Kamaljit Kaur, Full Interview
Collection: Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library: Kamaljit Kaur
Date: Time Period: 2001 - 2014; 2014-01-21; Interview recorded: January 21, 2014
Material: Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth CS5 . Dimension:
Total running time: 0:28:06
Creator: Kamaljit Kaur interviewed by Naema Rahman
Identifier: aql:21125 qmp-kk-full-000018
Description: Kamaljit Kaur moved to the US in 2001 from India after she married her husband. She has been residing in South Ozone Park since she moved from Junction Boulevard in Jacksons Heights. She lives with her three children and her husband in an apartment. She describes South Ozone Park as a very nice place to live with her neighbors having different cultures such as Guyanese and Bengali. She attends a temple nearby her home with her children and celebrates Indian holidays to keep her culture alive. She has learned English from interacting with her kids and neighbors. Kamaljit also talks about Indian festivals and other celebrations, as well as the caste system in India.
Creator :
Kamaljit Kaur interviewed by Naema Rahman
Date :
Time Period: 2001 - 2014; 2014-01-21; Interview recorded: January 21, 2014
Summary/Description :
Kamaljit Kaur moved to the US in 2001 from India after she married her husband. She has been residing in South Ozone Park since she moved from Junction Boulevard in Jacksons Heights. She lives with her three children and her husband in an apartment. She describes South Ozone Park as a very nice place to live with her neighbors having different cultures such as Guyanese and Bengali. She attends a temple nearby her home with her children and celebrates Indian holidays to keep her culture alive. She has learned English from interacting with her kids and neighbors. Kamaljit also talks about Indian festivals and other celebrations, as well as the caste system in India.
Subject :
Cultural pluralism; Neighborhoods
Rights :
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Coverage :
Locations discussed: India; South Ozone Park and Jackson Heights, Queens, NY India South Ozone Park (New York, N.Y.) Jackson Heights (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Type :
Oral history
Format :
Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth CS5 .; Total running time: 0:28:06
Identifier :
aql:21125 qmp-kk-full-000018
Rights Notice
Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
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