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  • A T M 10:51 PM on November 17, 2008 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: American Culture   

    Adjusting from Indian culture to American 

    I received a request this morning. Jules from Vassar College in New York, is writing a  paper on “The process of adjusting from Indian culture to American culture“.  She has asked readers of this blog to give our thoughts. She is interested in understanding few things here:

    # What did you have to adjust to?

    # What is your impression of Indians versus Americans on an emotional level? Moral?

    # What do you consider the “weirdest” thing about American culture?

    # Do you find Americans or American culture less warm/friendly than Indian culture?

    # Have you encountered any racism? How has it affected you?

    # Do you find yourself identifying more or spending more time with other Indians than with native-born Americans? Why or why not?

    # Did you always expect to come to America for school? How long do you plan to stay?

    # What was your knowledge of English before coming to the US? Have you had problems with the language?

    # Are the standards for your schoolwork different? Do Americans view academia differently?

    # What is your impression of food and eating habits in the US?

    I am sure you will have something to share, (Atleast with Question No.3, 4 and 5). Please take some time out and fire your opinion.  Thanks.

     
    • Arv_Narin 12:05 AM on November 18, 2008 Permalink

      1.Answering queries as to: What curry I have for breakfast. Hee, Hee! The rest, I ignore and consider lucky living in India (There’s no place like home :-) ).

      2.The USA is a developed nation. Like all developed nations, the people there have more advanced needs. What the U.S.Americans consider moral, we Indians might consider immoral & vice versa.

      Same with emotions – What we Indians consider sarcastic, U.S.Americans might consider racist & vice versa.

      3.Weirdest Things = Anything we can’t do in India. Freely.;-) And anything we can do in India, that we can’t, in the U.S.A.(buy & burst fire crackers)

      Well, the weirdest thing I’ve noticed is: You can buy Guns in the U.S.A. but not fire crakers?! They seem to consider the latter as more harmful?! If you ask me, I’ve(we’ve all!) been using fire crackers since we were little. (Now, that’s weird to Americans)

      4.All cultures seem friendly from a tourist-perspective. People & places are good to visit; but, living in a new environment requires a lot of change, de-learning & re-learning. Same for all cultures.

      I can walk to work, in India. But, I’d have to drive to work, in the USA. Cost of living is atop the roof!!

      5.I haven’t been to the USA. But, we have this thing called: ragging; in schools, colleges, universities & at work as well! People in North India crack jokes about South Indians & vice versa. Just like in the USA. Such mild-racist humour has made me more tolerant towards people, as a whole.

      6.Why would I visit an Indian in the USA, unless that person was my friend? Once I’ve visited the USA, I’d rather hang out with native-born Americans and learn their culture & share mine.

      7.I haven’t any plans to study abroad. From what I’ve heard & know, the fees are so high that the average American student has got to work part-time to be able to pay for their tuitions.

      8.We speak British English in India, but the scene is changing with outsourcing & all. I prefer British English & Tea. Thank You.

      9.There is an ocean of difference between American & Indian schoolwork.

      During my school days, we once received free study guides, for Java & VB, on CDs. There seems to be more application, in US Academia, than Theory, as in Indian Academia.

      10. There are several vegetables, available in the US, that aren’t currently available in India. I’d love to try them all out. BUT, US food, to me, is pretty bland for my tastes.

      I like American junk food though.:-)

    • Jules 7:36 AM on November 18, 2008 Permalink

      This is great, thank you so much for posting and helping me!
      -Jules

  • A T M 11:31 PM on November 13, 2008 Permalink | Reply  

    My new pets 

    I own this

    Because they gifted me this.

    My two new sweet buddies from this Boston Visit. Bhanu Priya ( or call her Bhanu’s home made/Aunty/) and Sizzling Suresh (Urf Champ)

     
    • Arvind 4:13 AM on November 14, 2008 Permalink

      You’re lucky man! But, what’re you gonna do with 5 shuffles? Do mail me one, if you have surplus. Lucky Guy :-)

    • Bhanu priya 7:02 AM on November 14, 2008 Permalink

      Hey ATM house keeping!!! Missing your service here man.
      One more thing i miss ur SLOW SLOW SLOW drive.
      Njoy there.

    • A T M 9:50 AM on November 14, 2008 Permalink

      Arvind, you need to find a new nick man. Everyone thinks that I am commenting on my own post. By the way, I just have single colored shuffle. The left most.

    • suresh 2:33 PM on November 14, 2008 Permalink

      hey arvind

      Wow i like the idea of posting the IPOD pic.. I miss YOU in music gatherings and technology discussions dude..
      Infact we both got a very sensible and Techno Geek frnd ..

      way to go

      Cheers
      Suresh

    • Arv_Narin 4:56 AM on November 15, 2008 Permalink

      New Nick?! Done!!
      Lucky Guy :-)

    • Niveditha 9:24 PM on November 16, 2008 Permalink

      is she the same Bhanu of Advertising class!?she in Boston!??

    • A T M 9:57 PM on November 16, 2008 Permalink

      illa. not advertising Bhanu. She’s Bhanu Priya, new joinee at Chelmsford.

    • Jules 5:23 PM on November 17, 2008 Permalink

      Hey Arvind,
      I’m a college kid writing a paper on the process of adjusting from Indian culture to American culture, and your blog has been really helpful for me. So I was thinking that I’d like to post my interview questions here in your comments, so that you and everyone who looks at your blog could post answers. No one needs to identify themselves of say anything personal, but if you see this, and the questions are relevant to you, your Interview questions
      1. What did you have to adjust to?
      2. What is your impression of Indians versus Americans on an emotional level? Moral?
      3. What do you consider the “weirdest” thing about American culture?
      4. Do you find Americans or American culture less warm/friendly than Indian culture?
      5. Have you encountered any racism? How has it affected you?
      6. Do you find yourself identifying more or spending more time with other Indians than with native-born Americans? Why or why not?
      7. Did you always expect to come to America for school? How long do you plan to stay?
      8. What was your knowledge of English before coming to the US? Have you had problems with the language?
      9. Are the standards for your schoolwork different? Do Americans view academia differently?
      10. What is your impression of food and eating habits in the US?
      answers would be extremely helpful! thank you so much!
      -jules (questions posted below)

  • A T M 7:38 PM on November 7, 2008 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: IP addressing, offfice   

    Have you checked your IP address ? 

    Have you noticed this ? Your PC’s IP address at office. It generally starts with 10.X.X.X or 172.X.X.X or else with 192. X.X.X. Why ? Off all the zillion options to pick the IP address, why only these three. The reason is RFC 1918.

    Each address is a reserved pool in each of the Class A, B and C network-types for private use.

    IP address range Address block
    10.0.0.0 – 10.255.255.255 10.0.0.0/8
    172.16.0.0 – 172.31.255.255 172.16.0.0/12
    192.168.0.0 – 192.168.255.255 192.168.0.0/16

    ###############################################

    Side Note: Your can locate your friend’s location by their email. Here’s how
    Say if you receive a mail in Gmail

    1. Open the mail.
    2. To display the email headers, click on the inverted triangle beside Reply. Select Show Orginal.
    3. Look for Received: from followed by the IP address between square brackets [ ].
      Received: from [69.138.30.1] by web31804.mail.mud.yahoo.com
    4. Track the location here by entering the IP address here.
     
    • Arvind 3:11 AM on November 11, 2008 Permalink

      Wow! Cool info; brings back memories from college…and, Aru’s back with a bang – bringing-in sophisticated telecommunication data :)
      Mine begins with 192.

    • Niks 1:51 PM on November 17, 2008 Permalink

      what if i have a yahoo.co.uk ID and i mail from the US?

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