Hello!
I’m new here, and I’m sure you get posts like this a lot so I hope mine isn’t too irritating. Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me!
I recently transferred to a new department in my company that outsources some of their work to India. I work with a wonderful group of people there and I may get the opportunity, sometime in the future, to travel to their offices there.
Firstly, and although this isn't specific to Indian women's issues, I am hoping someone might be able to suggest a good book or books about Indian culture and history, both in case I travel there and also so that I can learn more about the culture of the people I work with (south/southeastern India).
Onto the questions I have that are more pertinent to this forum:
I work with many people who have had been lucky enough to travel to India, but I don’t want to seem too nosy or eager so I haven’t questioned them much about their trip(s). I have heard bits and peices however, and am very curious.
One person I recently spoke to mentioned that outside of work, the only people he went out with were the men. I was surprised and a bit disappointed by this; I was really hoping that my coworkers there would take me out and show me around, but since I am female I’m not sure if it either wouldn’t happen at all, or if I would only go out with the women that work there (all of whom are of course very nice, but there are a lot of guys there that I would like to get to know better as well). I was surprised also because there seems to be complete equality in the workplace there - a lot of higher-ups there are women.
(I would like to add that I’m not making a judgment here, and I certainly understand that there are cultural differences and that they may have more traditional gender divisions than what I am used to, at least when socializing).
Now, before anyone points it out I know I would be there to work, not socialize - I would be working a lot too (and long hours). But I also think it will be a really cool opportunity to learn about another culture, one I am not very familiar with, and build a stronger bond with the people I work with there. They seem like a really nice and fun group.
Additionally, I heard that there are some laws against women going out after dark? I heard some talk about this but again, I didn’t want to seem nosy and I didn’t want to sound like I was judging; I was surprised, but really more curious than anything.
Thanks in advance to anyone who is willing to help me overcome my ignorance. I hope it’s okay to post any more questions I might have if I think of anything.
I’m new here, and I’m sure you get posts like this a lot so I hope mine isn’t too irritating. Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me!
I recently transferred to a new department in my company that outsources some of their work to India. I work with a wonderful group of people there and I may get the opportunity, sometime in the future, to travel to their offices there.
Firstly, and although this isn't specific to Indian women's issues, I am hoping someone might be able to suggest a good book or books about Indian culture and history, both in case I travel there and also so that I can learn more about the culture of the people I work with (south/southeastern India).
Onto the questions I have that are more pertinent to this forum:
I work with many people who have had been lucky enough to travel to India, but I don’t want to seem too nosy or eager so I haven’t questioned them much about their trip(s). I have heard bits and peices however, and am very curious.
One person I recently spoke to mentioned that outside of work, the only people he went out with were the men. I was surprised and a bit disappointed by this; I was really hoping that my coworkers there would take me out and show me around, but since I am female I’m not sure if it either wouldn’t happen at all, or if I would only go out with the women that work there (all of whom are of course very nice, but there are a lot of guys there that I would like to get to know better as well). I was surprised also because there seems to be complete equality in the workplace there - a lot of higher-ups there are women.
(I would like to add that I’m not making a judgment here, and I certainly understand that there are cultural differences and that they may have more traditional gender divisions than what I am used to, at least when socializing).
Now, before anyone points it out I know I would be there to work, not socialize - I would be working a lot too (and long hours). But I also think it will be a really cool opportunity to learn about another culture, one I am not very familiar with, and build a stronger bond with the people I work with there. They seem like a really nice and fun group.
Additionally, I heard that there are some laws against women going out after dark? I heard some talk about this but again, I didn’t want to seem nosy and I didn’t want to sound like I was judging; I was surprised, but really more curious than anything.
Thanks in advance to anyone who is willing to help me overcome my ignorance. I hope it’s okay to post any more questions I might have if I think of anything.
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