What is passive aggressive behaviour? Well, passive aggressive behaviour is a big part of the Indian culture and the Indian psyche. You see, ours is not a culture of confrontation. It is quite the opposite. South Asians go to great lengths to hide their true feelings. If they are angry about something, it is not discussed directly. But instead the anger is shown in a different way.
An angry relative may feign an illness to avoid going to a function. This relative will never give the real reason for not attending but just say he/she was not well. Giving “the silent treatment” is also passive aggressive behaviour. You are not going to discuss why you are angry but will just ignore or avoid the other person.
Passive aggressive behaviour does not resolve issues. In fact, it makes things worse. There is more room for misunderstanding. The problem can’t be fixed if you are not willing to talk about it. The other person may never know why or what you are mad about.
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Posted by: faith | 05/04/2012 at 01:12 PM
Thank you so much for sharing Passive Agressive Behaviour. I learned some infos which is very useful for my thesis. Thank you again and hope to read more from ur post.
Posted by: racher | 05/08/2012 at 09:26 AM
Nice article. You articulated very well what I had known for some time about passive-aggressiveness of Indians but have difficulty dealing with.
It will help foreigners & returning NRIs and even other Indians if you also tell how to deal with passive-aggressiveness of Indians, especially considering that this is an Indian cultural trait that can't be cured/corrected by just asking every Indian they interact/work with to stop being passive-aggressive because that will be considered confrontational by the Indian. Please point me to the webpage if you have already talked about the issue there.
Thanks.
Posted by: Prakash | 11/06/2012 at 08:27 PM