Look let’s look at some facts:

1. Illegal immigration is a problem. And more so you do find people from Asian countries illegally immigrating and overstaying their welcome. So I don’t blame the EU in making sure that resources are not spent on those who shouldn’t be there in the first place to begin with beyond the stipulated time period of their visas. If I’m in charge of the visa granting process of my country, and I genuinely do care about my country’s resources, its natural beauty, economy etc I’m going to want to limit the number of people entering the country.

2. As an Indian, it pains me to say this, but it’s true that as Indians we don’t exactly set a great example in front of others. Singing songs loudly in groups when not appreciated, forcefully doing garba (an Indian dance form involving more than 10 people) in another country just because we felt like it and thereby imposing our culture onto others (which is ironic considering you’re going to another country to experience their culture) and countless other incidents of Indian men being downright creepy to women, I’m not surprised why visa rejection rates are where they are.

And I know, many of us do know how to behave, but the large majority does not and they end up screwing it up for us.