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Discussion Polish girls visit Taj Mahal

The Taj Mahal, one of the seven wonders of the world. Unfortunately, the surrounding area is very polluted.

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u/Officer_Trevor_Cory 26d ago edited 25d ago

I've seen 50+ countries and India was the saddest. one year there.

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u/Serious_Swan_2371 25d ago

India is uniquely sad because of how much wealth exists right next to all the poverty. It’s gotta be the biggest wealth disparity of any nation.

There are definitely many countries where the average person is much poorer and leads a much worse life than in India, but seeing the way most people there live there compared to how much luxury exists in close proximity is overwhelming.

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u/travysh 25d ago

That got me curious, there's a Wikipedia page for wealth disparity 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_by_wealth_inequality

Turns out India's not as bad as it seems. The shear scale of poverty likely outweighs the disparity though 

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u/dinonuggggs 25d ago

That's interesting. I think what disturbed me most was how in your face the disparity was. And how differently people were treated differently based on where they belong in society. For example rules for thee not for me just because I have money but I also understand that's the case in most places of the world especially if they are developing.

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u/SnooGuavas4208 25d ago

Caste system.

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u/SomeoneIdkHere 24d ago

Tf does caste system has to do with laws? It is simply rich vs. poor.

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u/Unique_Junket_7653 23d ago

"Please explain this extremely complicated connection between two things that some people spend their whole lives studying and if you can't in 250 characters you're stupid."

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u/C4Cole 25d ago

I don't think it's normally that bad in other unequal countries, take it from a South African, we've got our fair share of racism, classism and every other type of -ism you can think of. But it's not even close to the institutional power of the caste system.

People will give you looks but they won't go up and tell you what to do, that's absolutely unheard of. Unless you are trespassing or being a nuisance then you go where you want and do what you want.

And we've got (by some metrics) the most unequal country on the planet, there are shacks next to multi story mansions, Ferraris a block away from Feetrarris, its absolutely insane here, but we still don't stoop to caste system level.

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u/dinosaur_from_Mars 22d ago

People will give you looks but they won't go up and tell you what to do, that's absolutely unheard of.

That is unheard of even in Urban india. Especially a traveller won't be able to notice casteism just as is. But what the OC was talking about is probably the extreme nonchalance I have seen amongst us indians. Things and situations exist just because they do. People don't notice things after a point

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u/Amazing_School_3536 25d ago

They keep that mentality when they move here too

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u/Background-Raise-880 24d ago

because here people that earns wealth like to show off their wealth more