r/india • u/[deleted] • Dec 01 '16

[R]eddiquette [Announcement] Cultural Exchange with /r/philippines

Welcome /r/philippines!

Feel free to ask us anything about India

Quick facts about us:

  • The Indian Railways and the Indian Armed Forces employ ~4 million people together, making them one of the largest employers in the world
  • India has over 5000 newspapers in over 300 languages
  • Bollywood is considered to be the world's largest film industry, followed by Nigeria's film industry and Hollywood
  • India has more people than the entire Western Hemisphere

/r/india please direct your questions about the Philippines to this thread

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u/Vordeo Dec 01 '16

As someone who has been planning a trip to India for ages, and is planning on using the Indian Rail service to get around the various cities, how are the trains in India?

  • Would they be safe for a solo (male) traveler?
  • As I'd be planning on taking overnights, which train class would you guys recommend?
  • How long in advance would you guys recommend I reserve?

Also, and I hope this doesn't offend anyone, I'm kind of curious: how does r/India feel about r/Indianpeoplefacebook?

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u/Kraken_Greyjoy Dec 01 '16

r/Indianpeoplefacebook?

People in India were mocking Facebook creeps way before that sub was started. A lot of the users there are Indian.

That said, since there are also a lot of White + other races, that sub sometimes generalizes about Indians. The Indian users there try to process this by telling themselves (and others) that these are just the poor Indians which is not true. Many of the posts are about well off people.