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     Saughmraat Junior Artist Username: Saughmraat Post Number: 849 Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 66.249.82.179 Rating: N/A |
Let me assure u.. my indianness hasn't changed a bit before/after experiencing them I guess.. There is already a term ABCD(American born confused desi) to describe them. Anyways... coming to living in India... I dont think that I am wrong if I say that there are many indians living in India with an amwrican lifestyle. But there cud be very few people in America, living like Indians Naannaa puli story - oka visha vruksham http://games-n-maths.in/blog/funstrations/story_analysis.html | ||
| Megamama Junior Artist Username: Megamama Post Number: 390 Registered: 01-2008 Posted From: 72.230.252.238 Rating: |
opika unte chadavandi Identity What's great about America is pretty much everything - their infrastructure, their lifestyle, and also the fact that people from so many different racial backgrounds can co-exist. However, this often leads to an identity crisis. If you're anything like what I was, the term identity crisis sounds like jargon to you. But it is a big deal. Knowing about who you are is a big deal. Indian children in America grow up with no identity. Are they American? Are they Indian? If they are American, why are they not white? Why can they not do all these American things? How come all their family friends are Indian? If they are Indian, what makes them so? Do they know anything about life in India? No. Should they? Probably. This makes them partake in a bunch of random pseudo-Indian activities (which is great), but makes them really fake. Without any great passion or association to Indian classical music, maybe one of their parents forced them to learn the tabla. I can go on. Point is, growing up in India is what makes you Indian. Not a citizenship card, not a NRI or PIO stamp, not anything else. You have to experience gully cricket, Goa, know Hindi, get an Indian accent, go through Indian schooling, watch Indian movies - it's a cultural thing. It's something that sticks with you for life - knowing where you're really from - your roots. |
