{"id":14424,"date":"2011-08-13T05:52:57","date_gmt":"2011-08-13T09:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kanglaonline.com\/?p=22159"},"modified":"2011-08-13T05:52:57","modified_gmt":"2011-08-13T09:52:57","slug":"how-informative-are-the-east-asians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/2011\/08\/13\/how-informative-are-the-east-asians\/","title":{"rendered":"How informative are the East Asians?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\">var addthis_product='wpp-252';var addthis_options=\"Google+1\"<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/s7.addthis.com\/js\/250\/addthis_widget.js#pubid=kanglaonline\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>By: Maisnam Chanu Liklainu<\/p>\n<p>I met two Chinese girls who didnt know about Bruce Lee. A teacher once  told us- people who speak the Mandarin are the brainiest lot. The two  Chinese girls were an exception. They had little knowlege about Bruce Lee  and other things&#8230;..  I guess they called him something in Chinese&#8230; I  was shocked&#8230;..Bruce Lee is a big hit here&#8230;Till today ,there are  people who religiously watch his flicks made in Hongkong&#8230; Every  year, many students from East Asia flocked to India.<\/p>\n<p>I was fascinated by  the Chinese and even took up a course in Chinese Studies&#8230;I love to  read about the rise of China, its economy,the relations with its  neighbours and then its sporting prowess&#8230;.Latter, I shifted to Japanese  Studies &#8230;.I came across so many friends from East Asia&#8230;.The most  difficult part was communicating with them&#8230;.It was very ,very dificult  to communicate with the East Asian students&#8230;They looked very  lovely  and very subdued.<\/p>\n<p>The epitome of Confucianism&#8230;&#8230;. Confucianism as a  belief is admirable but females are expected to be submissive.Our  friends  from East Asia weren&#8217;t argumentative,interactive or  participatory&#8230;.The East Asian students didnt want to mingle  much&#8230;.They were okay with the Northeasteners like me&#8230;.I could sense  their paranoia and uneasiness with others .  The East Asians lack  ettiquetes and the social skills. They look refined and polished in soap  operas and movies.<\/p>\n<p>There is a story&#8230;..Once an Indian  Professor went  to Korea. He took a cab. In the course of the conversation between the  cabbie and the Indian Professor&#8230;..The Korean cabbie  said to the  Indian Professor-&#8221;Oh India,you are from my enemy country.&#8221; On the other  hand, Indians would never say  this to a Pakistani. In one of the  seminars on East Asia&#8230; A Japanese women referred to Indians as very  backward. To them India was all about snakes and people living in  slums. The teachers gathered on that day  handled those remarks very  well. This was where Indians score over them&#8230;&#8230;Which is the art of  diplomacy.<\/p>\n<p>Then,I met a Japanese girl, Ria&#8230;.She was very shrewd&#8230;.She  narrated to me how her general knowledge about Manipur came in handy. She  knew about Ibobi,the capital of Manipur, and several other  tidbits&#8230;.This came in handy when she visited the Taj or any other  monuments of importance in India.She bluffed the people in the ticket  counter that she was from Manipur. The people in the ticket counter  asked all those questions  to ascertain whether she actually was from  Manipur or a foreigner&#8230;..She was crafty enough to pose as a  Meitei&#8230;.She didnt have to pay for visiting those  important  monuments. Another Korean researcher knew everything about Manipur. How  many tribes are there, how many districts,who belongs to general category  and who belongs to Schedule Caste and who belongs to Schedule Tribe&#8230; I  was pleasantly surprised. Further,another Korean I met was Yoon.She  used to take my class notes.She lost that class notes written in a big  fat Register. The Register contained many important information about  English Literature which I copied painstakingly during my graduation  days and wanted to keep it for future reference. I had to bid farewell to  that Register. She lost it in an auto-rikshaw. My worst days and  nightmare came after that incident&#8230;.East Asians,we love them&#8230;There  are numerous instances of their quirkiness. They can be  weird, funky, whacky, blunt and odd at times.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>The East Asian girls are  cute. Their countries project cute as a soft power element. They are all  the product of that<\/em>&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png?x-id=3f06d1f4-df0b-411f-99bc-b7958f357652\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">Read more \/ Original news source: <a href=\"http:\/\/kanglaonline.com\/2011\/08\/how-informative-are-the-east-asians\/\">http:\/\/kanglaonline.com\/2011\/08\/how-informative-are-the-east-asians\/<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Maisnam Chanu Liklainu I met two Chinese girls who didnt know about Bruce Lee. A teacher once told us- people who speak the Mandarin are the brainiest lot. 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