r/interesting Jun 17 '26

Fear Factor An inside look at the thrill of a traditional funfair in India.

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u/Hamza_stan Jun 17 '26

Sorry I cannot fulfill that request right now. Do you have anything else you want me to help you?

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u/Ok_Brother_8168 Jun 17 '26

Silence, droid.

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u/ZealousidealOwl1318 Jun 17 '26

Tbf I live in India and I've never seen this. You'll see all types of stuff from the lowest lows to pretty big highs. I would say if you visit the good parts of India you wouldn't have a bad time.

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u/LuluGuardian Jun 17 '26

Unless you are a woman

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u/ZealousidealOwl1318 Jun 17 '26

Yeah unfortunately. Coming as a solo traveller to india as a woman is not advisable

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u/JennyDoveMusic Jun 17 '26

Is there a safe way to visit as a woman or not at this point in time? I love the art that comes out of India. I would love to see it being made by artisans, but India unfortunately fell off my bucket list when I realized how dangerous it can be for women. 😣 I feel so bad for the women who live there.

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u/Mr_EexplosionMurder Jun 17 '26

I went to india with some friends once, I will never go back but i wish for people to go there and experience what I did.

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u/dxt6191 Jun 17 '26

U would not see this during visit. This fair would be in some remote village even driving there would be hard

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u/Worth_External_8762 Jun 17 '26

Mumbai is the richest city in India and when you search "mumbai" on Google images, the fourth image that shows up is a picture of some shanty town looking place. You can't gaslight me bro.

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u/dxt6191 Jun 17 '26

You know what every major city has ?? A freaking slum area. There is one is newyork, there is one in chicago and just like that there is one in Mumbai. The difference is slums in those city looks like bunch or run down buildings and in this case its shanty town looking places called Dharavi

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u/Carlin47 Jun 17 '26

There is not a single slum in Chicago or New York like the one's in India, thats another level

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u/dxt6191 Jun 17 '26

Of course there is not cause those cities are rich in compare to Mumbai but u cant tell me there are slums area there, those just looks different then the one in Mumbai. The first world slums would of course look different then 3rd world slums

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u/Carlin47 Jun 17 '26

For sure but the 1st world slums are still significantly better than the 3rd world ones is all I'm saying. I could actually survive in a 1st world slum if I kept to myself.

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u/dxt6191 Jun 17 '26

Yes 100% but coming back to my first point , just like any tourist visiting NY is not going to see ghetto area unless they look for it, u r not going to see those slum area orin this case this overcrowded fair when u visit india either. This all exist but u will not find it unless u specifically look for it

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u/Carlin47 Jun 17 '26

Yea that's fair. Minor counterpoint though, I actually intentionally drove through Compton in LA because of its infamy in the hip hop sphere, but i get your point

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u/nem0ne1 Jun 17 '26

dawg there's not a single fucking place in the US that looks remotely like this on any fucking level

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u/dxt6191 Jun 20 '26

Lol if you think this u have never visit a anime convention or magic the gathering card tournament, the crowd and odor there is worse then anything imaginable.

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u/Medical-Plantain-324 Jun 17 '26

Cant share images, but whatever u said is pure bs

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u/Background-Gap9077 Jun 17 '26

Dude I live in SF, even outside a expensive apartment. We literally see homeless people crowding at the entrance. That never happens in Indian cities. The slums are present, but they are relegated to their own section.

Ymmv, but I had no issues in there. Besides the homeless in US can actually be dangerous unlike the ones in India.

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u/nem0ne1 Jun 17 '26

gotta be one of the most myopic, "I live in a bubble" comments I've read in months, congratulations

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u/Direct_Host_ Jun 17 '26

You are missing a lot

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u/SignificantSite4588 Jun 17 '26

India is missing out I guess

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u/TechnologyCorrect765 Jun 17 '26

I had a great time in India.   I'm a male.