


For a long time I wanted to know what my ancestry is like my parents were born in India, but raised here. People would often critisize us for not being "brown enough". I didn't understand. So I got myself an Indian penpal to try to see the Indian perspective and I talked him today. He currently lives in India, and he wants to come to Canada or the States. Don't get me wrong I love Canada with a passion I can't explain its my home, my life, my pride, the place I was born, where my parents grew up where I grew up, and I could go on forever. But my penpal doesn't have that kind attachment to India, which I found strange. Canadians are notoriously famous for our lack of nationalism, and I honestly thought Indians had a lot more nationalism than us. I mean, I think after seeing so many bollywood musicals I would expect for him to have more nationalism then me.(Obviosly I'm stupid if I'm basing something on a musical but eh? it was a subconscious idea). I guess not. He says he wants to be a "big man" which I assume means that he wants to earn big money interpreting from his letter.
I wonder what it is that draws Indians to immigate?
Is it the New World dream to come and economically prosper?
He has so many servants, a house that triples the size of mine, his parents own a business that other people run, whats more economically prosperous than that? And there are BILLIONS of consumers.
I'm not a business expert but if he can manage to start up and launch a business in India thats a huge market. Yes I know I'm a science major so I should shut up and focus on what I know.
I know that India is amazingly exotic and has great history, I know that it has corruption and poverty too. I know that Canada is accepting, and I know that there are faults in our judicial system, and that disparity is on the rise. But at the end of the day I want to help make this world a better place because thats it, the first trait that UNICEF discovered about Canada. Globalization is our culture.
So what is it about Indian culture that drives people to leave the country? Or tells them that life is easier over here than it is in India?