Posted on: 13-05-05 12:53:02
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Orginally posted by Hope
Vegetarians..............What to do?
Same thing as I do... Stay vegetarian!
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Orginally posted by Das-FX
As for not being able to cook Indian food, you know there are other type of food to eat. Did you try the seafood, the East coast is known for their great seafood dishes.
Sea food? Slurp!
If your cooking skills are hard-wired for Indian cooking, it may take a while to acquire East Coast cooking skills (to say nothing about getting to like to eat East Coast food on a daily basis). In the meanwhile, you may need to eat out often. Not good for the budget...
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Orginally posted by ThinkingOne
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Orginally posted by Hope
Vegetarians..............What to do?
Same thing as I do... Stay vegetarian!
Well, even if you're in a smaller city, chances are you will find the Indian grocery option somewhere around where you live. For example, there's a couple of stores (or maybe more) in the K-W area. If its more than an hour away, you can always try to buy in bulk.
Think about the desi vegetarians who came here in the 70s or 80s, we still have it way way better than them.
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Orginally posted by Das-FX
A key skill to be a sucessful immigrant is the ability to adapt. If you cannot adapt to something so simply as different food, then you should stay in the comfort of India. You have to adapt to here, not the other way around.
I thought Indians were so educated, surely they can learn to cook other types of food.
Das-FX, I agree with the adaptibility point. At the same time, you only adapt when
a) there's a need
b) there's a desire
Correct? Adaptation should not necessarily mean that vegetarians should start eating meat, if that's what you're implying. Especially when there's a choice.
There are certainly various opinions on this, however to me, there is no mathematics behind adaptation, i.e. no step by step. Otherwise it reeks of fakeness. So I find that you approach it first from a survivability point of view and then from an interest point of you. You can throw in a few assimilation aspects that tie in to the survivability but not in the truest sense.
Which in my case means that I still retain a lot of what I had before. This way, I'm both true to myself and my culture while being happy in my new home. Also I take care that wherever possible, my cultural practises don't offend the accepted norms of the society I live in. I can only do that to a certian point though.
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I think every person has a right to express his opinion, whether positive or negative. There is no need to be overly harsh on anybody.
It only prepares prospective immigrants to be ready for the struggle, which definitely is there in Canada or for that matter any where else. It is very important to present both sides of the coin.
Even the Canadian parliament discusses the need for recognising foreign credentials for immigrants & the problems new immigrants face.
Thanks.
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