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20th May 2005, 03:20 PM
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East meets West – The Cultural Collisions
Dear All,
Most of us have here have migrated to the west or away from our 'Mother Land' (India/SL) , what are the Cultural problems and Conflicts we encounter in the west? Does the younger Generation Follow our Culture?
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20th May 2005 03:20 PM
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20th May 2005, 06:26 PM
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20th May 2005, 07:45 PM
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Lets start with the pressures in certain jobs/postions to meet western standard of dressing and the difficulties faced by Indians. I have some stories (not really about my self), to share. I will come back.
And I have to say the Indian men look more "sheik" than some white guys in western clothes. Look at the Indian movies these days.
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20th May 2005, 07:52 PM
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Most of them are compelled to by their environment, Pa!! Otherwise, why bother to leave the Motherland???? I think most Indians have successfully adapted to their new land of choice. It's evident everywhere outside India.
I've lived all my life here in my homeland and I'm most comfortable, practising what I choose to and away from the pressures of the old country which my forebears had put up with!
To me India is strictly for tourism, cultural and religious and of course, I'm eyeing a good education system.
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20th May 2005, 08:06 PM
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well Me living in UK having Migrated when I was just 13yrs old, find certain things quite difficult to tolerate, every Friday These guys & girls here are in the PUB till late evenings, I am not like this, I am not interested in these things, all these guys do is get drunk over the limit and they don't even know who they with.
I find it very difficult to come up with excuses everytime they ask me out, like Oh I have head ache, I need to go to the gym, I am always given funny looks and some time I feel as I am isolated from the rest, but I don't give damn as I am only here to do my Job.
But most of the time, it is quite distressing
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20th May 2005, 08:13 PM
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Hmm...peer pressure is there everywhere Raghu!! Not just the UK, Pa!!
Friday night out is the most common outing anywhere I reckon. It's the crowd one choose to hang out with, I suppose. But still, choices are there for not just Indians but even other native Brits. I'm sure!!
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20th May 2005, 08:30 PM
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Originally Posted by
nirosha sen
Hmm...peer pressure is there everywhere Raghu!! Not just the UK, Pa!!
Friday night out is the most common outing anywhere I reckon. It's the crowd one choose to hang out with, I suppose. But still, choices are there for not just Indians but even other native Brits. I'm sure!!
Is this followed in India too
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21st May 2005, 03:53 AM
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Originally Posted by
Raghu
I find it very difficult to come up with excuses everytime they ask me out, like Oh I have head ache, I need to go to the gym
Can't you just say "illai pa, enakku viruppam illai?" That worked quite well for me.
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Raghu
Amongst the upper middle class in cities, yes. But it's a rather isolated phenomenon, and a lot less common than the English language press might have you believe. It's not at all difficult to choose to conduct yourself otherwise, even in the most "hep" colleges.
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21st May 2005, 03:58 PM
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21st May 2005, 04:17 PM
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Originally Posted by
Raghu
Originally Posted by
nirosha sen
Hmm...peer pressure is there everywhere Raghu!! Not just the UK, Pa!!
Friday night out is the most common outing anywhere I reckon. It's the crowd one choose to hang out with, I suppose. But still, choices are there for not just Indians but even other native Brits. I'm sure!!
Is this followed in India too
Peer pressure is undoubtedly common among teenagers in India.
A friend of mine once told me abt this program he saw on TV abt popularity of pubs/drinking among college students in India......turns out tat many end up in these indulgences even if they didn't like to b4, purely out of peer pressure/fear of being ridiculed by the 'bold' types who have no qualms abt doing it in the first place.
As for me, even tho I lived in Singapore, a largely westernised country w/ plenty of chances for cult. shock, I always avoided giving in to ne form of peer influence, and even otherwise, I personally didn't experience much pressure from the local students there.
A couple of times, a Chinese/other foriegn student in my institute wud invite/persuade me to smoke or sip sum beer.....I wud politely refuse....and tats it....they wudn't pester me ne further from there.
I'm not sure if the situation wud've been the same for me had I been in an Indian college!
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