![]() Views on Article - Gradual Exposure Name: Migrated Country: Singapore Comment: I first left India at the age of 5. Despite living as an NRI , I was brought up the traditional indian way as defined in this article as Sheltered. I moved to Australia and spent 5 years there doing masters and Phd. From campus , I got a job and spent a year in Fiji working . I reyturned to Singapore to get married . I am still an Indian National and so is my husband who has like me also migrated from India and grown up here. Despite getting an opening earlier in life - while studying , I still had individual culture shocks when I moved from different cultures and society . Sgeltering has its benifits from a traditional point of view but yea you do have to let go . I don't think that you have change your culture or belief system just to adapt into a new culture . Yoy just don't have to start somknig /drinking coz the rest of your colleagues do. Learn to adjust but don't forget your roots. I still wear salvars cameezes to work and donot dtrink and I am quite successful . Name: preethi Country: india Comment: my friend's daughter is working for a call center, and has moved out of her home and shifted to mumbai. my friend never expected this to happen, and is unsure if her daughter will be able to cope with living alone, since she has also been sheltered all along. seeing her predicament, i'm going to work on ensuring my children are more capable of taking care of themselves and are independent. ur article gives some great tips.
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