If you were ever an immigrant...how did it feel to "belong" to 2 countries? If not what do you think it would of felt like??
2006-12-05 11:12:51 · 8 answers · asked by Vicky R 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
I'M NOT, BUT THINK IT'D BE GREAT TO HAVE CUSTOMS, FOOD, MUSIC, DRESS AND DANCING FROM BOTH COUNTRIES TO SHARE.
2006-12-05 11:15:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
nri, huh?
yeah, me too. i dont belong to two countries. i belong to India. but in reality, im not really an Indian anymore. im too american.
so my political loyalties will always lie in my mothercountry, my place of birth. i can tell because i get really emotional on independence day and i want to do something to better MY country. thats how i think of it, as MY country.
but the chances of me returning are moot. not only for obvious cultural reasons (arranged marriage? i dont think so!), but also because i have lived twelve years in the US. i owe much of my education, my career opportunities, my ideals, to this nation. i have a responsibility to defend it as well!
you'll always be Indian, no matter what, but thankfully, being american doesnt mean you give up your other ethnic identities. i know in India you are either hindustani or american, but in america, at least, i can be both. you are a child of cultural syncretism! rejoice in your uniqueness, for you inherited the best of both countries!
2006-12-05 19:25:33 · answer #2 · answered by Neha S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its pretty cool. Personally I felt like I was betraying my original country but I soon got over it. I knew I could love both countries in their own different way. Besides.... a decade is a very long time... trust! :)
2006-12-05 19:16:56 · answer #3 · answered by venom! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm an immigrant (legal immigrant) and to answer you question I feel it feels awkward.
2006-12-05 19:15:51 · answer #4 · answered by Loving Life, Always, and Forever 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My wife is German, but has lived in the UK for mearly 30 years. she still talks about "going home", and has never worked out British humour.
I think she now feels she is neither one or the other.
2006-12-05 19:16:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
my parents are and i get to go to cuba whenever i want! its the best of both worlds. like when i go to cuba on vacation and i come back appreciating my life more also it feels weird to addapt to two different places
2006-12-05 19:17:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I feel it now I'm Native American and Irish!!!
But I think more Native American that Irish!!!
Even though I'm more Irish than Native American!!!
Wahoo!!!
2006-12-05 19:16:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
who nos
2006-12-05 19:15:19 · answer #8 · answered by beautiful1493 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋