Globalising world‚ the different cultures constantly come across each other. As a consequence‚ the ability to understand other cultures and to deal with cultural differences will probably be a major quality required in our future professional life. This year‚ thanks to the "Ichec housing project" we had the opportunity to gain experience on this subject. The topic of this essay is to explain the cultural differences that can exist between the Indian society and the Western society. In order to do that
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book The White Tiger‚ western culture‚ which is normally a great part of certain societies‚ when mixed with indigenous culture‚ leads to corruption. Adiga’s novel is about an Indian entrepreneur who sees a world much bigger than the one he lives in. He notices how those with wealth take advantage of the rest of society. Laws‚ political power‚ and other western societal developments are traded for bribes. India’s class system takes a whole new meaning when mixed with western culture and society. The
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fine line between being conservative Indian - those of Ivy League chemical engineering PhD ’s‚ of having no less than 50 cousins‚ of spending every spare moment in life with family - and being a Westerner‚ coolly expressing my ever-apparent condescending attitude towards those of the East‚ looking in disgust at the seemingly uncouth Indian parents who smooch their children at every chance. I have been on this line my whole life‚ torn between two cultures - the Indian‚ and the American. The main differences
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How does your culture change your view of the world? What extent does one’s culture inform the way one views others and the world? So how does your culture actually affect how you perceive the others and the world. In “An Indian Father’s Plea‚” the father tried to defend his son because the teacher said that his son was a “slow learner.” The father didn’t quite enjoy that his son was being called that. So his son must use that defense and use it in his cultural identity. The son is smart‚ and he
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IMPACT OF INDIAN CULTURE ON WORK-ETHOS Prologue: “Such an historical concept … cannot be defined according to the formula genus proximum‚ differentia specifica‚ but it must be gradually put together out of the individual parts which are taken from historical reality to make it up.” --Max Weber‚ ‘The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism’ (New York: Scribner’s Press‚ 1958)‚ p. 47. Introduction In the homo sapiens’ race for wealth and power -- economic‚ industrial and military
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Chinese culture and Western culture‚ an interesting comparison. East is east and West is west; never the twain shall meet. This one line pretty much sums up this never ending debate on the differences between the Chinese culture and the Western culture. Many westerners‚ when they visit China for the first time are in fact shocked to see the customs and traditions in China. But the same holds true for the people of China who go to western countries for the first time. What is to be remembered is the
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fifth century B.C‚ during the time of Athens’s Golden Age‚ Greek culture flourished. Throughout the Golden Age‚ the Ancient Greeks developed key concepts that lead to their cultural and intellectual advancement. These concepts that stemmed from the development of the Greeks city states have not changed from time; in fact‚ they are still linked to today’s Western Tradition. The major principles of Ancient Greek and Athenian culture that show that we are a Hellenistic people include advancements in
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4‚ 2011 Arranged Marriages in the Indian and American Culture Every country and every religion have their own traditions. It is what makes their culture different from each other. The American and Indian cultures have a vast differentiation between them. While the culture of America is a mixture of different cultures‚ the Indian culture is unique and has its own values. Even though dating and marriage have the same meaning to him and her in every culture‚ the meaning of their relationships and
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How has west influenced the Indian culture? 15th August 1947‚ the golden day in Indian History‚ the day when the British rule in India met its end. It was the day when India was declared free from the foreign rule. The English people have left but they left the seeds of their culture in our land‚ which have eventually grown and overshadowed the Indian culture‚ especially in the metros. The Indian culture is so much influenced by the west that they have forgotten the values‚ the principles and the
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that goes unnoticed and why it is important to your life. Growing up as a first generation American Indian‚ my values and beliefs that come with traditional Hindu upbringing and the culture at my home tend to go unnoticed. All my values and beliefs are characteristic of my parents’ home country‚ while engaging in assimilation and socialization in this country where I was born and raised. The culture I am referring to here includes the beliefs‚ ideas‚ rituals and traditions that are passed down from
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