( America Born Confused Desi ). The reason being that the poor fellows are badly
torn between Indian and American cultures and ways of living. Most of these
children have either never visited India or they have occasionally come for short
visits along with their parents to have a superficial knowledge of the country of their
parents' origin and usually they depart from here with a strong feeling of dislike
and disgust because of over all unhygienic conditions and traffic snarls and chaos
on the roads. Thus they nurture a strong feeling of dislike and hatred for India, which
is often fueled by the parents themselves, most of whom had a humble family
background in India and had migrated to that prosperous country looking for
greener pastures . The parents themselves fail to come completely to terms with
the the local culture and ways of living. However, they are clever enough to choose
the best for themselves from America, some times stealthily from their children and
spouses.Family level cross racial get togethers between Indians and local
Americans are few and far between. The children, however, get ample exposure of
the American culture and way of life. The family level get togethers of the Indians
are limited to groups of 10 to 20 families on the occasions of anniversaries and birth
day parties. Thus the children grow up in a conflicting bisected culture and social
atmosphere. In other words they spend their lives up to teens in two segregated
air tight cultures. And when on their entry into teens, they are supposed to take
certain Independent decisions, they find themselves in a quandary. The decisions
and choices that come naturally to the local teenagers independently remain illusive
to the ABCD. The matter is further complicated beyond resolve when in a country of equality
of genders the parents present themselves in two different masks before the male and
female children.
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