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Globalization and Human Relationship

Nasim Hassan March 26, 2007

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#14 Posted by tahmed32 on March 27, 2007 5:41:56 pm
Before globalization, you could not learn anything by video...

How not to rob a liquor store
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#12 Posted by aquaris on March 27, 2007 11:53:35 am


Where would you put the virtual movement.......!!


you do not have to physically present, yet you can Move to virtually any place on earth, with a telecommunication Line.


..eg the internet, telecommunication, the call centers, the outsourcing....etc..etc..etc....and.....etc...





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#9 Posted by Ahadaustin on March 27, 2007 7:05:25 am
Dear Nasim

Great, Remarkable, Revealing, Mind, and Eyes opener piece of writing. I just wanted to thank you soooo much for all that you wrote, It is really great and I take my hat off to you for sharing with us all superior thoughts and views on Globalization & South Asian.

Met and lived with all kind of immigrates in 11 countries. But feel very depressing for `` temporary Yateem and Bewahs Jo bin baap aur Sohor/Patee kay zindagi guzarta hai sara saal especiallyguys in GCC regions who kiya katay hain in English main ``Out of sight out of mind``.

Thks & Regds

Universe / World / Asian / South Asia /Pakistan / Sindh / Karachi / Zelah Westi (Central) `s Explorer
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#11 Posted by hassann on March 27, 2007 7:33:21 am
Re: # 9

Thanks for kind comments. I have also lived upto six months in various countries of Africa, Middle East and Europe. I have seen first hand how the South Asian live in Middle East.

I have also observed families where the husband lives in the Middle East and family is in Pakistan. It is not few years, it is decades. Kids education, home and living expenses force these people to live far away from their families.

I have also observed my own relatives who came to the USA and it took more than ten years to get their families here.

Although my opionions are biased and subjective but I never write about anything that does not have factual foundations. Nasim
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#8 Posted by catfischblues on March 27, 2007 12:33:35 am

#5 - my point exactly.

``This world belongs to the whole human race and all living beings. ``

Then it is a good thing that the human race has chosen to lead more international lives. One son in Australia, the other in Europe and the parents in India- it’s a wonderful story. The parents have raised their sons to be independent and explore a world greater than themselves; therefore expanding their knowledge and souls and collecting experiences, making these individuals far more interesting human beings.

Globalization also implies the disappearance of nationalities and borders and the localization of cultures. What should it matter now, where human beings live- I say we should terminate boundaries and the useless parade of nationalism. It`s got us nowhere in the last two hundred years, where will it get us now?

Let`s attempt at being citizens of the world- see where it leads us!


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#21 Posted by ZahraJ on March 28, 2007 8:41:11 pm
Re: # 8

Good points.

To take it a step further, I have issues when the parents sitting in India try to control the lives of their children all over the world when it comes to marriage. Secondly, when the south asian parents become the 1st generation immigrants in other parts of the world and do not instill in their children the value of diversity and globalization, that`s a killer. As a result, those children may live a quality life but are not able to progress in their approach and continue with the baggage of their parents` expectations. Instead of exercising options and making choices for themselves, they end up being slaves of their parents` or elders` expectations. And that`s where we crush that spirit that could have risen higher and gone farther than anticipated.
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#7 Posted by ZahraJ on March 26, 2007 9:21:17 pm
[Globalization has stressed all relationships.]

I do not know if stressed is the right word here. The worst kind of relationship is where a husband and wife are living on two different continents. That to me is the most stupid form of a relationship/companionship. It`s better not to get into marriage than be in this kind of a relationship. Why can`t people find their spouses where they live? I am not referring to the labor class here. I am talking about the educated idiots who land up with better-halves in different parts of the world and then expect them to become a new person the next day.

Having two friends make this mistake recently, I think it`s real important for parents to be realistic and stop hammering on preserving any cultural or for that matter religious identity. What`s more important at the end? To have a companion in life and not to have a liability and emotional trauma hovering over one`s head. Both of my female friends are supporting their spouses financially since they have the upper hand. I won`t blame globalization here. I would blame lack of farsightedness despite having all the global resources at one`s beck and call.
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#5 Posted by GT on March 26, 2007 3:32:34 pm

I stopped reading after the following:

``Not long ago, human society was settled and people were living for generations in small villages, towns and cities. Very few left their familiar surroundings. They stayed in ancestral homes even when faced with financial hardships. Humanity was tied to various tribes, clans and extended family.

Beginning with the early twentieth century when the huge colonial empires emerged, people began to move. The imperial powers sent out representatives all across the world to rule far away places and control the colonies.``

1. Romans, Indians, Arabs, Mongols ...... were doing what?
2. The Potugese, Spanish, Dutch etc. were hot `huge` colonial empires?
3. How big was the slave trade?

.....etc. etc.
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#6 Posted by ZahraJ on March 26, 2007 5:30:52 pm
Nasim - When you get a chance, do watch Kate and Leopold. Whenever I read your articles, I am reminded of Leopold :) It`s an old movie, but was playing on TBS in the past few weekends. You may actually enjoy it. It`s also about human relationships.

I will be back with my serious notes :)

Thanks.
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#10 Posted by hassann on March 27, 2007 7:22:47 am
Re: # 6 ZahraJ

I will try to look up Kate and Leopold in the local video store or perhaps in the library. It does not surprise me at all. Quartul Ain Haider has written a novel, `` Aag Ka Darya``. In this novel she starts with certain characters in prehistoric India.

The same characters appear in different times over centuries in changed circumstances. Their thinking, feeling, emotions are exactly the same and they end up doing the same things over and over again.

So the similarities will always be there between people.

I will certainly let you know my thoughts about the movie if I can find it.
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#13 Posted by ZahraJ on March 27, 2007 2:27:20 pm
Re: # 10

Naseem - You have to watch the movie and focus on Leopold. Only then you will understand what I am referring to :) I do not think we are on the same page.

Take Care.
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#3 Posted by arjun2 on March 26, 2007 9:39:52 am
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#2 Posted by Shah2 on March 26, 2007 8:45:35 am
90 % of people in india stil live in villages where potable water roads and elecricity is nil or at best scarce..it is only fraction of population that make to calcutta Bombay delhi....
Similarly barring Eurpean countries including USA ,in reas of the world,the standard of living is below comparetively... Vietnam thailand Indonesia to name few...this globalization thing is of rich people and country
and Al Gore is not the common citizen of world population represnting global warming and environmentalist
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#1 Posted by aslam644 on March 26, 2007 7:45:24 am
nasim sahab
some factual errors, immigration from europe wasn`t only to north america,they went to south america as well, population of argentina is over 90% of european descent.

more later
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#4 Posted by GT on March 26, 2007 3:24:27 pm
Re: # 1

`` population of argentina is over 90% of european descent``

That is what the `white` Argentinians believe and say!
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