Re: Culture / Ethnicity
- What is your ethnic / cultural background?
Indian. My parents are both from India. I was born here
in the US.
- How big a role does it play in your life?
It's a big role anytime you are a 2nd generation immigrant. Both of my parents speak hindi at home, and naturally me and my siblings also learned hindi. My mom cooks almost exclusively Indian food for my dad.
- How far removed are you from the immigrant generation of your family? (in the end we are all immigrants, except for the Natives)
Actually I think being a second generation immigrant causes the most confusion. My parents are obviously very Indian and us children going to school in the US are exposed to American culture at school and then Indian at home. Looking back, it caused some weird moments throughout child hood. But as I got older I got much more comfortable with both identies and fused them into one.
- Do you maintain any traditions from the "old country"?
Yes alot.
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