Ms. Acharia-Bath arranged for Lady Gaga's hit single "Born This Way" to be remixed by two sets of producers: The Bollywood team of Salim and Sulaiman and Culture Shock, a Canada-based band and production team.

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It was a culture shock after his self-confessed "easy life" back home -- where he admits a love for the local alcohol kava resulted in him getting a gold tooth after coming off second best in a drunken fight.

CNN: From the front line to the try line

For them, Kabul, with its large Persian-speaking Tajik and Hazara community, comes as a culture shock.

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Three and a half years ago Forbes merged its dot-com and magazine editorial staffs, and we magazine editors got a dose of culture shock.

FORBES: When You Just Don't Fit In At The Office

The report, which then led to a public inquiry due to be published later this year, sent shock waves through the system and has ushered in a new culture of accountability and whistle-blowing.

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