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Description	BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Sudhansu Misra was born in India where he attended high school and graduated from college. He continued his studies in Ohio and Michigan. He came to Minnesota where he and his wife operate a heath care facility. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: His early desire to live abroad; education; family reaction to his travel to America; extended families; arranged marriages; departing India and traveling to Ohio; education experiences in Michigan; communicating with family in India; efforts to make him feel comfortable in Ohio; making friends with Americans; early work experiences, seeing discrimination, decision to remain in U.S.; experiences acquiring visa and security clearance; visits to India in early 1960s. Marriage, differences between American and Indian child rearing practices; instilling Indian culture; involvement in the India Club and School of India for Languages and Culture (SILC); experiences in Florida; organizing Indians in the Tampa/St. Petersburg area; India Club in Minneapolis; work with Council of Asian and Pacific Minnesotans; Hindu community; Indian dancing; social activities; separation by language groups; benefits and disadvantages of belonging to Indian associations; his current work; impact of being an immigrant on work; important family values; mixing of Eastern and Western values; changes in the local Indian community; older immigrants; and retirement plans.
Quantity	47 pages transcript 3 hours sound cassette
Format	Content Category: sound recordings Content Category: text
Measurements	02:30:54 running time
Creation	Narrator: Misra, Mr. Sudhansu Interviewer: Sonifer, Ms. Polly Made in Roseville, Ramsey County, Minnesota, United States
Subjects	East Indian Americans -- Minnesota. Made in Roseville, Ramsey County, Minnesota, United States
Dates	Creation: 06/07/1993 - 05/05/1994 Interviewed on 6/7/1993 and 5/5/1994
Holding Type	Oral History - Interview
ID Number	OH 46
Accession Number	AV1995.103.8
More Info	MHS Library Catalog
Related Collections	Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'India Association of Minnesota Oral History Project (Phase 1)'