The focus of this study sets out to address issues, such as whether the Sri Lankan Sinhalese speaking students in traditional communities better develop interdependent concept than the Sinhalese speaking students living in a different cultural context, and to what extent a cultural context affects the Students’ perceptions of self-concept on interdependence and independence. This research compares a sample of 40 Sinhalese students living in Colombo in Sri Lanka and a sample of 20 Sinhalese students living in New Delhi in India. The respondents were asked to complete a structured self-completion questionnaire emailed to them. The findings seem to suggest that culture teaches one how to think, conditions one how to feel, and instructs one how to act, especially how to interact with others. It concludes that both the Sinhalese speaking students in Colombo and in New Delhi have well-developed interdependent self-concept and independent self-concept. It is also suggested that the traditional cultural values brought with the native Sinhalese students have been well-preserved even in a different cultural context.