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