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India Association of Minnesota Oral History Project (Phase 1): Interview with Sudhansu Misra
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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. |
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| 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, Sudhansu Interviewer: Sonifer, Polly Made in Roseville, Ramsey County, Minnesota, United States |
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East Indian Americans -- Minnesota. Made in Roseville, Ramsey County, Minnesota, United States |
| Dates | Creation: 06/07/1993 - 05/05/1994 (Interviews conducted 6/7/1993 and 5/5/1994.) |
| Holding Type | Oral History - Interview |
| Identifiers | 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)' |
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