Our Stories
An Introduction to South Asian America
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Chapter 9: Work, Labor, and Entrepreneurship

Explore this chapter:
• Nahar Alam
• Rights, Respect, and Recognition
• Silicon Valley
• AAPI: A Brief History
• South Asian American Motel Owners

Nahar Alam
By Chitra Aiyar
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333 See the image in SAADA's archival collections.
334 See the image in SAADA's archival collections.
335 "Andolan and Domestic Workers United" Inset Read the rest of Ai-jen Poo's "A Twenty-First Century Organizing Model: Lessons from the New York Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Campagin" for New Labor Forum.
336 Further Discovery Discover more about Nahar Alam and Andolan in SAADA's archival collections.
Rights, Respect, and Recognition
By Adhikaar
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338 Discover more about Adhikaar at adhikaar.org.
339 "#MeToo, #TimesUp, and Saru Jayaraman" Inset Read the rest of "Berkeley Expert on Restaurant Exploitation is Red-Carpet Guest at Golden Globes" for Berkeley News.
340 "Women at Work (Letter to Myself at Twenty-Six)" Inset Read the rest of Sejal Shah's "Enough: America's Wholly Visible Underbelly" for Rumpus.
Silicon Valley
By Sindya Bhanoo
Page In the book For further exploration
342 See the image and discover the rest of the "Beyond Bollywood: Indian Americans Shape the Nation" exhibition produced by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center.
343 "Caste Discrimination in Silicon Valley" Inset Read the rest of Yashica Dutt's op-ed "The Specter of Caste in Silicon Valley" for the New York Times.
344 "Neha Rastogi" Inset Read the rest of Anahita Mukherji's "A Chilling Video Clip reminds Indians in Silicon Valley that Domestic Abuse is Not Uncommon" for Scroll.in.
AAPI: A Brief History
By Vibha Bhalla
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350 See the image in SAADA's archival collections.
350 "Bhairavi Desai and the New York Taxi Workers Alliance" Inset Read the rest of Scott Simon's "Driver's Suicide Highlights Race To The Bottom In Cab Industry, Union Director Says" for NPR.
South Asian American Motel Owners
By Pawan Dhingra
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353 Read more from Arun Venugopal's "*Pardon my Hindi" in TIDES.