Kiran Desai

In India, if you are from the elite, dogs are extremely important. The breed of the dog indicates your wealth, that you are westernized. The cook, another human being, is on a much lower level than your dog. You see this all the time.

Indian Author

Pankaj Mishra

No Muslim country has ever done as much as Turkey to make itself over in the image of a European nation-state; the country's westernised elite brutally imposed secularism, among other things, on its devout population of peasants.

Indian Novelist

Leila Aboulela

I grew up in a very westernised environment and went to a private American school. But my personality was shy and quiet, and I wanted to wear the hijab but didn't have the courage, as I knew my friends would talk me out of it.

Sudanese Writer

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

I never really had any close friends in India, and I felt a terrible loneliness and isolation for many years. Westernized Indians don't like my books and I tend not to like westernized Indians - so we're quits.

German Novelist

Romesh Ranganathan

My parents are super westernized. My mom listens to western music, my dad was like a pub landlord so he properly embraced English life. But the truth is they both came from tiny villages in Sri Lanka.

British Comedian

Nathan Deal

On the other hand, the vast majority of all westernized countries, including every single European country along with Israel and Japan, do not offer birthright citizenship.

American Politician

Christie Hefner

It's embarrassing to be in the only westernized economy that doesn't have paid family leave and flex scheduling, and that disproportionately helps women.

American Businesswoman

Zhang Jindong

Best Buy went and hired a lot of Shanghai staff, but went and westernised them. They only work eight hours a day!

Chinese Businessman

Zozibini Tunzi

Society has been conditioned for a very long time to see beauty as something that's been westernised.

South African Model

Joe Ingles

Tel Aviv is extremely westernised, it's like a little America.

Australian Basketball Player

Relates to adopting Western styles in behavior, dress, or lifestyle.

Cultural Influence

Often used in discussions about globalization's impact on local traditions.

Globalization Effects

Can carry a negative connotation when it implies the loss of local heritage.

Not Always Positive

 so I grew up seeing my mother as a divorcee in a patriarchal environment. In fact, I grew up observing two different kinds of womanhood. On the one hand was my mother, a well-educated, secular, modern, westernized, Turkish woman. On the other hand was my grandmother,

The politics of fiction...

 taking the charge here and i i really don't know why that is i mean maybe it's because our our communities have adopted westernized society this westernized westernized forms of government where you know women are still subjugated on some sense but