I've been to India many times, and the driving there really is atrocious.
One time I went during the monsoon, and it was downright terrifying - road drainage is terrible, and drivers don't seem to alter their driving behaviour at all. In the space of 2 weeks, I lost count of the number of small accidents I saw, saw the results of multiple more serious accidents (including a body at the side of the road), saw 1 accident happen in front of me that would have led to serious injuries at best, and on a trip from Mumbai to Pune saw the results of dozens of terrible accidents, in the form of husks of mangled car and truck frames.
This was around 2008 - I returned to India many times afterwards, but refused to go during the monsoon.
One time I went during the monsoon, and it was downright terrifying - road drainage is terrible, and drivers don't seem to alter their driving behaviour at all. In the space of 2 weeks, I lost count of the number of small accidents I saw, saw the results of multiple more serious accidents (including a body at the side of the road), saw 1 accident happen in front of me that would have led to serious injuries at best, and on a trip from Mumbai to Pune saw the results of dozens of terrible accidents, in the form of husks of mangled car and truck frames.
This was around 2008 - I returned to India many times afterwards, but refused to go during the monsoon.