School of India for Languages and Culture (SILC) Oral History Project: Interview with Punjabhai Patel

Titles: School of India for Languages and Culture (SILC) Oral History Project: Interview with Punjabhai Patel (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Punjabhai Patel was born in India and immigrated to the U.S. as an adult. He has served as a teacher, administrator and board member at SILC. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Personal background; participation in SILC; experiences teaching yoga; tenth anniversary of SILC; teaching methods; challenges and rewards of teaching; enrollment and location changes; goals for organization; personal influences; parental perspective; experiences as an administrator and board member; school board; committee work; volunteers; social connections; Festival of Nations; outreach to adopted children; Indian caste system; long term success of SILC; future plans.

Dates

• 03/02/2000 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Patel, Punjabhai
• interviewer: Sonifer, Polly

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 88
• Accession Number: AV2002.159.11

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'School of India for Languages and Culture (SILC) Oral History Project' <OH 88>

Quantity: 2 hours sound cassette 44 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 01:26:21 running time

Subjects

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