Comments on: Adjusting from Indian culture to American http://arvindtm.com/2008/11/adjusting-from-indian-culture-to-american.html Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:23:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jules http://arvindtm.com/2008/11/adjusting-from-indian-culture-to-american.html/comment-page-1#comment-308 Jules Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:36:35 +0000 http://arvindtm.com/?p=638#comment-308 This is great, thank you so much for posting and helping me! -Jules This is great, thank you so much for posting and helping me!
-Jules

]]> By: Arv_Narin http://arvindtm.com/2008/11/adjusting-from-indian-culture-to-american.html/comment-page-1#comment-307 Arv_Narin Tue, 18 Nov 2008 07:05:36 +0000 http://arvindtm.com/?p=638#comment-307 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.:-) 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.:-)

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