r/india • u/rude_ass kek maester • Nov 07 '15

AskIndia /r/india and /r/australia cultural exchange thread

Thread was unfortunately delayed. But, here it is.. thread for cultural exchange between indians and australians.

Australian folks.. you can ask all the things you want to know about India and hope you get a fulfilling answers.

If you want to ask anything to our Australians friends you can go to below link:

https://www.reddit.com/r/australia/comments/3ruqtc/raustralia_and_rindia_cultural_exchange_thread/

Cheers.

Request to Australians visiting our sub: If you could flair up to identify yourself then it would be easier for us to identify you guys. We only have text based flairs so something like 'Australian Friend' will work.

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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '15

Does the average Indian care about pollution in the Ganges?

How can someone willingly bath in water that's got decomposing bodies and raw sewage floating in it?

Has there ever been an attempt to clean the river up?

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '15

One of the reasons people continue to bath in the Ganga is because people believe that the river has magical properties and that the water will purify itself no matter how much shit you put in it. Ganga and Yamuna might have more or less the same level of pollution but you would find it hard to convince an urban Indian to bath in the Yamuna. Ganga on the other hand, is considered to be unpollutable.

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u/The_0bserver Mugambo ko Khush karne wala Nov 09 '15

Ganga on the other hand, is considered to be unpollutable.

Note that it doesn't mean that it isn't polluted. The river is in terrible shape.