Part of a series of interviews documenting the unique immigrant experience of Asian Indians in northeast Ohio and explore issues of professional, family, and religious life. This is the first of three videos depicting this interview. Paramjeet Singh initially discussed his childhood in Lahore, which is now in current day Pakistan. He reminisced on some violence from Partition, but most of his interview composed of his education in the United States and how it led to an embracing of America as a new home. He addressed the social difficulties of being Sikh in Ohio during the late 20th century and how some aspects of acceptance have increased over time. He also discussed his intermarriage with an American woman and raising his daughter in America with both Indian and American influences. His interview highlights the importance of being a good person and holding confidence in identity. He urged that South Asians across Ohio teach those who are unfamiliar with their culture to cure acts of intolerance.
Part of a series of interviews documenting the unique immigrant experience of Asian Indians in northeast Ohio and explore issues of professional, family, and religious life. This is the second of three videos depicting this interview. Paramjeet Singh initially discussed his childhood in Lahore, which is now in current day Pakistan. He reminisced on some violence from Partition, but most of his interview composed of his education in the United States and how it led to an embracing of America as a new home. He addressed the social difficulties of being Sikh in Ohio during the late 20th century and how some aspects of acceptance have increased over time. He also discussed his intermarriage with an American woman and raising his daughter in America with both Indian and American influences. His interview highlights the importance of being a good person and holding confidence in identity. He urged that South Asians across Ohio teach those who are unfamiliar with their culture to cure acts of intolerance.
Part of a series of interviews documenting the unique immigrant experience of Asian Indians in northeast Ohio and explore issues of professional, family, and religious life. This is the third of three videos depicting this interview. Paramjeet Singh initially discussed his childhood in Lahore, which is now in current day Pakistan. He reminisced on some violence from Partition, but most of his interview composed of his education in the United States and how it led to an embracing of America as a new home. He addressed the social difficulties of being Sikh in Ohio during the late 20th century and how some aspects of acceptance have increased over time. He also discussed his intermarriage with an American woman and raising his daughter in America with both Indian and American influences. His interview highlights the importance of being a good person and holding confidence in identity. He urged that South Asians across Ohio teach those who are unfamiliar with their culture to cure acts of intolerance.
Part of a series of interviews documenting the unique immigrant experience of Asian Indians in northeast Ohio and explore issues of professional, family, and religious life.
Part of a series of interviews documenting the unique immigrant experience of Asian Indians in northeast Ohio and explore issues of professional, family, and religious life.
Part of a series of interviews documenting the unique immigrant experience of Asian Indians in northeast Ohio and explore issues of professional, family, and religious life. The interview is broken up into two videos. This is the first.
Part of a series of interviews documenting the unique immigrant experience of Asian Indians in northeast Ohio and explore issues of professional, family, and religious life. This is the first of three videos depicting this interview.
Part of a series of interviews documenting the unique immigrant experience of Asian Indians in northeast Ohio and explore issues of professional, family, and religious life. This interview is contained in two parts. This video is the first.
Part of a series of interviews documenting the unique immigrant experience of Asian Indians in northeast Ohio and explore issues of professional, family, and religious life. This is the first of two videos depicting this interview.
Part of a series of interviews documenting the unique immigrant experience of Asian Indians in northeast Ohio and explore issues of professional, family, and religious life. Mr. Vijay Rastogi discussed his life in India before coming to America. Described as "the best days," Rastogi looked back fondly on his years in boarding school and college, showing pictures of his friends and classmates of the time. Rastogi made clear that his life goal was to come to America. So, he came to America in the 1960s where he found a job in engineering. He then started a business that dealt with water purification in the mining industry in the 1980s. Rastogi wrote for diasporic Indian newspapers, such as The Lotus. Mr. Rastogi has two children, but did not discuss their mother. They are currently professionals, his son being a doctor and his daughter being a professor. He likes to visit India every four years, where he sees his extended family. Rastogi also showed pride in his conservative political views. This is the first of three videos depicting this interview.
Part of a series of interviews documenting the unique immigrant experience of Asian Indians in northeast Ohio and explore issues of professional, family, and religious life. During the interview Mr. Khandelwal talks a lot about how his love of poetry and his career as a poet was integral to how he lived his life. This passion is concretely demonstrated by actual recitations of poem in English during the interview. He is a famous contemporary Hindi Poet from India that has also written a significant amount of poetry in English after coming to live in the United States. Overall his love for poetry seems to have fostered a particularly high consciousness of maintaining his Indian “cultural identity” while at the same time being open to other cultural influences and interacting with non-Asian Indian people of Cleveland. This is the first of two videos depicting this interview.
Part of a series of interviews documenting the unique immigrant experience of Asian Indians in northeast Ohio and explore issues of professional, family, and religious life. This is the second of two videos depicting this interview.
Part of a series of interviews documenting the unique immigrant experience of Asian Indians in northeast Ohio and explore issues of professional, family, and religious life. This interview is contained in two parts. This video is the second.
Part of a series of interviews documenting the unique immigrant experience of Asian Indians in northeast Ohio and explore issues of professional, family, and religious life. During the interview Mr. Khandelwal talks a lot about how his love of poetry and his career as a poet was integral to how he lived his life. This passion is concretely demonstrated by actual recitations of poem in English during the interview. He is a famous contemporary Hindi Poet from India that has also written a significant amount of poetry in English after coming to live in the United States. Overall his love for poetry seems to have fostered a particularly high consciousness of maintaining his Indian “cultural identity” while at the same time being open to other cultural influences and interacting with non-Asian Indian people of Cleveland. This is the second of two videos depicting this interview.
Part of a series of interviews documenting the unique immigrant experience of Asian Indians in northeast Ohio and explore issues of professional, family, and religious life. This is the first of three videos depicting this interview.
Part of a series of interviews documenting the unique immigrant experience of Asian Indians in northeast Ohio and explore issues of professional, family, and religious life. This interview is contained in two parts. This video is the first part.
Part of a series of interviews documenting the unique immigrant experience of Asian Indians in northeast Ohio and explore issues of professional, family, and religious life. Mr. Vijay Rastogi discussed his life in India before coming to America. Described as "the best days," Rastogi looked back fondly on his years in boarding school and college, showing pictures of his friends and classmates of the time. Rastogi made clear that his life goal was to come to America. So, he came to America in the 1960s where he found a job in engineering. He then started a business that dealt with water purification in the mining industry in the 1980s. Rastogi wrote for diasporic Indian newspapers, such as The Lotus. Mr. Rastogi has two children, but did not discuss their mother. They are currently professionals, his son being a doctor and his daughter being a professor. He likes to visit India every four years, where he sees his extended family. Rastogi also showed pride in his conservative political views. This is the second of three videos depicting this interview.
Part of a series of interviews documenting the unique immigrant experience of Asian Indians in northeast Ohio and explore issues of professional, family, and religious life. The interview is broken up into two videos. This is the second.
Part of a series of interviews documenting the unique immigrant experience of Asian Indians in northeast Ohio and explore issues of professional, family, and religious life. This is the second of three videos depicting this interview.