Oral History Interview with Dr. Krishan Goyle
Dr. Krishan Goyle was born in Naurang, India and is now based in New York City. In his oral history he discusses his family, growing up in India, and memories of Partition.
Dr. Goyle immigrated to the U.S. in 1970, and following his residency, became the first Indian cardiologist in Wichita, Kansas.
Oral History Interview with Dr. Vimal Goyle
Dr. Vimal Goyle was born in Bhatinda, Punjab in 1941. After marrying Dr. Krishan Goyle, she immigrated to the U.S. in 1970 and did her residency in Rochester, NY. She discusses growing up and studying medicine in India, her love of Indian music, her work with the Indian American and Vietnamese communities in Wichita, Kansas, her devotion to the spiritual organization, Brahma Kumaris, and more.
Oral History Interview with Sivagami Subbaraman
Oral history interview with Sivagami Subbaraman, conducted by Mustafa Saifuddin. Professor Subbaraman was one of the first South Asians to serve as director of a university LGBT center, and is the Founding Director of the LGBT Resource Center at Georgetown University.
Oral history interview with Shanti Kumari Bhatia
Oral history interview with Shanti Kumari Bhatia conducted by Seema Moondra on September 18, 2018. This account details Bhatia's experience with Partition, her education and work as a teacher in India, her marriage and move to the United States, and her nonprofit work and promotion of Indian culture in her later years.
Followup oral history interview with Shanti Kumari Bhatia
Second oral history interview with Shanti Kumari Bhatia conducted by Seema Moondra on October 1, 2018. This followup account goes into additional detail about Bhatia's early life before she moved to the United States.
Ferdoshi Chowdhury Oral History Interview
Oral history interview with Ferdoshi Chowdhury on July 5th, 2022, conducted by Subat Matin. Ferdoshi was born in Sandwip, Bangladesh in 1976 and came to New York in 1989 but traveled back and forth to Bangladesh until permanently settling down in the city with her family in 1993. She talks about struggling to learn English, going to school and having to assimilate into American society.
Mostaq Haider Oral History Interview
Oral history interview with Mostaq Haider on July 16th, 2022, conducted by Subat Matin. Haider was born in Sandwip, Bangladesh and came to the United States in 1996. He lived in Brooklyn with his wife and three kids and in 2021 bought a house and moved to Long Island.
Shahajan Begum Oral History Interview
Oral history interview with Shahajan Begum on July 5th, 2022, conducted by Subat Matin. Begum was born in Sandwip, Bangladesh and first came to Brooklyn, New York in 1989. She begins by talking about her childhood in Bangladesh where she lived with her parents, grandmother and seven siblings. Begum’s mom raised her and her siblings alone because her father was always working abroad.
Mohammad Idris Oral History Interview
Oral history interview with Mohammad Idris on July 15th, 2022, conducted by Subat Matin. Born in Sandwip, Bangladesh, Idris came to the U.S. on a Business Visa in 1985. Once the U.S. government gave him amnesty to become a legal resident in the country, he saved money and brought his family to the U.S. He was finally able to help his relatives and provide his children an education.