Dear Gautam:

You are welcome, looking forward to read your next post.

Regarding “the art of being straight forward and authentic… Indian parenting doesn’t teach us this art, we prefer not hurting others by either keeping our mouths shut or playing with words”-

I am familiar with parenting that does that, it is not strictly Indian parenting that promotes “keeping our mouths shut or playing with words”-

– it is a wonderful thing though, that when we are aware and we understand, that we can choose our behavior (even though it is scary to do so). When we choose, we become creators rather than reactors, we create attitudes and behaviors that were discouraged by our parents, but we choose them because they are helpful, they work for our emotional health and for the quality of our future relationships.

anita