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Interview of Malindi Lankatilleke
This interview between Mavishka Lankatilleke and Malindi Lankatilleke explores her twenty-year long journey as an immigrant from Sri Lanka to the United States. Malindi emphasizes how the constant changes and leaving instilled in her a “temporary…
Interview of "Monica Geller"
This interview between Austin Kleber and "Monica Geller" (pseudonym) explores Monica's experience as an immigrant in the United States. She speaks about the cultural differences she had to navigate as well as the isolation and sadness that…
Interview of Dhananjay Anand
In this interview, Dhananjay Anand (DJ) discusses his life story, beginning with his early life and education in India and ending with his experience as an immigrant to the United States. Along the way, Anand spent time in the Indian Navy where he…
Interview of Tenzin Dolma
This interview between Dolma Gazan and Tenzin Dolma explores Tenzin's experiences as an immigrant to the United States from Tibet. The interview traces Tenzin's experiences in Tibet and growing up under Chinese occupation, and her escape through…
Interview of Ramchandra Rao
This interview between Ajay R. Mysore and Ramchandra Rao explores Rao's experiences as an immigrant to the United States from India. Rao moved to the United States in 1969 following a fascination with America’s economic freedom and a sense of boyish…
Interview of Murali
This interview between Erin Durham and Murali (pseudonym) explores Murali's experiences as an immigrant to the United States from Sri Lanka. This oral history documents the experiences of Murali (pseudonym), a Sri Lankan Tamil, who sought asylum in…
Interview of Seema Parekh
This interview between Nina Parekh and Seema Parekh explores Parekh's experiences as an immigrant to the United States from India.
This interview was conducted as part of an undergraduate final project for the University of Maryland, College Park…
This interview was conducted as part of an undergraduate final project for the University of Maryland, College Park…
Maryland Day 2016 Interviews
The Center for the History of the New America sponsored a booth at the annual Maryland Day celebration at the University of Maryland (2016). In addition to other activities on immigration history, we performed a series of "mini" interviews with some…
Interview of Immigrant from Sri Lanka
[Name Redacted] is a 19 year old first generation Sri-Lankan Immigrant. Sinhalese, Buddhist and Queer by birth, he’s lived a largely happy life despite feeling like an outsider in the places they should feel at home. This transcript details some of…