I know this is off-topic, but I'm from India, and I was pretty shocked to read this:
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Originally Posted by etselec She and the other girl had some very scary experiences during the Bandhs (general strikes) which shut down the city for days at a time, and more generally with a lot of sexual harassment and disrespect from Indian men on the street. She wore Indian traditional clothing (because the only women who wear Western clothing in Kolkata, outside the tourist areas, are "women of loose morals") and learned enough Bengali to defend herself, but it was still not very easy. |
I live in a much smaller city than Kolkata, down the same coast. I don't own ANY Indian traditional clothes, I've never faced any discrimination, and I don't know anyone who has, pretty much everyone these days wears western clothes. Sexual harassment - I've never experienced it, but then, someone mistook me for being ten years old a few days ago
. I always thought India was pretty safe, though. Our family has hosted European girls who walked around in shorts, and no one said anything.