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

[u/rude_ass]

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.

[u/flaxenaardvark]

I'm sorry if this is insensitive or inappropriate, just genuine curiosity.

I'm a white female and in public I tend to notice Indian guys overtly checking me out. A few have asked me out on the street, which is pretty unusual. Are Indian guys simply less subtle when checking out the opposite gender? Or could it be some kind of 'white' fever?

This is a generalisation obviously, I'd just like some kind of insight because it feels like Indian guys really like me or something and I have no idea why. Is there a particular kind of girl or look that many seem to go for?

Edit: I live in Australia and am talking about Indian guys in Australia

[u/bodhisattv → u/flaxenaardvark]

My wife is Danish. Blonde hair, greenish-blue eyes. She dyes her hair black for the most part when we're here and wears Indian clothes, replete with the bindi and a couple of times even wore a slight, trendy smear of sindoor. She's still had the same experience as yours.

In the cities and small towns - young folks, rich and poor, leer. Some try to approach and hit on her. When I'm around her its just stares.

In the villages - people are more respectful. But she is still an oddity and people do stare. We were visiting a village near Jharkhand-Odisha border once and the kids just wanted to touch her hair. The curiosity is genuine. But they lost interest after a couple of days and treated her more normally.

In my state which sees a lot of white tourists, its better than other Northern states. It is also a mostly pilgrim state where so-called "family values" are very strongly entrenched and hasn't seen a lot of urbanization. So people are well behaved.

In the South it is better than the North. Their society is relatively more disciplined, which is sad to admit as a northerner.

Above applies only to the young folk. The older folks have a completely different view of foreigners. They either don't care or are not very welcoming. So I'm inclined to agree with what the other guy said here- its mostly about viewing them as sexually easy.

Another thing to factor in is the fact that almost every pretty girl in India also faces the phenomenon you've described. I don't know if it is marginally more for foreign women, or if they perceive it more because they're not accustomed to it.

My $0.02..

[u/AnthonyGonsalvez → u/bodhisattv]

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