>New Age hippies travel to India in the 1970s, open small yoga practices
>Because they're white and white people are worshiped as being like gods in thirdie eyes (especially in those times), these hippies just assume everyone in India is welcoming and nice
>this is further fed into the phenomenon of being the only white man these people have seen, so they're treated like a curious novelty
>They write books praising India and Hinduism
>Western hippies start naming their kids Indian names, India builds up a solid reputation as the land of deep mysticism and spirituality
>That positive reputation is destroyed the second Smartphones become a widespread thing and Indians get online

Did these 1970s new age authors lack any self awareness about how the white man is seen over there? Surely surely, they could've peered into the slums and actually seen how Indians treat one another. I'm surprised it took until the 2010s for this false image they portrayed to get shattered.

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