"Will never EVER EVER visit India again": Serbian tennis player makes controversial remarks against India

NewsBharati 10-Feb-2024 11:39:43 AM

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In an unusual development, Serbian tennis player Dejana Radanovic spewed so much hatred against India that she was trolled massively on social media. This came after she shared a series of critical posts during her three-week stay in the country. In a few Instagram Stories last week, Radanovic criticized Indian food, hygiene and traffic sense.

Radanovic, world No. 245 in women’s tennis, was in India for three W50 tournaments in Bengaluru, Pune and Indore.

"I didn’t like India – the country," she wrote in one Instagram Story. "I didn’t like the food, traffic, hygiene (worms in the food, yellow pillows and dirty bed linen in the hotel, not knowing how to use roundabout etc.)"

She also warned visitors against drinking tap water or eating fruits in India, adding that she had a tough time surviving three weeks without fruits but had to do so as she could not get unpeeled fruits at her hotel. The 27-year-old said she got food poisoning after eating fruits in India a few years ago, accompanied by high fever for four days, and has since steered clear.

"Adios India. See you never ever ever ever ever EVER again," she wrote in a series of Instagram Stories as she left.'

I think world no. 253 Dejana Radanovic was made to play in India on gunpoint. Soo much hate. pic.twitter.com/r0zt36tZaO
— Bhosale भोसले (@bhosale1947) February 4, 2024

Unlike Dejana Radanovic, Katie Volynets is coming first time to India, in fact first time to Asia and the thing she enjoyed most so far is the FOOD and wants to learn about our culture (though dejana apparently feels we are uncivilised) pic.twitter.com/zf2KDd6Zve
— High Blood Pressure (@thetwinkwolff) February 7, 2024

Her posts triggered a huge backlash on social media. Many users criticised her for the racist overtones in her Stories, though the player claimed she was not being racists and that her posts were about things "she disliked about India".

“If you come to my country, Serbia, and don’t like all those same things, that means you are a racist??” she asked. “What the hell that has to do with racism?” she added.

The Serbian athlete claimed that 95% of foreigners who visit India cannot adapt to “that kind of life.”

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