Teen Gothic

I'm Indian. Have been in love with the subculture for years, been religiously listening to the music for as long as I can remember. But, in my vicinity, I absolutely don't know anyone with the same music taste T__T I listen to tons of other genres so I have friends with whom I can make conversations about music but, almost no goths, at least not that I know of. It sometimes gets very lonely since there's no presence of any community here. Irony is that the metropolitan cities in India have underground scenes for metal, hip-hop and other genres but, it's difficult to find people who actually listen to goth. Kolkata, the city I'm from, is internationally known for some of the most brutal underground death metal/black metal projects and those scenes here are thriving. But, absolutely nothing for goth. I see people posting about going to goth clubs and all that, and I wish I could experience that once. Some day, maybe!

Plus, dressing up gothic here is such a chore. I want to explore the fashion aspects of the subculture but, the constant fetishization has led me to stop dressing up like that completely. All I get is thirsty remarks from creepy men or get stared at publicly. The humid weather here isn't really conducive either. Are there any fellow Indian goths here?

It could be a product of my ADHD or just that I have little knowledge about certain things. I've been a part of the goth culture for quite a while, and sometimes in frustrates me to be unable to easily deduce between what's what.

I work at a grocery store, and I guess the managers have a Spotify playlist for the music they put on in the store. One of my first times shopping as a customer, they played The Cure, and now, as a cashier, I get to listen to quite a bit of other goth music during the night. I have no clue who's adding these songs to the playlist, but I'm really glad they are. It's hard to find goths in my small city, let alone work at a place that sometimes plays goth music, so I just wanted to share because it's such a crazy thing to me 😭