In marriage it is never white for the bride. |
Kusum Saxena |
Asian Indian |
Ceremonies & Rituals, Family, Gender Roles, Marriage, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values |
50 Years of India's Independence. |
Vasant Sukhatme |
Asian Indian |
Ethnic Festivals, Life in the Old Country, Politics & Government |
We had a big drought in India - we felt that maybe we should do something about it. |
Jagadish Desai |
Asian Indian |
Cultural Centers, Life in the Old Country, Politics & Government |
Preserving Asian Indian culture in Rochester, Minnesota. |
Prasanna Mishra |
Asian Indian |
Ceremonies & Rituals, Cultural Centers, Ethnic Festivals, Religion, Cultural Preservation, We Are Here |
Kids grow independent very quickly. |
Lincoln Gada |
Asian Indian |
Becoming Americans, Culture Clash, Family, Problems in America |
Sacrifices made for the sake of education. |
Lisa Gada Norton |
Asian Indian |
Education, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values |
Finding a wife in India. |
Ram Gada |
Asian Indian |
Family, Gender Roles, Marriage, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values |
It was made clear from day one that you would go to college. |
Pennamma Cherucheril |
Asian Indian |
Education, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values |
The relatives ask, 'Why isn’t she married?' |
Nayana Ramakrishnan |
Asian Indian |
Family, Gender Roles, Marriage, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values |
I don't see divorce as an option. |
Deepak Nath |
Asian Indian |
Family, Gender Roles, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values |
In India, the bricks of society are the family. |
Nirupama Misra |
Asian Indian |
Family, Gender Roles, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values |
In India, they call them servants. |
Deepak Nath |
Asian Indian |
Culture Clash, Economics, Class & Work, Life in the Old Country |
In India, if you got a job, it stays with you your whole life. |
Sudhansu Misra |
Asian Indian |
Work, Class & Work, Life in the Old Country |
The value of hard work cannot be substituted with anything in this world. |
Deepak Nath |
Asian Indian |
Education, Family, Class & Work, Life in the Old Country |
A different way of thinking. |
Aparna Ganguli |
Asian Indian |
Culture Clash, Family, Gender Roles, Class & Work, Life in the Old Country |
I thought if I could go abroad, I could expand my horizons. |
Ram Gada |
Asian Indian |
Education, Work, Coming to America, Push & Pull Factors |
We were two frightened young girls leaving our home village for the first time. |
Pennamma Cherucheril |
Asian Indian |
Education, Coming to America, Push & Pull Factors |
Research opportunities in Pennsylvania. |
Prasanna Mishra |
Asian Indian |
Work, Coming to America, Push & Pull Factors |
I remember sitting with my mother near the Statue of Liberty. |
Nirupama Misra |
Asian Indian |
Family, Coming to America, Push & Pull Factors |
It was a major step to leave your country, to come here on a piece of paper. |
Nayana Ramakrishnan |
Asian Indian |
Work, Coming to America, Push & Pull Factors |
We felt like they were guardian angels. |
Pennamma Cherucheril |
Asian Indian |
Language, Travel to U.S., Coming to America, The Journey |
I didn't have much chance to sit back and think about how far I had really come from home. |
Sudhansu Misra |
Asian Indian |
Travel to U.S., Coming to America, The Journey |
We are going to Minny-sota. |
Nayana Ramakrishnan |
Asian Indian |
Travel to U.S., Coming to America, The Journey |
My father bought a thermal for me to wear under the sari. |
Aparna Ganguli |
Asian Indian |
Travel to U.S., Coming to America, The Journey |
We had an excitement that we were going to a new country. |
Lincoln Gada |
Asian Indian |
Immigration Policy, Travel to U.S., Coming to America, The Journey |
It takes three days to go from one part of India to the other. |
Prasanna Mishra |
Asian Indian |
Ties to Homeland, Coming to America, The Journey |
We came in January to Minnesota, which was quite a shock in itself. |
Nayana Ramakrishnan |
Asian Indian |
Assimilation, Becoming Americans, Food, Language, New Immigrant Experiences, Travel to U.S. |
We had never used silverware in our lives. |
Nayana Ramakrishnan |
Asian Indian |
Assimilation, Becoming Americans, Food, New Immigrant Experiences |
Finding a balance. |
Deepak Nath |
Asian Indian |
Assimilation, Becoming Americans, Bi-Cultural |
According to them, I’ve become very Americanized. |
Bash Singh |
Asian Indian |
Assimilation, Becoming Americans, Culture Clash, Economics |
Whatever country you live in, be fit for that country. |
Abul Hasan Siddiqui |
Asian Indian |
Assimilation, Becoming Americans, Citizenship, Religion |
Integrated into our wider community. |
Lisa Gada Norton |
Asian Indian |
Assimilation, Becoming Americans, Bi-Cultural |
I am probably going to become a citizen very soon, because I think now I am vested here. |
Nirupama Misra |
Asian Indian |
Assimilation, Becoming Americans, Citizenship |
It was different, very different, from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. |
Prasanna Mishra |
Asian Indian |
Assimilation, Becoming Americans, New Immigrant Experiences |
The Beatles, Indian culture, and America in the 1960s. |
Nirupama Misra |
Asian Indian |
Assimilation, Becoming Americans, Youth Experiences |
Pulled in two directions. |
Ravinder Manku |
Asian Indian |
Assimilation, Becoming Americans, Bi-Cultural, Generation Gap, Identity |
There is more access to knowledge. |
Prasanna Mishra |
Asian Indian |
Becoming Americans, Education, Opportunities in America |
It is better to stay here, because, as a woman, I have more rights. |
Deep Shikha Gupta |
Asian Indian |
Becoming Americans, Freedom, Gender Roles, Ties to Homeland, Opportunities in America |
In those days, they took only 100 immigrants from India. |
Sudhansu Misra |
Asian Indian |
Becoming Americans, Immigration Policy, Work, Opportunities in America |
Everything is not all great and good, but it just gives you the freedom to do so much here. |
Nayana Ramakrishnan |
Asian Indian |
Becoming Americans, Freedom, Opportunities in America |
It's definitely a taught hatred, and it's taught ignorance. |
Deepak Nath |
Asian Indian |
Becoming Americans, Culture Clash, Discrimination, Youth Experiences, Problems in America |
I didn't grow up here. |
Kusum Saxena |
Asian Indian |
Becoming Americans, Culture Clash, Generation Gap, Problems in America |
I didn’t know what a library was. |
Nayana Ramakrishnan |
Asian Indian |
Becoming Americans, New Immigrant Experiences, Problems in America |
You're the bridge. |
Rajiv Shah |
Asian Indian |
Becoming Americans, Bi-Cultural, Generation Gap, Problems in America |
We didn't know how to ask anybody for directions. |
Pennamma Cherucheril |
Asian Indian |
Becoming Americans, Culture Clash, Language, Travel to U.S., Problems in America |
Sometimes we make our kids live in two different worlds. |
Deep Shikha Gupta |
Asian Indian |
Becoming Americans, Culture Clash, Generation Gap, Identity, Problems in America |
What is it going to mean to have Indian heritage? |
Nirupama Misra |
Asian Indian |
Family, Identity, Cultural Preservation, We Are Here |
Hindu celebrations. |
Deepak Nath |
Asian Indian |
Ceremonies & Rituals, Ethnic Festivals, Religion, Cultural Preservation, We Are Here |
It's been such a blessing to have two cultures. |
Nirupama Misra |
Asian Indian |
Bi-Cultural, Identity, Cultural Preservation, We Are Here |
Celebrating Diwali and Holi in Rochester, Minnesota |
Prasanna Mishra |
Asian Indian |
Ceremonies & Rituals, Cultural Centers, Ethnic Festivals, Religion, Cultural Preservation, We Are Here |
The Festival of India. |
Nirupama Misra |
Asian Indian |
Arts, Cultural Centers, Ethnic Festivals, Food, Cultural Preservation, We Are Here |
Indian associations and culture schools. |
Ram Gada |
Asian Indian |
Cultural Centers, Cultural Preservation, We Are Here |
The plan was to return to India after finishing one’s graduate degree. |
Vasant Sukhatme |
Asian Indian |
Education, Family, Work, Coming to America, Push & Pull Factors |
Gada & Associates: Energy Conservation Work. |
Ram Gada |
Asian Indian |
Economics, Work, Contributions, We Are Here |
Helping battered women. |
Kusum Saxena |
Asian Indian |
Civic Engagement, Gender Roles, Contributions, We Are Here |
If you choose to interview a person who has another culture, you're getting like two people. |
Nirupama Misra |
Asian Indian |
Bi-Cultural, Civic Engagement, Contributions, We Are Here |