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>
> In a message dated 4/28/06 12:07:38 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> By the the way, each year about 10 women tourists get raped in
india.
>
> India has become very unsafe of women tourists. One of the
reasons
> could be due to a repressed and patriarchial culture in most
parts of india.
>
>
>
>
>
> Ten, is that all? That is actually quite lower than I would
think. Actually
> my comment was about how many people hustle a living in India.
Tourists are a
> prime target. Ever been there? Almost every body you deal with
looks at you
> like you are the bank and I'm gonna get some money! In Rishikesh,
I had a
> Purusha warn me and a friend about a scam in New Delhi in
Connaught Circle,
> where somebody flicks something on your shoe that looks like Bird
Sh*t and then
> another guy runs up to you wanting to clean it off for a few
rupees. Sure
> enough, my friend and I went through this particular place and a
guy came running
> up to me and pointed out what looked like BS on my white shoes
and asked to
> clean it off. I told him to get lost or I would call the police
and that I
> was aware of the scam. This is just one scam . People are always
looking for a
> way to squeeze a few rupees out of each tourist. If it was just
an occasional
> thing it would be laughable, but it is non stop from the time you
get off
> the plane till the time you get on to leave. Condom in the Pepsi
bottle just
> makes me think the scam artists are setting their sites higher
these days. Sue
> the Bastards!
>
After 5 weeks in India -- this was around '82 -- I remember that the
only time I felt relaxed was when I boarded the Pan Am 747 and was
sitting on the tarmac at Dehli airport. Although still in the
country of India, I felt enveloped in the womb of western technology
and felt completely protected.
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