Is India Safe For Solo Female Travelers?
If you've seen 'Eat, Pray, Love', you might think that by traveling to India, perhaps in a last ditch effort to ”find yourself,” you’ll become more cultured by exploring the region’s famously diverse and flavorful cuisine, or catch sight of one of the mesmerizing wonders of the world.
That all may be true. Admittedly, I’ve never been to India, and can’t give you any on-the-ground first-hand reporting of exactly what it’s like to navigate the country’s culture or customs. I do know that it’s on most young and worldly female travelers’ bucket lists. I also know that most of them are ill-prepared for the realities of what traveling to such a country with different social expectations, boundaries (or lack thereof), and standards of safety entails.