An Indian vlogger has triggered outrage in India after videos of her “rude” and “mannerless” behaviour in China were posted online.
Ms Jyoti Malhotra documented her recent trip to China in a series of YouTube videos that earned the wrath of the Internet, reported the Hindustan Times.
She filmed herself making a series of bizarre decisions, including forcing a man to swap his window seat on a bullet train, climbing onto a stranger’s scooter and forcing a lift out of her, snatching another woman’s bike and driving on the motorway and travelling on buses without paying and complaining that no one in the country speaks English.
At several points in her videos, she spoke condescendingly to Chinese people, made fun of their height and their “cheap” mobile phones, and continued speaking in Hindi or English which no one could understand.
A compilation of her misdeeds was posted on X, where it has collected more than 1.6 million views.
On both X and YouTube, users slammed Ms Malhotra for her antics. Many said that the travel vlogger portrayed a bad image of India.
“She should be banned from traveling. What is this nonsense behaviour and filming everyone without consent,” one person opined.
“The Chinese gentleman was quite nice to give you his window seat even though you asked him quite impudently,” another said.
“Such people are a disgrace to the Indian community. As an Indian residing outside the country, I see a lot of Indian hate because of such disgusting people. When you’re abroad, you represent the whole country. Please behave yourself,” an X user advised.
Ms Malhotra, who has more than 200,000 subscribers, posted an apology on her YouTube channel after her videos were heavily criticised. She blamed the language barrier for the miscommunication even as she promised to do better.
“Thank you for your feedback. I’ve travelled to several Asian countries and have always had positive experiences. I believe the recent misunderstanding was due to the language barrier and miscommunication.
“I didn’t mean to hurt anyone’s sentiments, and I will take care in the future,” she wrote.
