India Association of Minnesota Oral History Project - IAM History: Interview with Deep Shikha Gupta

Titles: India Association of Minnesota Oral History Project - IAM History: Interview with Deep Shikha Gupta (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Deep Shikha Gupta came to Minnesota in 1986 and completed her PhD in economics. She became involved with the School of India for Languages and Culture [SILC] and also the India Association of Minnesota [IAM]. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Growing up in India; having an arranged marriage; teaching economics; moving to the United States and completing her PhD in addition to raising two children; meeting other Indians in the community; involvement in SILC; involvement in IAM and participation in events such as India Day; personal rewards of involvement in IAM and problems faced by the Indian community; impact of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the Indian community; controversial issues faced by IAM; membership and future of IAM; second-generation Indian-Americans and identity issues; gender inequality in India and in the United States; and opportunities for women in the United States.

Dates

• 06/23/2005 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewer: Sonifer, Polly
• interviewee: Gupta, Deep Shikha

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 119
• Accession Number: AV2007.24.4

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'India Association of Minnesota Oral History Project - IAM History' <OH 119>

Quantity: 1 hour sound cassette 23 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 01:01:44 running time

Subjects

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