I wanted to blog about this but never exercised my fingers before. After long, I can't stop writing that I may probably blog later. Your suggestions and comments are welcomed!
American Culture
1. Negative Aspects
- I very wasteful society: Malls and places are lighted 24*7. They are exploiting the earth
- Culture of drinking. These people just drink and drink. Women are no exception too. Very restaurant is a bar.
- Non-Veg people: So, I personally hate, this is debatable. They cut animals live and sell in malls
- Discrimination: I heard stories of Native Indians. Possibly government is not doing enough for them
- Concept of unlimited petrol for cars, like unlimited talk time in India. Petrol and Milk cost same.
- Strip Clubs: I did never visit; reader may Google.
- Luxurious living - Contrasting the Indian poverty touches my heart.
- Drugs: Every metro has some underneath dirty illegal business, so was there in Canada. It’s not much different as Mumbai and other Indian cities have too such underlining sellers. Inside stories
- US - Anyone can carry any arm (AK47). This is however prohibited in Canada.
2. Positive Aspects:
- Awesomely frank people they are, every morning you hear Good Morning at Coffee shop. Hi and hello are so on tongues! The underlined feeling is not too much. But it really feels so awesome listening Hi, Hello, Thank You, Sorry etc so often.
- Trust: You can have a tour of parliamentary building even without a security check.
- Welcoming nature: Cosmo-political nature
- Adventurous nature: People travel from left to right of country on bikes. People just have passion in life
- Rules are followed: No Dirty business, No garbage
- You find no watchmen and traffic police people there. Things work fantastically automatically
- Traffic rules are followed, seriously this makes me feel bad for India
- Informality: Calling your professor by just first name is equally considered respectful – No Formalities
- A very good work culture, you love working in labs or in some office, people respect you. There is no hierarchic system. Even a sweeper of company can right away talk with CEO of company with no hesitation. No Dirty corruption. Even Sweepers are nicely paid and is not at all considered inferior job.
- Open minded people, but with not so open heart!!
- People work out of passion; people do what they wanna do. All fields of study are equally valuable
- Marriages are so simple and fantastic. They just marry with ~50 guests in some open public garden and sing merry songs. Flowers and simplicity is appreciable. (Contrast: Indian system)
3. Neutral Aspects (These are all neutral to me, but reader may find +/- bases on personnel justification, what I write is just facts)
- People work for 5 days and party for 2 days a week
- Clothing Sense: Girls and Women with mini-dresses, high hills and heavy makeup’s are so common. But people don't just glance. Normal behaviors of normal audience.
- Non - Adjusting nature. Driver with license of 23 people can't drive bus with 24 people inside, even if it’s worst of emergency. They follow rules blindly.
- Punishments are too harsh. If you are found without tickets in local trains, you are finned heavily.
- Clothing Optional Beaches: But attitude is normal. They don’t have any shame.
- Electronics are cheap: In a way they are not paying true value of resource of planet.
- TV News: It’s funny: They don't have anything major happening, one end up watching stuff like 1000 vehicles moved on highway 11 this morning. This way has more traffic. Also, they don't cook up news. We're embarrassed, and we don't want to be, God forbid, hypocrites.
- Also, not be forgetting the dominating exterior attitude of American Countries like US, this Libya stuff. Mostly all what I wrote was in a way only linked to Canada. One more thing I remember is *Public Display of affection: People end up kissing there loved once anywhere from local malls to local buses. They are crazy!
Thank you for reading, all I expressed was inside stories of some nation that can be seen and understood by traveling. Disclaimer: Reader is responsible for any wrong misinterpretation of data. Author doesn’t have any inclination to any point mentioned.
Few points from some friend of mine
- Common Positive aspect: Greeting Elders. Even we wish everyone by saying Namaste uncle aunty, hello didi bhaiya. Well am quite sure these days for uncle aunty too many of us use hello and hi.
- "Public Display of affection". Even in India too there are places like lover's street – Where you can see open smooches n kisses n hugs. That time is not far away when in India too we will have such culture of kissing loved ones in local malls and buses.
- Guests and Hostels: Read this How stupid, such a small thing and they publish in Leading newspapers of India. How cheap!
- Kissing Scene: The IITR Lipstick Competition is what all I can recall. Damn Shit - Watch this. Well very true is this reply too.
Indians don't celebrate Republic Day or Independence Day with passion. Over there on Canada Day, you can find entire Vancouver on streets with so much passion and energy. Seriously feeling was too much.
Sick is way in which headlines title in newspapers like "India v Australia in QF, Revenge for 2003 final?" Just to make some news catchy people are using so harsh and thoughtless language. Being over the path of westernization, we are mostly catching up these negative aspects of West rather than many other worth positive qualities. Anyway, Culture is too complex a thing and neither of us can change and do anything. It takes years and then naturally evolution of culture takes place. Everything is not good everywhere. Neither I appreciate Indian culture, nor do I have faith with the west.
Everything is not good everywhere. Neither I appreciate Indian culture, nor do I have faith with the west. One can even live in once own imagination of this beautiful planet and follow his/her own culture. Do what you like, Go where ever you want to go, do whatever suits you, wear whatever suits you best. Listen to your body and fantasies too. Sing Dance, Study, Sleep but whatever you do just listen to your heart and mind. Open your heart and mind. Do one thing every day that scares you. Win, race is long. Don't congratulate yourself too much. Sometime do crazy stuff too. Your choice is your half chance
