Roshni Rustomji-Kerns Oral History Interview
The interview was conducted as part of SAADA's ACFP 2021-2022. This interviewee discussed her early childhood and family life in Karachi and Mumbai before and after the Partition of India and Pakistan. She described the differences and similarities of being brought up as a Parsi woman in India and Pakistan.
Kayhan, Teshtar, and Noshir Irani Oral History Interview
The interview was conducted as part of SAADA's ACFP 2021-2022. In this two part interview, the interviewees as a family shared their memories of moving to Queens, New York City from Mumbai, India forty or so years ago. They shared their memories of childhood and family life in Mumbai and Queens as well as their memories of growing up in the local Zoroastrian community of New York.
Zenobia Panthaki Oral History Interview
The interview was conducted as part of SAADA's ACFP 2021-2022. This interviewee discussed her early childhood and family life in New Delhi, India. She shared differences between the Parsi community in New Delhi and Mumbai. She also shares in detail her ancestral history since the British colonial rule in India. She described her migration experience of coming to Falls Church, Virginia in 1990s.
Ms. Be the Change Oral History Interview
The interview was conducted as part of SAADA's ACFP 2021-2022. This interviewee discussed her early life in Chennai, India and described the small Zoroastrian community she grew up in. She described her migration experience from India to the United States, residing in New Jersey for the past 40 or so years.
Zarrah Birdie Oral History Interview
The interview was conducted as part of SAADA's ACFP 2021-2022. This interviewee discussed her experience as a young Zoroastrian woman growing up in a Zoroastrian neighborhood in Karachi, Pakistan. She shared her experiences of moving to California in the early 2000s.
Tafadar Sourev Oral History Interview
Tafadar Sourev, a New Yorker of Bangladeshi heritage, works in the building trades and helps organize workers' rights campaigns in solidarity with other justice movements around immigration justice, anti-gentrification, and more.
Emmanuel Eric Oral History Interview
In addition to being a doorman in San Francisco, Emmanuel Eric serves at negotiating tables for his union. Eric learned labor organizing from his father when they lived in Pakistan.
Shawn Prasad Oral History Interview
Shawn Prasad, a Sacramento local of Indian-Fijian origin, works at the Sacramento airport and organizes for worker rights there and across the country, including supporting pro-labor political campaigns. His cat helps.
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Prem Pariyar Oral History Interview
Prem Pariyar is a Dalit rights activist and social worker whose engagement with workers' rights stems from his time as a restaurant worker when he moved to the US from Nepal. His experience there led him to solidarity with nail salon workers, helping pass legislation to provide protections to them.
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Bella and Anibel Comelo Oral History Interview
Bella Comelo and her daughter, Anibel Comelo-Ferris, are both of Goan Christian origin and both have a long history of labor organizing here in the US, Bella through her job with the school district and Anibel through her work as a university professor who also served as a union organizer.