An Australian tourist has gone viral for challenging negative portrayals of India on social media. Duncan McNaught, currently travelling across the country, said the online narrative often highlights extremes, misrepresenting the reality on the ground.

"Social media has done India wrong. There is negativity bias on social media and for India this means people filming its extremes. In reality India is a beautiful country full of rich culture, diverse landscapes and amazing people," he said in a widely shared video. Advertisement

McNaught acknowledged that India, like any country of 1.5 billion people, has its challenges, but said the way it is shown online is "disingenuous."

"I'm not denying its problems... but as someone who has good Indian friends, it's sad to see how India is portray

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