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

Last Updated: 30.06.2025 15:47

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

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

India is dirty because it is overcrowded

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

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

How will the 2026 delimitation affect India as a whole keeping the new count of 888 seats in mind (not the current 543)? I’m looking for genuine answers with facts and not rhetoric. I will only listen to answers and not reply to any of them.

You need Mahabharat to go Global to Europe and the States

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

Why aren't U.S. prisons more like Marine Corps boot camp, were every second of the day there are mandatory activities so that at night everyone is so tired they go to sleep until wakeup at 5:30 am? Would this make prisons safer for all?

India is dirty because Cities are overcrowded with poor people

The Bath is very important in India

You need to get Ramayana global to Europe and the States

Is anyone up to have a little conversation?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It is deep rooted in religion

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

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

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

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

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

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

Quis sed officia eum accusantium animi.

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

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 more films like RRR

Can you give an example of a documentary where the person telling the story believed it to be true, but it turned out to be false?

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

So Indians are as hygienic as anyone else

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

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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

That's on you guys

This pisses me off

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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