Vimal Nikore and Sonia Nikore
Recorded
October 17, 2023
Archived
October 17, 2023
40:30 minutes
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Id:
atl004865
Description
Sonia Nikore [no age given] talks with her mom, Vimal Nikore [no age given], about her life following the 1947 Partition of India. They discuss education as well as Vimal's decision to immigrate to the United States.Subject Log / Time Code
Vimal says she was born in Bhakhar, India, very close to the Khyber Pass.
Vimal talks about the 1947 Partition of India, and says her father took a job as a rationing officer.
Vimal says her family did spend some time in a refugee camp before settling in Delhi.
Vimal says she lived in Delhi until 1983 when she immigrated to the United States. She says her father told her to study the Sanskrit language.
Vimal says after nine months she changed her studies to the regular B honors. She says she chose psychology and scored the highest marks.
Vimal says she got married out of college and had three children. She says her youngest child, Sonia, was in middle school when they came to the United States.
Vimal talks about leaving India so that she could be more than an object - a possession. She calls it a battle for sanity.
Sonia asks her mom how she survived this period. Vimal talks about the love she received as a child. She talks about her own children being a life force. Vimal talks about the importance of having one's own interests.
Vimal talks about what it means when your own people turn on you and want to destroy you.
Vimal talks about the message to herself she put above her stove in Delhi.
Vimal talks more about her 3 children being a life force.
Vimal says this conversation she is having with Sonia is the kind she would have liked to have had with her own mother.
Vimal refers to her current life as glorious. Sonia talks about renewal.
Vimal says she was in her mid 40s when she arrived in the United States. Sonia asks her about starting over yet again.
Sonia says her mom's first American job was at Wendy's. Vimal talks about the ability to close a chapter and move forward.
Sonia talks about psychology in terms of how Vimal raised her and her siblings. Vimal talks about her own mother's influence.
Vimal talks about her children's accomplishments.
Sonia asks what Vimal would say to her mom.
Sonia asks Vimal how she would like to be remembered.
Sonia asks what Vimal would say to future generations. Vimal talks about expanding one's capacity to love. She says to be patient with life.
Participants
- Vimal Nikore
- Sonia Nikore