INDIRICA! CULTURAL INSIGHT
A
group of 28 students of the Interact Club
of D. A.V Public School, Dwarka, went
to Pragati Maidan to attend a cultural meet with the American delegate, Mr. Douglas Fowler. The event was organized by the
Embassy of the United States of America. The main objective of the event was to
provide the students an insight of American culture. It was one and a half hour
session.
The genial chat started with the
introduction of Mr. Douglas Fowler and Mr. Branden Young. Mr Young interacted
with students about their backgrounds, interests and intentions for future. He
apprised the children of some eye opening facts about USA.He talked about
similarities between Indian and American cultures. He elucidated that both the
countries have a deeply ingrained democratic culture and while the U.S is the
world's oldest democracy, India is the world's largest democracy. Both the
countries love to take risks to create wealth and new businesses. He emphasized
that India has a great potential that needs to be unleashed. The session became lively when he compared the film industries of the two
countries.
Then Mr. Fowler asked few questions to
the students about the Indian Education System, their aspired career and
favourite universities in the U.S.A. Most of the students showed their
inclination towards Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of
technology and many of them were apprehensive about the high expenditure. He patiently
answered all their queries. Moreover, he suggested some other good universities
like Stanford and Columbia and encouraged them to enroll their names for different
courses. He was deeply impressed by the enthusiasm displayed by the students,
who raised interesting questions. They wanted to know about the impact of U.S
Presidential election on India. He assured the children that nothing is going
to affect Modi - Obama bond as the Modi government has opened up gates to do
friendly and transparent business. At the end, he appreciated Indian food, its
diversity and showed a high respect for the Indians.
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