Differences lie between many aspects of American and Indian culture, religion, and economy. ... Another is the economy, while the United States is subject to poverty in areas it is minuscule contrasted to the amount in India. In the pictures I saw, India was portrayed as a country with a serious lack of benefits, which most Americans take for granted. ... For instance, both countries have large cities, and even larger populations, granted India's countries people are much more condensed than Americas, but India is a pretty large country as well, to a great extent more than other Asian cou...

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Both India and America were British colonies. ... India was also ruled by the British. In 1877 Britain came to power in India. ... Freedom of religion in the United States and India is a strong part of the culture. ... In India, the untouchables were also treated harshly. ...

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Even though the mother language in India is Sanskrit, most people speak Hindu. ... India is known to be one of most traditional and religious country. ... Since there are many different backgrounds represented in India, it looked almost impossible to learn each culture. ... I wanted to know if he would consider going back to India to his homeland and his response was, "Sometimes I get overwhelmed and I miss my family in India. ... Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus came from India....

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People from different cultures can give their opinions in building our society. ... It helps us to know the positive and negative aspects of different cultures. ... Intercultural communication helped me when i moved from India, as i didnt know the cultures of American people. After taling to them, it helped me to know their cultures, their beliefs and values. ... It helps us to know their abilties and qualities and some people also adapt others culture. ...

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As we continued our study in Indian history, we learned about how India was ruled by many different people and cultures throughout history. Over time, India has had contact with many Europeans, invaders, Muslims, and Asiatic people. ... This is what I discovered about the food of my own culture. ... In this next section of my paper, I will compare the food of my own culture (USA) to the food of India, which I had experienced. ... This is probably due to the fact that India has the availability to use these since that they grow in the subtropical climate. ...

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Global Management Whenever any entity or person enters into a new culture, a certain level of "culture shock" takes place. A great amount of understanding, adaptation, and conformity is necessary for a smooth transition and existence in a foreign culture to actually occur. ... One trademark of U.S. culture: leadership, can be perceived in a completely different way in a foreign country. ... In countries such as India, however, rewards and incentives are viewed by workers with great reverence and a sign of appreciation and deep respect. ... Many companies, especially in the computer indu...

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Whenever any entity or person enters into a new culture, a certain level of "culture shock" takes place. A great amount of understanding, adaptation, and conformity is necessary for a smooth transition and existence in a foreign culture to actually occur. ... One trademark of U.S. culture: leadership, can be perceived in a completely different way in a foreign country. ... In countries such as India, however, rewards and incentives are viewed by workers with great reverence and a sign of appreciation and deep respect. ... Many companies, especially in the computer industry, send managers a...

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They were the British East India company, Sepoy Mutiny, and India; the jewel of Britain. The British East India Company was a trading company. At one time the company was the leading power in India. ... This mutiny set up a protectorate, and eventually Queen Victoria became the first empress of India, after only visiting India once in her lifetime. ... There were three important reasons that imperialism occurred in Latin America, and how it affected the culture. ...

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From subtle favoritism in the Western world to the outright extreme cases documented in many Asian nations (China, India, South Korea), many families are under pressure from various fronts, whether it be religious, cultural, or social, to believe that a son (or sons) in the family bring true happiness that daughters cannot. Every nation around the world has remnants of the patriarchal culture that, even in "enlightened" nations like the United States, gave rise to this belief that "boys can do no wrong" and "boys are more valuble than girls". ... India, China and South Korea stand out parti...

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All across the world, there are many different cultures, and many of these people with different cultures live in the United States. ... I will determine how different races, religions, and cultures have affected this individual, and compare and contrast her culture from mine. ... Mary was born in India, where she lived for twelve years. ... Mary's culture is much different from ours in America. ... In India I didn't believe that there is a heaven and a hell. ...

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Britain's government, politics, and culture were all affected by the Revolution, as their failure spurred the Parliment to reaffirm both its governance and its competence. ... It was called the "Patriots" Revolt", in which the reformist patriot celebrated American life, society, and culture, and despised British views and way of life. ... Also with the loss of America, Britain gained India as a main trading partner which greatly benefited them in many ways. India stregthened Britain's class system and more impotantly made middle-class radicalism unpatriotic. ... The American Revoluti...

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Immigrants constantly struggle with the difficult decision of living in one culture, yet belonging to another. ... However, she sends a letter back to India talking about the conveniences of American life such as running water and gas which is available twenty-four hours a day. ... However, after the death of his father he realize how important culture and family is in his life. ... She never felt part of the new culture, and her heart was always in India, with the rest of her family and traditions. ... However, when people go back sometimes they struggle adapting to their own culture due t...

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Mukherjee was born in Calcutta, India in 1940 to upper-caste (Brahmin) parents. ... Most of her novels reflect her personal experiences traveling between two worlds; her native India and North America (represented by the USA and Canada). ... Mukherjee actually returned to India with her husband in 1973, but she no longer felt at home. ... Does America represent global culture for Mukherjee? ... How does Du attempt to fuse two cultures (remember what he does with electronics)? ...

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The aristocracy of some cultures, as in the European feudal era tended to use child marriage as a method to secure political ties. ... According to UNICEF's "State of the World's Children-2009" report, 47% of India's women aged 20–24 were married before the legal age of 18, with 56% marrying before age 18 in rural areas. The report also showed that 40% of the world's child marriages occur in India. The Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929 was passed during the tenure of British rule on pre-partition India. ... This plan is proving to be successful, though it is s...

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A nation-state is a political unit consisting of an autonomous state inhabited predominately by a people sharing a common culture, history, or language. ... After returning to India, he tried to set up his own law practice but soon joined an Indian law firm in South Africa. ... In 1914, Gandhi returned to India and joined the Congress Party. ... Jawaharlal Nehru was a good Indian nationalist leader and statesman who was the first prime minister of independent India. ... Returning to India in 1912, he practiced law for some years and in 1919, he joined the Indian National Congress, the principa...

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Before I came too united state I scarify my family, my culture, and my homeland. ... Like hear culture, different language, different people, and the education in different the India, and how people are help full in this country. ... In this country culture is really different from Indian culture. ... Indian culture is like when I come from school I go out with my friends to play cricket. ... To get hear I scarify lots of thing, but I want to move on my life I have to get to know this culture. ...

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Sometimes the people lost their life, nears and dears, culture and heritage. It is very hard to adjust in the entire new world, where immigrates face problems of culture, harassments, language and prejudice etc. ... This is also happened to me, I thought hundred times to go back to my country India, but it is very hard for me. ... As a result, the sugar plantations companies had started import the labor from different countries Japan, Korean, Filipino and India. ... Chinese Americans showed that they wanted to become a part of American society and contribute to its growth, prosperity, and c...

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Topic: Race and Gender in American Culture Subject: Kurt Bessel My Subject for this essay is Kurt B. ... I chose Kurt because of his strong knowledge of what race and gender mean to him personally in American culture and also for his strong German heritage and background. ... I having grown up in India where discrimination between different types of races exists to the maximum amounts was curious to know if there was any discrimination here in the United States. ... I asked Kurt if there was any discrimination between men and women from a more financial aspect, because there is a lot...

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Therefore, America is a melting pot of cultures. ... However, the situation in America is that there is no "age-old American culture." ... India has they"re own defined race of people, as do North African countries, Russia, and so on. ... Although America is an assortment of other cultures, we have come together as a whole and developed some aspects of culture that we share as "American culture." ... We took things from other cultures and attempted to put our own twist on it. ...

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It is no longer a world of black and white culture. Melting pots of different cultures live here in the United States today. We must over look our own culture and be open to learn about others. ... Discrimination is not only directed to the color of peoples" skin but also the culture. People from India come to the United States with strong cultural beliefs. ...

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Most immigrants come to the United States because we offer freedom. These immigrants come to the United States and are discriminated against because of their race, color, and nationality. Americans complain that immigrants are taking their jobs. Immigrants come here because they are able to get bett...

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History of culture were not as globalized in the early age as they are now and it was creating a specific culture and definition of what truly is beautiful at the specific culture. ... These measures could also be influenced by factors such as culture person lives in and one's past experience. ... In India first objects to represent feminine were terracotta figures. ... These figures had big hips, breasts and supple legs and were believed to stand for productiveness and fertility in India( Dhavalikat 178). ... The culture, be uniqueness and their heritage. ...

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The final opposing view concerns the unique cultures of smaller countries. ... Although it is true that some unique cultural aspects are drowned in the process of globalization and free trade, it should be up to the discretion of the people to decide whether or not to accept Western culture. For example, the youth in India is generally excited about their updated fashions, styles of living, etc. ... "Globalization promotes integration and the removal not only of cultural barriers but of many of the negative dimensions of culture," as said by David Rothkopf. ...

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With the many different cultures, come the many different languages as well. ... If America wants to continue to live harmoniously with the multitude of different cultures, ! ... English is also the national language of many countries- countries with a multiple of different cultures- including India and several populous countries in Africa. ... This nation worries too much about offending other cultures simply by being patriotic. ... The immigrants worry that their culture and heritage will become extinct, when we should be worrying about the American culture. ...

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Due to the fact that my mother is an employee for United Airlines, my family have been to places including India, Germany, Great Britain, France, Costa Rica, Canada, Mexico, and most of the states in the United States to name a few. ... Florida in general is exploding with especially Latin culture which I have always been interested in. I speak somewhat fluent Spanish, am very knowledgeable on the different parts of Hispanic culture, and am very into Latin dance and music. ... Furthermore, I could learn a lot about the Hispanic culture from residing there. ... In this big melting pot we ca...

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