need to get Ramayana global to Europe and the States

Super Again: UNC Storms Past Oklahoma in NCAA Regional Finale - 247Sports

The problem is not about personal hygiene but about poverty and mismanagement

This is just normal racism coupled with India's own relentless mismanagement of poverty, corruption and lack of proper enforcement of laws

And you seriously need to get out of the media bubble and see India for the shit show it is becoming and causing embarrassment for all Indians

What is your favourite photo with your mother?

Indians are as hygienic as other foreigners of the same economic class in other countries

The Bath is very important in India

George E. Smith, Nobel laureate who envisioned digital imagery, dies at 95 - The Washington Post

Indians consider water to purify many things and cleanliness is part of an Indians psyche

It is deep rooted in religion

A homeless poor Indian is as clean as a homeless poor American, except that the Indian is likely to not be a heroin addict and mugger

How do you confront your own family for not inviting you or leaving you out of things?

Indians even brush their teeth with a stick if they can't afford toothpaste

Not unless they live in very cold places where a bath could be bad , healthwise.

Sharpest View of the Sun Reveals Magnetic Stripes the Size of Manhattan - Gizmodo

No Indian who can afford a bathroom with running water , would do without a bath.

You allowed Slumdog millionaire to be screened and that movie is responsible for a lot of the “India is dirty” jibe

Guest column | Field notes from the end of life: My thoughts on living while dying - The Washington Post

India is dirty because poor people who dont have a home are forced to sleep on the streets amidst the thrash with rats running all over them

Urban Planning isn't like building a Multimodal AI is it

Why are the people who don't support the LGBT community treated like super evil and cruel beings? People can have different opinions and thoughts on things.

Making fun of Indians and making personal remarks at a group of people and generalizing them is wrong at so many levels especially when it comes to hygeine