US -born Indians are now hugging their native country more than before, claim reports
Indian-American is bending more towards their Indian identity than before and they feel that they are equally Indian and American, although they are born in the US, a report of Carnegie settlement for international peace has been revealed. A report based on a 2024 Indian-American attitude survey showed that 86 percent of the American-born Indian-Americans said that being an Indian is an important party of their upbringing, while the figure was 70 percent in 2020. The ratio of respondents identified as “Indian American” fell, while the identity ratio as “Asian Indian” increased, the report states. The survey was conducted online from over 1206 Indian-American adults, including both American citizens and non-citizens. The report said, “The idea of being both Indian and American is getting stronger.”
Role of Indian food and culture
The report said, “Nonsitzens had the largest degree of personal, ongoing relations with India, but both American-birth and natural citizens displayed important cultural relations with their Indian roots. For example, overall, eight out of ten Indian Americans reported to eat Indian food in the month before the survey,” reported in the report. Indian television or films were seen in the last month, when the survey was conducted, while 38 percent of Indian dances, music or art were associated with some form or fashion in the last six months. Only 7 percent of the respondents reported to be attached to any of these cultural practices.
On the identity of the caste
The report said that 32 percent of the survey respondents said that they did not identify any caste. 46 percent identified as general or upper caste. The overwhelming majority of Indian American respondents formally supported measures to formally release caste discrimination. “One of the two respondents reported to experience discrimination in the last one year, the most common form was a biased treatment based on the skin color. Indian Americans have considered discrimination against Muslims to be particularly common, “said this.
