Interview with Boisali Biswas
Interview with fiber artist Boisali Biswas by Indrani Saha, conducted on October 23, 2012.
Interview with K.V. Rathnam
Interview with fiber artist K.V. Rathnam by Indrani Saha, conducted on December 1, 2012.
Interview with Adil Akhtar
Interview of artist Adil Akhtar by Indrani Saha, conducted September 27, 2012.
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.
SAALT Unequal Consequences Report
South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT) report titled Unequal Consequences: The Disparate Impact of COVID-19 Across South Asian Americans. The report highlights the need for funders and policy makers to gather accurate disaggregated data on South Asian communities in the U.S. to be able to understand and respond to the needs that have emerged since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Asian Americana 014 - Kala Bagai
"What was it like for a South Asian woman immigrating to the US in the early 20th century, and how did she build a community over her lifetime? And why name a street in Berkeley after Kala Bagai — especially since she may not have spent much time living there, if she did at all?"
Interview with Professor Anand Yang
Prof. Anand Yang teaches South Asian and World History at the University of Washington in Seattle where he has a joint appointment in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies and served as director between 2002 and 2010.