Let me interest you to two books that explore the current preoccupation with questions of identity and culture.

The first one Pico Ayer’s “The Global Soul: Jet-lag, shopping malls and the search for home”. Pico Ayer uses his own background of multicultural upbringing (Indian, American, and British) to reflect on who you are, where you are or what you are. The Observer reviewer claims that Ayer “ helps us understand the disoriented, directionless, contemporary condition”.

The second book is David Pollock’s and Ruth Van Reken’s book “Third Culture Kids”. It speaks to the challenges and rewards of a multicultural childhood – the joy of discovery, the meaning of personal identity, and the complexities of transition.

Both books are interesting reading for those who want to understand our modern cultural condition.