Most western countries also haven't had multiple attempted [0][1][2] and committed [3][4] mass casualty terror attacks nor a direct conventional conflict that for all intents and purposes was a war [5] in the past 2 years.

And airport security in Israel makes Indian airport security feel like a breeze and I found Turkish airport security to be similar to India's (I remember landing in IST a couple years ago post-COVID and how the news monitors all blared about the 3-6 Turkish soldiers who died in Turkish controlled Syria the day previously).

All three are in very tenuous neighborhoods where the risks of mass casualty terror attacks remains a very real possibility and no on-duty officer wants to be the one who's name comes up in an inquiry into a terror attack should they happen.

Also, from what I remember you are either a Chinese national or someone who has travelled significantly to China. It's the equivalent of a Russian national or Russian-origin person traveling to Poland or Estonia post-2022. Anyone with that profile falls under stricter scrutiny in India due to reciprocal treatment of Indian-nationals and Indian-origin people from Arunachal [6][7] and Ladakh [8] as well as the multiple recent India-China standoffs.

[0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Delhi_car_explosion

[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Nowgam_explosion

[2] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Bengaluru_cafe_bombing

[3] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Reasi_attack

[4] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Pahalgam_attack

[5] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_India%E2%80%93Pakistan_co...

[6] - https://indianexpress.com/article/world/who-is-prema-thongdo...

[7] - https://idsa.in/publisher/comments/china-ups-the-ante-in-aru...

[8] - https://www.indiatoday.in/news-analysis/story/why-china-is-e...

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