Dhyaneshwar Chawan and Arun Chawan
Recorded
March 26, 2015
46:02 minutes
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Id:
sfb003161
Description
Dhyaneshwar B. Chawan (74) talks with his son Arun Chawan (37) about his life growing up, going to school and working in India, coming to the US in the 1960's, marrying and having children and his reflections on his life and work.Subject Log / Time Code
D tells about life in India as the son of a civil servant that worked in agriculture.
D grew up near orchards and came to love plants.
D's father was in a United Nations agriculture program and toured the world with his work.
D came to the US to further his graduate school education. He arrived in the turbulent 1960's and was shocked at the protests over civil rights and the Vietnam War.
D tells of his courtship with Arun's mother.
D explains Indian traditions that apply compassion. "Food unites people through the heart".
A tells about his father returning from frequent trips and bringing back presents for him and his siblings.
Participants
- Dhyaneshwar Chawan
- Arun Chawan
Recording Locations
SFPLVenue / Recording Kit
Keywords
Subjects
- 1960s, Sixties
- Advice
- Assimilation, Acculturation
- Birth of children
- Brothers
- Childhood memories
- Children
- Children's Games
- Civil Rights Movement
- College, University
- Cooking
- Dating
- Eating
- Engagements
- Ethnic Foods
- Ethnic Identity
- Farm Life
- Fatherhood
- Fathers
- Favorite Foods
- First Job
- Generational Identity
- Graduate School, Grad School
- Grandchildren
- Historical Events And People
- Houses
- Immigration Stories
- Job Satisfaction
- Legacy
- Marriage
- Marriage Proposals
- Mothers
- Moving
- National Identity
- Neighborhood Life
- Rural Life
- Scientific
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Town Life
- Traditions
- Travel Stories
- Urban Life
- Vietnam War
- Weddings