Asians immigrating to Canada fail to get assimilated with Whites

At least two generations of Asians immigrating to West end up as confused ones, failing to realize where they belong to. The one which immigrates, is unable to assimilate to new culture, not willing to forget his own and not able to absorb the traditions of new country.

Take a very small example. Most Indians immigrating to Canada would have a cooker as an essential item with them as they are advised cooker is very expensive item over there. In my neighborhood, when a Punjabi family shifted, fire alarm went up thrice- triggered by cooker and its whistle. Result- fire brigade-Police-Ambulance Van arriving there. Because of strong smell of turmeric, an essential ingredient without which no Indian food is complete, at least one neighbor shifted.

As a result, you will see small localities of Punjabis or Chinese in Canada, especially in eastern and western coast regions. In these localities, even signboards on shops are in native language and you wont see many whites. Examples are, Surrey, Delta, Burnaby regions in Vancouver, North East area in Calgary and Brampton in Toronto.

New generations are always told virtues of their culture and are always reminded that you belong to so and so country, race etc, something they are unable to relate back as they have never been or rarely been to home country- be it India, Pakistan, Lanka etc.

On the other hand, whites expect, once you have moved, you start living peacefully like them, but in a foreign land the “patriotic” or “religious” instincts get stronger. Back home in India, if one has not participated in festival march, as happens before gurupurabs, but here it is unthinkable by any standards.

Both the United States and Canada are immigrant countries with professed immigration policies, but with entirely different methods of taking in new residents.

These countries offer better living standards and quality of life. I am not debating pro or against immigration- that is an individual’s own preference. All I need to emphasize is to adopt the "melting pot" principle so as to adapt with the majority and adopt their supposedly shared way of life, while leaving behind the culture that had shaped them thus far.

One should tend to integrate in the country and assimilate in that culture- striving to make it a better place than what it was before his immigration there, no matter where they come from or which religion they believe in.