This brings to mind a very Hapa notion. Here is Kip Fulbeck, the founder of the Hapa Project:

“identity is a personal process and i’m adamant that it should be a personal decision, not one made by a community, a government or others.”  

It is quintessentially Hapa to believe identity is a personal decision.

This is an idea I don't believe in. And after 5 days in India, in fact, I don't believe in it with even greater conviction. Indeed, India teaches us identity is way more than a "personal decision."