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Aparna and Naga share their stories of the changes they have witnessed and made reality through their volunteer work with the Association For India’s Development.

The Great Thanksgiving Listen! Featuring Sriya Srinivasan as the interviewer and her grandparents as the interviewees.

me and my mom talked about some of her favorite moments as a kid and what she is most proud of now that improved her now

American studies project about immigration into the US

I ask my mom about her life experiences.

James interviews Ms. Jasani about her relationship with her parents and growing up as sn Indian-American immigrant.

Steve Desroches (47) talks to Zoe Lewis (57) about her life as a musician and traveling the world.

family heritage interview

This interview was about my father’s life growing up.

In my English class, we have been discussing racial segregation through Richard Wright’s memoir, Black Boy. I was curious about the different aspects of segregation occurring around the world.

Mom’s childhood to now

Talking interview

James Hakim (58) and Myron "Mike" Cohen (62) talk about their involvement with HPTN trial 052, a very successful HIV treatment and prevention study. They talk about their own histories, the history of the trial, and how it felt when...

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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 in November 2017 in Allentown, New Jersey, Asmitha Sathya (14) interviews her father, Sathya Gopalreddy (51), about growing up in India. Mr. Gopalreddy shares some of his cherished memories as a child, along with the crazy...

Uma Vempati, 45, interviews her mother Sudha Vempati, 70, about growing up in India, her childhood, her marriage, the death of her husband, and the success of having raised three successful girls.

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...

Girsish & Vashali met while working for an American company in their home country of India. Not long later they moved to the U.S. Both Hindu, they talk about the upcoming Diwali holiday, (Festival of Lights), what it means to...

This interview was about how my father migrated to the United States as a young adult. It shows the success and difficulties that he faced while migrating.

Ranya Shah(14) interviewed Meera Kansal(74) about life before and after her journey to America. We talk about academics, political involvement, adjusting to a new life and more.

I learned a lot about my mother’s childhood. I learned how she grew up, and why she did the things she did. It was inspirational how she gave up on her dreams to ensure a good future for herself. She...

Theresa Taken (72) talks with her daughter Emily Taken-Vertz (28) about growing up in rural Iowa, being adventurous, going to college, traveling the world, and becoming a lawyer after being a social worker in the South Bronx.

My interview with Noel Kalangi.

Interview in tamil with my Patti/grandma who recounts memories growing up in fear of the world war coming to India, growing up in the 1950s in a rural village, and raising her many grandchildren.