Shikhar Dhawan Quotes

I've got tremendous respect for different cultures, for the food and everything.

I think that we in the West expect people to adapt to our culture very, very quickly when they come to our country. But when we go over to someone else's, I don't think we are willing to meet them halfway like we expect them to meet us. I think having cultural sensitivity is a lot more important than we realize.

Personally, I have been enriched by my experiences in Egypt and America, and feel fortunate to have been endowed with a true passion for knowledge.

Genuine cosmopolitanism is a rare thing. It requires comfort with real difference, with forms of life that are truly exotic relative to one's own.

I love getting to have different food and getting to be around different people and different cultures and different ways people look at life. It's really kind of helped me open up my mind and see the world from different perspectives.

Who could think that children from the pockets of Himalaya sing folklore from Scotland and vice versa? Such an education in the initial years develops compassion and mutual respect for each other's skills.

The joy of tasting different cultures is it gives you a broad perspective, and you don't judge people from stereotypical characters you see in films.

Africa doesn't leap on you immediately; it seeps slowly, and it's incredibly important to be respectful and humble there.

Living abroad has heightened my interest in how foreigners regard the strange places we encounter.

Well, if you look at all of the cultures in America, this is a great opportunity for us to really get acquainted with the rest of the world. America is the only place you can do that, but we don't have sense enough to take advantage of that.

I wanted to introduce a contemporary Asia to a North American audience.

I say the same thing that I've said for decades now, which is: don't go over to Japan trying to change it, thinking that you know better. Go there trying to understand.

It's always overwhelming when you come to another country and you're embraced in such a positive way.

It's different cultures that make the world go 'round at the end of the day.

One thing I found very interesting about comedians around the world was their knowledge of stuff outside of their own culture and comfort zone. That's not very common in the States. We produce our own soft power, which is pop culture, but we rarely try to absorb and learn information from other cultures and countries.

Believing in each culture's right to be understood by the other party without any form of falseness or distortion is paramount.

There will be no room, here, for the smug myopia which views American civilization as the final solution to all world problems; which recommends our institutions for universal adoption and turns away with contempt from the serious study of the institutions of peoples whose civilizations may seem to us to be materially less advanced.

One can never be certain what is in the mind of the oriental but we must leave the oriental no doubt what is in our mind.

I wish more Americans would travel here. I always encourage my friends: 'Travel. See the Middle East. There's so much to see, so many good people.' And it's vice versa, and it helps stop problems of misunderstanding and stereotypes from happening.

I don't think that people understand enough about each other's cultures any more.

Wherever you go, respect the local culture or you will suffer.

The experience of travelling, getting familiar with other languages, other cultures definitely helps. It makes you a better person.

Getting access to diverse civilizations should be easy, and languages are the gateway to that.

I think cross-cultural dialogue is something that has hugely impacted the richness of the culture of our world.

Cultural differences can be delicate situations we have to work within the respectful boundaries of.