Ayodhya - Indian culture query

[ravi]

Anthony D'Costa wrote:
> 
>>also, there seems to be a general trend among non-native populations
>>behaving more docile in what they themselves rank as more sophisticated
>>cultures. if that sounds like a horrible stereotype, my apologies: i am
>>probably using the wrong terms. when i was a grad student here in the
>>US, there was an indian student who had a lot of ideas that he was keen
>>to discuss - but often during research group meetings or informal
>>gatherings his choice of english words and pronunciation would be
>>constantly corrected, leading to a growing disinclination on his part to
>>participate, perhaps out of a feeling of being ridiculed. this might
>>have been studied before?
> 
> I don't follow.  Are you referring to the division between more
> westernized Indians and their more rustic counterparts.  Well that sort of
> divide also exists in this country.  Or simply that foreigners are more
> timid here.  My observation of Indians around the world is that they are
> less timid than say East Asians.
> 

i am referring to the second: that foreigners, especially from 
non-western cultures, are more timid here. i agree that indians do seem 
to be less timid than east asians ;-).

	--ravi