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

Last Updated: 02.07.2025 10:10

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

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

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India is dirty because Cities are overcrowded with poor people

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

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

So Indians are as hygienic as anyone else

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It is deep rooted in religion

This pisses me off

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

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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

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

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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

India is dirty because it is overcrowded

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

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

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That's on you guys

What is your daily motivation and does it work?

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

You need more films like RRR

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You need to get Ramayana global to Europe and the States

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

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

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

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

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

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You need Mahabharat to go Global to Europe and the States

The Bath is very important in India

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

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

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

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

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

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