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Special guest talks about her childhood and experiences in India, her job experience, and her transition from India to America. My grandma can’t speak English fluently so I will be translating what she is saying.

Anita and Mrs. Bhatt discussed Mrs. Bhatt’s immigration to true United States from India in the mid 1970s.

Mahendra Shah always wanted to make a “lasting impression” on society. He always wanted to make a change and have a purpose in life. As a child, he believed that having a “last impression” on society was to become a...

I spoke to my mom to ask her about her experiences moving frequently as a child and living in multiple countries around the world. This parlayed into a conversation about preserving cultural identity in a foreign country.

In this interview, I talk to my dad about his life growing up in India and how his transition was coming to America creating a new life from scratch.

Riya Patel (19) speaks with her mother, Kavita Patel (45), about her life and the challenges she has faced as a woman stuck between maintaining her cultural roots and adapting to changing societal views on gender roles.

My mother’s experiences with media

In this interview, I talk to my grandfather Sampath Parthasarathy about his childhood in India. I also ask him about my dad, and other family members.

Shivani Patel (interview) asked her father about what it was like to come to America and establish a life and job here. He talked about why he choose computer engineering and the changes made to adapt to the foriegn country.

In this interview, told in November 2018, In Egg Harbor Township. Salman Bilgrami interviews his mom Vaseem Bilgrami about how her life was, growing up in India as a little child. She tells stories about how society was run there...

Creating Community Through Sharing Stories: Seema Gupte, born and raised in India, talks about her childhood living between her family’s farm and in the city. After immigrating to America, she adjusted to the many cultural differences. Once she moved to...

In this interview, conducted on January 5, 2023, in Canton Michigan, Aditi Iyer interviews her grandmother Shantha Dhandapani (70) about her childhood in India and her work life. She talks about the different jobs she worked in and how it...

In this interview, conducted on November 22, 2017, Rohan Ghosh (13) interviews his grandma Deepali Dutta about growing up in India. Deepali shares her culture and the effect some of her professors have had on her. Also, she talks about...

Divya Singh is an 18-year-old Indian American who is in her senior year at IMPACT Early College High School in Baytown, Texas. Her parents emigrated from India about two years before she was born. Divya discusses what it was like...

Venkata Duggireddy (17) interviews his mom about the transition between India and the US and the lessons she learned from it. She informs him on how she hopes to use them to help herself and others in the future.

I spoke to my grandfather who had to come to India after the 1947 partition.

Taylor Eadie, 18 years old, interviews Isha Kishore a 20 year old who was born in Omaha, Nebraska but lived part of her life in Delhi, India. She shares her story on what it was like to live in two...

Interview talking about my grandmother’s childhood, schooling, family, higher education, life experience, and more in India. Thrilling tales and in detail stories await when one starts this recording!

Ankita and I discussed anxiety, spirituality, letting go, familial relationships, and higher beings.

On his 73rd birthday I talk to my dad about values, purpose and what he has learned in life.

Niru’s life, advice to her descendants, and anecdotes.

I sit down with a coworker from India where she explains her religion, what life was like coming to America, and what enriches her life.

A partial interview about Jessie’s journey from the US to England to India, and creating a life of consequence.

Interview about work for Mom and Dad

Part 2 of interviews from 5/9/21