Two teenagers behind the account Rory and Sage Official have posted a video on Instagram, claiming they were secretly filmed by someone in a nearby building while sunbathing at a hotel pool in India.

 

 

In the video, one of them notices the camera as the two sit on loungers by the pool. "Someone's filming us," they point out, as the camera pans across the pool to a building.

 

 

Video text reads, "trying to get a tan when the UV is 12", adding in the caption: "Well, it looks like we're going to have to find a new pastime".

 

 

The creators asserted in the comments and caption that being filmed and gazed at is not very unusual in India. "If you're a female planning to travel to India, I wouldn't come without a bodyguard of a man lol" the statement reads.

 

 

Responding to a comment suggesting they should have reported it to the staff, they replied, “Unfortunately, some of the hotel maintenance crew came out to spectate as well. I’m sure if we had told the front desk, it would have been handled. But not really worth our time. Besides, with a UV of 12, we tanned in like 10 minutes.”

 

 

The video has sparked a wide range of reactions. One viewer called it “extremely weird”.

 

 

Another said, “Don’t go to India and think you can wear whatever you want even Indian women are not safe here, so foreign women definitely aren’t.”

 

 

One user commented, “Can’t defend my country anymore,” while another called the situation “creepy,” to which the creators responded, “Yes, it seems very common behaviour in India.”

 

 

The video has received thousands of views and reactions across Instagram, and there is ongoing discussion about tourist safety, gender-based harassment, and India’s image among international travellers.