LooseGoose
LooseGoose

Story time: Bengaluru nights

This happened to my ex flatmate in 2019. He's a Chinese Indian guy from Kolkata (relevant), was working an entry level job at a FAANG company going home after a night shift on his bike.

Drunk local on a bike starts swerving around in front of him, he tries to overtake but is forced to stop because the guy blocked his way and braked hard. This happened near Marathahalli.

Drunk guy comes up to him and starts blabbering dumb shit, accusing him of stealing his phone followed by racist comments. Then proceeds to call the cops from his phone which was actually in his own pocket (make of that what you will).

Cops take them both to the station. Drunk guy cooks up some story in Kannada and leaves. Cops start grilling my flatmate, more racist comments, threaten to go check his room (our flat) and start bullying him. Said he kind of looked like one of the wanted posters they had. He knew basic kannada so he had an idea of what racist stuff the cops were saying about him that they thought he didn't understand.

He was messaging me updates in the brief moments that he had his phone with him, which was confiscated by cops for the most part.

Eventually they let him go because there was literally no crime and no proof.

Tl;dr - He had to spend 6+ hours in the station because of one drunk asshole and racist cops who just liked to give non-locals a hard time for no good reason.

14mo ago
SceneUnseen
SceneUnseen

I'm a localite, been here so my life. This city has become an absolute shit show. I hear and see such incidents happen almost weekly.

If at all any of these immigrants have a choice, they should leave. India is a big country, don't come here and pay taxes and give business to this overhyped shithole. None of these govt idiots deserve it. They've ruined every aspect of this once beautiful city.

If at all you have a choice, it's best to leave this village, never look back. Even startups should do the same.

LooseGoose
LooseGoose

Hopefully Congress will try to fix it up but I doubt they can undo all the damage over these years.

Badbunny
Badbunny

Wow first time some localite supporting. Thank you man. 🥲

user_140
user_140

As a person who has lived in 4 countries and 5 cities in India (father is an IFS) I can with extreme confidence say that Indians are the most racist people around the Globe. And they are the most racist against fellow Indians.

StuckInBlr
StuckInBlr

Which was the most fun country to live in?

user_140
user_140

South American countries. I found them to be close to our culture (joint families and stuff). They are in general fun. And also their food is simple

OverdueTrim
OverdueTrim

“Chinese Indian guy from Kolkata” what 🙄

LooseGoose
LooseGoose

There's a Chinatown in Kolkata with generations of Chinese Indians living there

Badbunny
Badbunny

Oh wow. Didnot know this

DarkerKnight
DarkerKnight

Racism is pretty much prevalent in inside India as well as outside India. Every dark skinned / ethnicities face it.

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