It was during my trip to India, when I saw a very dark side of India. It was a long refreshing tour for me with many positive energy reinstalled but I was touched with few negative aspects as well.
My overall trip was mainly from train and to many religious places. And I found a commonality between my trip destination and vehicle used for trip. It was obvious that I would find many beggars outside the temple and in the train. But something that struck me were the 'panda' (priest) in temple and the gay people in the train. The gay people collected Rs10 with each adult boy in the name of social service whereas, the pandas asked the devotees to pay high price as 'Dakshina' in the name of God. And these things were compulsory. They were forcefully made to pay. Both of them were looting people in a way. It was really a dark side of India.
Many devotees and tourists from all over the world come to visit India. They travel through train visit different temples but when they are looted in this way every single day, they may no longer desire to come to India. India is prospering day by day, it is setting a good image in the world but there are many small aspects which is revealing its darker sides. It is setting a very negative image of India among the visitors.
