> > Message: 9 > Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 23:33:14 -0700 > From: "Radhika, Y." <radhik...@gmail.com> > > Is it the > contention of Silklisters that character can only be built in India - seems > a tad self-serving?
That, actually, is my contention, Radhika. Speaking from my experience of living in New York City and North America for 18 years before moving back to India five years ago. My contention is that certain aspects of personality are better built in certain societies. Risk-taking, non-conformity and invention are better built in America, while putting out for family and living with porous boundaries are better built in India. Character, as I defined it earlier, is better built in India, IMHO, simply because you get tested in "what you do while others aren't watching" much more frequently. This is not America-bashing. I love America-- it made me what I am. If I didn't have kids and parents, I'd be in NYC right now.
