If only Air India would adopt this policy (ducks).
“Coach to India - only way to go.” /seinfeld
When staying in Bangalore, don't put your valuables in the hotel safe, they're much safer hidden under a bar of soap in the shower.
To be honest, I never noticed anything like this on a recent non-stop to India on American Airlines, even though the vast majority of passengers were Indian, on both the inbound and outbound segments.
In february of 1987, I was departing from Milan on a half-empty (based on a gate agent) Alitalia flight back to Chicago and LA. However, at the last minute, the company decided to move a whole bunch of Iranians onto our flight and pushed back the departure time.
After reaching cruising altitude, some of the men removed their shoes and it started to smell like a barnyard. Unfortunately, many of the LA-bound Iranians looked like they just got done goat-herding. Boy, talk about torture! Forget waterboarding.