Shanker Pillai, Soumini Pillai, and Supriya Pillai

Recorded March 3, 2006 Archived March 3, 2006 01:07:29
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Id: wtc000442

Description

daughter interviews her mother and father about their childhood in India and their first impressions of America. Father tells about his humble background and struggle to get education.

Subject Log / Time Code

Sh-from Kerala state, hardly any income
Sh-getting to school in a canoe during monsoon
Sh-parents said he should go to America even though they wouldn’t see him again
So-at first in America we didn’t have a car, it was very cold and there were few Indians and no ladies
Sh-the day Dinesh was born
Sh-most important verses from the Bhagavadgita, in Sanskrit
Sh-when his father tried to get rid of Shanker’s pet cat

Participants

  • Shanker Pillai
  • Soumini Pillai
  • Supriya Pillai