Rani Bagai on "Vaishno Das Bagai's Naturalization Certificate"
Part of a video interview of Rani Bagai conducted on June 3, 2013. In this section, Bagai describes some of the items of her grandfather Vaishno Das Bagai left behind after his suicide in 1928, including several letters to his family he had written in addition to the political suicide letter which was published in newspapers in the U.S. and India.
Rani Bagai
Part of a video interview of Rani Bagai conducted on June 3, 2013. In this section, Bagai discusses her own life, growing up in Los Angeles with her immediate family. Rani Bagai is the granddaughter of Vaishno Das Bagai and Kala Bagai Chandra.
Rani Bagai on "The Collection and SAADA"
Part of a video interview of Rani Bagai conducted on June 3, 2013. In this section, Rani Bagai explains the origins of the collection that was digitized for SAADA. Rani is the granddaughter of Kala Bagai, who arrived in the U.S. in 1918 with her husband Vaishno Das Bagai and three sons, Brij, Madan, and Ram (Rani's father).
Rani Bagai on "Ram Bagai"
Part of a video interview of Rani Bagai conducted on June 3, 2013. In this section, Bagai primarily discusses her mother, Leona Bell Parr, and father, Ram Bagai, the youngest son of Vaishno Das Bagai and Kala Bagai Chandra. She discusses her father's role in subtitling and screening Hindi films in the U.S., as well his encounter with Jawaharlal Nehru in Los Angeles.
Rani Bagai on "Vaishno Das Bagai"
Part of a video interview of Rani Bagai conducted on June 3, 2013. In this section, Bagai discusses her grandparents Vaishno Das Bagai and Kala Bagai (later Kala Bagai Chandra), their marriage, children, and life in San Francisco after arriving in 1915. Rani Bagai explains that together the couple had three sons, the youngest of whom was her father.
Interview with Shefali Razdan Duggal
Interview with Shefali Razdan Duggal, the current US Ambassador to the Netherlands, about her experience following politics as a child. She explains that the first political campaign she followed was the 1980 Carter/Nixon election, and that her father insisted on watching the evening news every night and often discussed his conception of the United States as the ultimate meritocracy.
San Francisco's Ghadar Party Heritage
Audio recording of the 2014 event "San Francisco's Ghadar Party Heritage: 100 Years of Radical South Asian American History", presented by Shaping San Francisco and featuring Simmy Makhijani, Anantha Sudhakar, Barnali Ghosh, and Anirvan Chatterjee. The speakers explore the history of the Ghadar Party and connect it to present-day political struggles.
South Asian Network Immigration Framework
Framework for the South Asian Network's stance on immigration issues, rooted in human rights, internationalism, intersectionality, and abolitionism; dated 2007.
Fundraising Event in Support of Jim Hahn for Mayor of Los Angeles
Invitation to fundraising event in support of Jim Hahn for mayor of Los Angeles, held on May 19, 2001. Event was held by Dr. Amarjit Marwah and took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harnek Thiara.