Being started at maybe benign, but what about women followed around by Indians trying to take sneaky photos? Or how about bumping into my wife and groping her or, purposely walking straight at us and trying to brush against her, or grabbing her boobs? In Goa I saw a young foreign girl being harassed by Indian men following her around taking photos of her and her friends even when she told them to stop, they kept doing it, yes India is a disgusting place, when it comes to women and a lot of other things. Talk to a lot of foreign women and Indian women as well and they will tell you the same thing, but Indian men like to deny all this happens, they disguise sexual harassment as "eve teasing" what a disgrace.
India has much to offer the world, we enjoyed our experiences there, but my wife will never go back because of the way she was harassed, along with my young daughters, even when they were trying to dress as Indians and show respect, they didn't get that respect back as women, so yes my views on India are tainted, but I still have positive memories as well, but India still has a very long way to go, too much corruption and the lack of infrastructure, no public toilets etc. The big malls etc have got nice clean toilets etc but what about on the street, or in the park? The poor don't even have the basics, and Indians love to beat their chest when fingers are pointed at them. And we weren't in India foe 2 weeks it was a bit longer, maybe I should start a thread about India the positive and the negative.