Immersion Paper
Riyah is a freshman at NCC studying computer science. She is twenty-one years old and was born in India. During our interview she was eager to share with me her reason for residing in America, which was solely on account of her parents.
In India, the most common family structure is the extended family. The family structure in India is typical, in which everyone must conform to the many wedding customs and traditions. Some influences of the family structures are: Religion, tradition, caste, and regional dissimilarities. In addition, each member is assigned a role. Their roles are primarily dominated by age and gender. Children are deemed precious and viewed as beautiful gifts from God. Indian families are very loving and …show more content…
I came here at the age of fifteen to finish school. My parents migrated to the United States approximately twenty-five years ago and interestingly, this is where they met. They both fled from India because of disastrous arranged marriages and they desired a new start. A close friend that was a permanent resident of America sponsored my mother to the United States. My father on the other hand was fortunately transferred from his job in India to the United States. Furthermore, after courting each other briefly, they were wed. Despite not being in India, they still had a traditional, yet small Indian wedding ceremony called Shaadi. The wedding was kept a secret from both sides of the family back in India, therefore only close friends and co-workers were in …show more content…
Reason being, I felt as if I was abandoned by my parents and I resented them for that. Notwithstanding our communication via telephone, I had not seen my mother in fifteen years and I was meeting my father for the very first time. I felt like they loved my eldest sister more. Coming to the United states had not been a walk in the park for me either. I was slow to making friends, my english was not fluent, and I was missing my grandmother and India. In the fullness of time, I had learned to appreciate my parents and the sacrifices they made for the
Riyah is a freshman at NCC studying computer science. She is twenty-one years old and was born in India. During our interview she was eager to share with me her reason for residing in America, which was solely on account of her parents.
In India, the most common family structure is the extended family. The family structure in India is typical, in which everyone must conform to the many wedding customs and traditions. Some influences of the family structures are: Religion, tradition, caste, and regional dissimilarities. In addition, each member is assigned a role. Their roles are primarily dominated by age and gender. Children are deemed precious and viewed as beautiful gifts from God. Indian families are very loving and …show more content…
I came here at the age of fifteen to finish school. My parents migrated to the United States approximately twenty-five years ago and interestingly, this is where they met. They both fled from India because of disastrous arranged marriages and they desired a new start. A close friend that was a permanent resident of America sponsored my mother to the United States. My father on the other hand was fortunately transferred from his job in India to the United States. Furthermore, after courting each other briefly, they were wed. Despite not being in India, they still had a traditional, yet small Indian wedding ceremony called Shaadi. The wedding was kept a secret from both sides of the family back in India, therefore only close friends and co-workers were in …show more content…
Reason being, I felt as if I was abandoned by my parents and I resented them for that. Notwithstanding our communication via telephone, I had not seen my mother in fifteen years and I was meeting my father for the very first time. I felt like they loved my eldest sister more. Coming to the United states had not been a walk in the park for me either. I was slow to making friends, my english was not fluent, and I was missing my grandmother and India. In the fullness of time, I had learned to appreciate my parents and the sacrifices they made for the