Cultural Differences Between India and Canada

Running Head: Sociology 0
Sociology of me

Sociology 1
Sociology of me
The sociological imagination, which has been developed during my crucial period of
life, gives the responsibility to deal with our own lives and make choices. It permitted to
make more aware of looking at my life from a sociological perspective. I was earlier living in
India and later shift to Canada to lead a better and happy life. I believed that after residing in
India and Canada, one is able to figure out the difference between both the nations in terms of
different social norms, cultures, religious values, education system, and career opportunities
(Storr, MacLachlan, Krishna, Ponnusamy, Drynan, Moliner & Bossers, 2018).
I am taking ahead of the essay to marital pressure, which presents a combination of
richness and foreign influences generating a unique experience. India is known for its values
and hospitality and more importantly charm of culture, which involves dresses, music, dance,
literature, etc. When I was in India, I have observed that Indian people are very rigid in
following marriage rituals and values. It is stated that holy matrimony is the biggest cultural
difference among these nations. As per the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, the minimum age limit
for marriage of girls is 18 years and for the boys is 21 years. In Indian culture, marriage is
seen as the alliance among two families, responsibilities, and duties. The preference is given
to arrange marriage irrespective to love marriage, as an individual choice is not given much
importance. After living in Canada, I have noticed that in Canadian culture, marriage takes
place by the consent of both the people, as they are more inclined towards love marriage.
According to the Civil marriage act, any person who is under the age of 18 years is not
entitled to marriage (Gurung & Prater, 2017).
After discussing the scenario of marriage in both countries, now the essay will
conduct an analysis of education. In India, women are more suppressed and treated with
inequality in respect of work, education, and inheritance. They have not given equal
opportunity to continue their education and achieve the goals and ambitions in their life. An
Indian person grows with a mindset that girls should not get educated or work, as they should
take care of the households work. I have seen in Canada that women’s are treated with justice
and equality, and satisfy their ambitions and dreams of their lives. Canadian thinks that
women also have an equal right to getting education and inheritance, which is distributed
equally. In the organization, women are also paid equal wages along with the men (Shepherd
& Lewis-Fernandez, 2016).

Sociology 2
Now, I am moving ahead of the discussion towards the way of life and diverse
civilizations in both the countries. Various cultural differences tend people towards
civilizations, which are vesture, nutrients, and life manners (Le Gall & Meintel, 2015).
Interview (conversation between my mother and me)
Me: What type of food did Indian people prefer?
Mother: Indian people prefer cooked food prepared by their mother as nutrient has several
spices, which make it tasty and flavourful. In many parts of this state, people are vegetarian
because of spiritual penchants. There are dishes for diverse festivals and occasions which
Indians love to eat.
As per my discussion with my mother, Indians love to eat together, which is a way of
spreading happiness and love. As a comparison to Canadian individual, they prefer canned,
frozen, and fast nutrient, which can be easily cooked because they do not have much time to
baked food and eat together. They have busy booked lives so they need all to set arranged in
a particular way. However, bulks of people in Canada prefer food such as nachos, pizza, and
greaser, which have been embraced by other countries (Popli, Akbar, Kumar & Gaur, 2016).
The vesture followed in India is conservative due to the reason that it shows the moral
tenets, traditions, and respect. It is stated that the women in India wear clothes that cover the
sexually attractive parts of their body (Ahmed, Shommu, Rumana, Barron, Wicklum &
Turin, 2016).
Interview (conversation between my mother and me)
Me: Why Indian people are more concerned about their clothes
Mother: Indian people are more concerned about their clothes because it represents tradition,
which is being followed by an era of the decade. They wear different clothes according to
every occasion and festivals. In India, it is to be considered that white colour to be pure and
warm.
As per my discussion, it is observed that Indian people follow a respectable fashion
pattern to deal with a better life. On the other hand, Canadian people are more proactive and
wear clothes that make them comfortable. The vesture in Canada commonly follows the trend
to be simple only. It is stated that black and white are commonly worn at the organization,