Cultural Differences
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Global differences in 'luxury', status, & privilege: Top Asian hotels make you feel like you're the most important person there, all staff trained to convey this In US, staff mak...
One of the biggest misunderstandings between Christians and Muslims relates to their respective views of the Prophet Muhammad and his character. https://t.co/7kpO9UTNE2
>30% of women who die in the US are killed by their husbands/boyfriends >75% in Italy >only 25% of women who die are killed by their male family members in Jordan (highest in Islam...
Up to the 1990s, raw salmon sushi was not eaten in Japan. What changed? Norway went on a 10-year marketing campaign to sell Atlantic salmon in the East Asian country. And the plan...
most hindus don't think much of most muslims (though some respect islam on traditionalism/perennialist grounds) and muslims think hindus are heathen idol worshippers and hinduism i...
A bit different for me. I grew up Catholic, and the first time I learned there was another religion was when I was about 7. I asked my mother why my best friend at the time didn't...
Leaving Nigeria for South Korea wasn't a big deal in terms of respect for my Professors and senior colleagues. I won't call my professor by their first name in Korea. In fact, we u...
A friend sent me an IV asking of the marriage is valid because they already have 2 kids and asking why yoruba people do this. I checked the IV thoroughly and saw walimatul nikkah...
Once you step foot in Canada, UK and US, please remove your date of birth, gender, religion, local government area, marital status and such personal details from your CV/resumé.
“Universal values are boring! It’s time to move on” Media mogul and billionaire public intellectual Dr. Eric Li thinks that it’s high time for the world to do away with the Western...
My team has the power to overrule me on certain things. This is so much different than most typical outsourcing countries that most of you have no idea what you’re missing by goi...
I think this is exaggerated, because in India the phenotypical difference can be striking but the genetic distance even between the most Northern castes vs the Southermost castes i...
The reason for such a ridiculous analogy is to pt out that it is not me or Hindu dharma, but western liberty which tells us that every human is free to touch, eat with, & co-habit...
You see, that's very subjective. How would you assess e.g. the relative rank of Armenians vs Azerbaijanis? Liberal intelligentsia: Armenians = ancient Christian people, Azerbaijan...
I have been watching some episodes of Border Security Australia and wondering if Australian customs is biased against Indians. This traveler from China was fined $360 for this mou...
An American visits Europe and complains that people there aren’t acting like Americans … But seriously, folks. 1/ https://t.co/wBnAZf2Z1t
I can see lot of these western trad advices on what kind of men a woman should choose comes from the fact that they don't have extended female family members to take care of them i...
Recently a banger Tweet confirmed what so many of us experienced in Asia already new - A 5 white guy can be an 8 with Asians and vice versa. But why? https://t.co/XkhHh1x1AP
I think it’s a combination of two key trends. Political integration for African Americans did a lot to minimize interest in the rest of the world and focus more energies domestical...
The saddest thing about these past 10 years is seeing walls built up between people who loved one another; people speaking entirely different languages and learning to stare with r...
I was talking to a friend abroad about my frustrations with my job. He listened carefully, then suggested, "why don't you just get a new job?". I know he meant well, but dear forei...
I generally agree, but I would add some nuances. For example, in my experience a major difference between Russians and Americans in is that Americans make so little difference betw...
About 5 yrs ago, I checked in at the hotel in Singapore almost midnight. The staff asked my passport and asked me to sit down waiting. After 5 mins, she shouted 'Doctor Wahyuni...'...
Some personal observations about difference in work culture between Silicon Valley and india.