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The culture in India is one of the most diverse in the world. It’s a melting pot of various beliefs, traditions, languages, art, food and spices. The country is also known for its colorful festivals, architecture, clothing, and hospitality, which every citizen and tourist has the privilege of experiencing.
However, today, we’re looking at a side of India that people hardly ever see. Courtesy of the Instagram account “Rare Indian Images,” we’re taking a unique tour through the country full of fun twists and turns. Scroll down to start, and don’t forget to let us know your thoughts in the comments below!
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Chewie Baron 1 year ago
Well to concede defeat, you do knock over your King.
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* * * Being_Cori * * * 1 year ago
This pIc just shows that you do not need a lot to be happy in life
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TribbleThinking 1 year ago
Yes! And I would love to see if he has a body of work to browse through 🙂
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Even though Indians have a sense of humor (as we can see from the images), it’s rarely appreciated by the public. Respect is very deeply rooted in Indian culture, so everything sacred to them shouldn’t be made fun of.
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David 1 year ago (edited)
I am Iron Man, Ironing the shirts just as fast as I can. Do your pants need pleats? Or maybe just no wrinkles in your sheets?
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Hiram's Friend 1 year ago
Always fascinated by the amount of things that Asians can pile on a motor bike.
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Lyone Fein 1 year ago
This is a mild example of cycle stacking. It goes to more extreme cases.
India's residents also don’t appreciate crude humor or swearing and can be quite easily offended by such behavior. Therefore, comedy is very carefully approached in the country, as people who make jokes that tease communities or politicians risk punishment.
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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
I'm going out on a limb here, but I bet it was hot that day.
Hetal Vyas 1 year ago
Just to give a bit of context, summer in India is around 50 degrees Celsius, winter is about 30 to 35 Celsius.
Pheline 1 year ago
Absolutely! Those are the people we usually see in fridges. Oddly enough, it's not an Alaskan Malamute thing, although IME they suffer more from the heat.
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Weaponized Beef 1 year ago
Guy needs a "Do Not Disturb" sign. Or a "Please Do Not Tap Glass," maybe.
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Dragons Exist 1 year ago
Tbh I'd believe anyone with that shirt in the 21st century
Load More Replies... Lotekguy 1 year ago
Good name for an S & M website, but probably not the message intended here.
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Adney Goncalves 1 year ago
Haha this is from my hometown in Goa. Unfortunately they took off this sign
TribbleThinking 1 year ago
That's a real shame. Do you know if it got taken down for normal reasons or if it's because someone explained it to them?
Load More Replies... Weaponized Beef 1 year ago
This is false advertising. I went there and asked for this service and was flatly denied. They asked me to take off my pants, which has nothing to do with a car wash!
In 2024, the Guardian reported that stand-up comics are nervous about performing in some parts of the country out of fear of being charged with a crime. The anxiety stems from the time when comic Munawar Faruqui spent over a month in jail because he mentioned a Hindu god in one of his jokes. After his release, he had to cancel all his shows as Hindu nationalists threatened to disrupt them.
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StrangeOne 1 year ago (edited)
"Fun" fact: India has the highest fatal accidents in the world. 250,000 a year, according to World Economic Forum.
BeesEelsAndPups 1 year ago
India is also the most populous country. Libya has the highest fatal accident rate per capita. In fact, it's more than double the rate for the next highest country, Thailand. Not sure where India ranks, but it didn't make the top 25. https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-countries-with-the-most-car-accidents.html#:~:text=At%20a%20rate%20of%2073.4,What%20is%20this%3F
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David 1 year ago
I've never been to India but I've seen similar in the Philippines. Maybe not six and a dog. I think the most I have seen was a family of five and no dog. Also some oversized cargo loads on bikes and trikes.
cerinamroth 1 year ago
Same. The Philippines is also notorious for road fatalities and very lax attitudes towards health and safety. I once saw a guy washing windows on a tall building suspended by nothing more than his own leather belt! It's all very well to look at this and smile, but it doesn't make it any less dangerous.
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sara jahan 1 year ago
It is not "safety" and "traffic laws" and "fatalities" that is the concern. It is the money. If I had the money, why would I take so many of them on my bike ?? I would take them in my luxury car, instead !! And if 142 Crore people had 142 Crore cars, they would jam the whole country !! And 142 Crore is 1,420 million, for information, please !!
Dawn Bodtke 1 year ago
I was just in India, Gujarat province, city of Amenabad. Those drivers are amazing, they all seem to know exactly how big their vehicles. Horns are just a courtesy to let people know you are passing. It was organized chaos. Not one accident.
Pheline 1 year ago
A lot of Indian traffic deaths are caused by poor highway infrastructure and difficulty getting victims to medical help. Poor infrastructure, means guardrail, bridges, lower supports of overpasses, etc.design. For example, guardrails in the US -probably many other places too are devised to deflect cars back without more damage, not just keep them on the road. Crisis care is hindered by the time it can take to get to a trauma center. There’s been a focus on building satellite facilities where there are many accidents. I read about this years ago so I don't know what the current status is.
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Abel 1 year ago
Not in that book, but you can learn to make these and more in the "Manual of the Horny Handyman".
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P.sharma 1 year ago
I don't know for sure, but this wouldn't last in India. Unless it's in pvt home. People would complain and have it removed. So is it really india? 🤔🤔🤔
Hairy Platypus 1 year ago
A lot of these are not in india, they are in places surrounding it.
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WindySwede 1 year ago
I guess the men could not find the clit..? And also strange place for the man to have his belly button...
Guigsy Gwiggins 1 year ago
Probably would know how to flick right to turn it on
Load More Replies...Similar things happened to other comics as well, one of them being Kunal Kamra, who said, “There is a growing culture of intolerance in this country, where taking offense is seen as a fundamental right and has been elevated to the status of a much-loved national indoor sport.”
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Hairy Platypus 1 year ago
The man is shiva, who is a protector, a destroyer (of evil) and a hermit. The woman is Parvati, his wife. She symbolizes fertility and is one of the many incarnations of Devi, a supreme goddes.
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LonelyLittleLeafSheep 1 year ago
It's a wig for dogs you can buy online. I bought one for my dog. He hates it too.
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“India has always had humour, but in recent years a kind of literalism has spread, a very literal interpretation of the world, and humour has been a casualty. It’s dangerous to be funny. Humour is a powerful form of dissent,” social commentator Santosh Desai says.
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Celtic Pirate Queen 1 year ago
In the states we have a franchise called "BJ's Pub". The have this as their hostess station as well.
Political cartoonists have also lost their jobs after the Indian authorities complained about their work. While some try to balance creativity with personal risk, many have decided to stay away from politics altogether.
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ShyWahine 1 year ago
I'm udderly confused - is this a moo-ing violation? Passengers lives could be at steak the city needs to beef up security...
LonelyLittleLeafSheep 1 year ago (edited)
In Portland (Oregon) we have pigeons that ride the light rail, and the occasional coyote. Cows would be cool! Edit for stupid autocorrect.
Lyone Fein 1 year ago
Why shoo it off? Just take it where it wants to go, and receive a blessing in return!
Load More Replies... Pheline 1 year ago
Cows seem to manage stairs just fine. At least Indian cows.
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In one of his sets, comedian Kenny Sebastian explained why he makes fun of tea and biscuits. “Why I don’t do jokes on politics is because I’m scared,” he said. “It’s not like I can’t get punchlines on political jokes. It’s because I don’t want to get punched on my face.” Most stand-up comedians in India are going apolitical, holding back their opinions.
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Hairy Platypus 1 year ago
This looks AI generated. The sticker on the left looks like the cross between Tamil and English... weird.
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BoredPossum 1 year ago
A tattoo, now those Indians have to calm down! Noone else would get a tattoo.
However, some people choose not to hold back, like comedian Sanjay Rajoura. “[The word] stand-up has ‘stand up’ [in it]. Stand up to what? Stand up to something!” he says. It’s unfortunate that such a diverse culture can't yet embrace tolerance and laugh at themselves. But the young generation of people is set on changing it, one joke at a time, if that’s what needs to be done.
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cerinamroth 1 year ago
I mean, I understand all the drinks - it's chilled beer - because my daughter is learning to spell at the moment. But the "Drink Safe Before Driving" is a little weird, given what they are selling!
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Hairy Platypus 1 year ago
really? really??? Indian people can have light skin too... people in india have varying skin colors. It's biased to assume that all indian people will have the same shade of skin. you're focusing on the wrong thing.
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Lyone Fein 1 year ago
I'm going to guess he had some sort of cooking accident with hot oil or water, and he's using the diapers as dressing.
Cooking Panda 1 year ago
Has been proven effective for knocking off enemies, especially when loaded
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H3ARTZ_FromMe 1 year ago
My stupid a*s would think the toilet it a sink and casually stick my hands in there
G A 1 year ago
Not sure, given what I've heard in the past about non existent toilets or alternatively poor plumbing in India. I can see someone thinking this is acceptable.
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Elizabeth Bennett 1 year ago
I see the little pot with a spout. I wonder if the squat toilet looking opening is to be used with the pot - it being a neti pot for nasal irrigation?
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Hairy Platypus 1 year ago
What do you mean, more bling?? These people are probably extremely poor and cant pay for a child seat and helmet.
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Mike F 1 year ago
He won't be any trouble, I promise. I'll walk him every day and I'll feed him...
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Lyuben Petkov 1 year ago
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BrunoVI 1 year ago
I never understood why, but when I was a kid, a REALLY nasty woman was called a "B***h on wheels"
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BoredPossum 1 year ago
Because only in India, people accidentally cut the cord when opening a new mouse package. They are known for their holy mouse-cord-cutting ceremony taking 5 days plus time needed for toilet breaks. Nah, jk, BP has f:Ed up the title and the posts again.
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RabidChild 1 year ago
They should make this part of the Olympics. I bet it would get the highest viewer ratings of all the the games.
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FoxEcoLimaIndiaCharlieIndiAlfa 1 year ago
Understandably he wasn't aware of how to wear a helmet properly, considering so few seem to wear them. I'm a little concerned about how he's going to get that helmet back off his head, now. 🤷♀️
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BoredPossum 1 year ago
A cat on a locker?! Well, I've never... Come on, India, you're getting out of hand!
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WindySwede 1 year ago
I thought it referred to priests, but could not understand the last ttt part then. Had to use Google translate 😴
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Jodie Gastel 1 year ago
It's actually pretty smart. We're so touch-adverse in our western culture, sexualizing everything.
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Bill Swallow 1 year ago
Came to say that the lettering on the foot should be reversed. But maybe they flipped the image to make the lettering readable, and that would also reverse the foot.
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Joe Bloe 1 year ago (edited)
Why the 2 first letters didn't leave, if even the smaller letter did? And everything else?
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The Commentator 1 year ago
I hope he isn't sleeping on his sea floor. Tends to put pressure on the body.
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David 1 year ago
Is he praying for them or preparing to hit them with a kamehameha for speeding?
Vic 1 year ago
This was an initiative by the traffic cops to get people to start wearing helmets.
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Srinivasan S 1 year ago
This is a puzzle MAGA republicans will never understand. Religious acceptance
Nea 1 year ago
To explain a bit more- the three stripe with red dot is Hindu symbol, ofcourse there is jesus, 786 is a sacred number in Islam.
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David 1 year ago
I'm guessing you also don't list salaries on the ID card. And on most cards with RFID, the chip/antenna portion is not exposed, it is embedded in the plastic. And photo ID cards do not typically include mirrored glasses and hat. So yeah, seems pretty fake.
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Nea 1 year ago
Today i am having just sweets and no bra kinda day! Actually that’s pretty much all days for me :-/
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Nea 1 year ago
They are jasmine (mogra variety) flowers with some roses thrown in. I have seem Muslim grooms in saner version of this sehra ( floral headdress worn by grooms across religions in India). This guy seems to hve gone overboard.
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d0nuts 1 year ago (edited)
This is fake, doesn't have the "Name:, Gender:," titles, and it wouldn't be possible in my country to have this picture in a govt id card
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago
Well, seeing as one of the other images is a dude who appears to have been "tucked into" the ocean on a beach as if the waves were blankets, I imagine some of these images are, indeed, photoshopped and fake XD
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H3ARTZ_FromMe 1 year ago
Oreos are sold across the world. and i think thats maggi, not ramen.
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Erin Hardcastle 1 year ago
I can guarantee you all that most of these are much more intentional that we realise-
Erin Hardcastle 1 year ago
I can guarantee you all that most of these are much more intentional that we realise-
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