Daniel Sunkari Oral History Interview
Daniel Sunkari is a writer living in Long Beach, California. He details his family’s journey from the rural community of Guntur to Sacramento, and the discrimination they faced as Dalit.
Oral History Interview with Anjali R.
Anjali R. is the founder of Parivar, a trans and queer south asian space in the San Francisco Bay Area. In the oral history, Anjali describes growing up in India, exploring different permutations of gender expression while moving throughout the U.S. and Canada, and navigating transphobia within queer south asian spaces.
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Oral History Interview with Marina
Marina describes her experiences growing up in Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, immigrating to the U.S. with family, and navigating her sexuality as a bisexual muslim woman.
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Oral History Interview with Ra Avis
In this oral history interview, Ra Avis discusses her experience as a formerly incarcerated "Chicana-Desi" who grew up in Texas and now lives in California. Avis discusses the death of her husband while she was incarcerated and her experience as an incarcerated firefighter and the injury she sustained.
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.
Minal Ahson Oral History Interview
Minal Ahson is an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of South Florida in Tampa.
Jini Valiaveetil Oral History Interview
Jini Valiaveettil is a Malayalee American nurse based in Los Angeles. For many years, she resisted what she believed to be a "Malu trope" of becoming a nurse, but after years of working in human resources and with a desire to build her own family, Jini reassessed her career.
Oral History Interview with Dr. Amarjit Marwah
Oral history interview with Dr. Amarjit Marwah, campaign manager for Congressman Dalip Singh Saund and president of the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission, conducted by Sharon Sekhon and Michelle Caswell on May 17, 2017.