Shavetta Gupta, Clip 4: How Shavetta Gupta Met Her Husband
Collection: Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library: Shavetta Gupta
Date: Time Period: 2000s; 2014-11-20; Interview recorded: November 20, 2014
Material: Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth CS5. Dimension:
Total running time: 0:03:59
Creator: Shavetta Gupta
Identifier: aql:19497 qmp-sg-clip-000004
Description: Shavetta Gupta met her husband Rajesh, who lived in the United States with his family, through family connections. They arranged a meeting for the couple when he visited India for a wedding. Shavetta was excited to meet him because she and her siblings had always fantasized about living in the US. Accompanied by her sister, Shavetta met Rajesh in a park. They didn't have any questions for each other before agreeing to marriage. Within sixteen days, they had an engagement ceremony and a wedding. Her husband returned to the US soon after, but they talked on the phone every day until they were reunited in New York.
Creator :
Shavetta Gupta
Date :
Time Period: 2000s; 2014-11-20; Interview recorded: November 20, 2014
Summary/Description :
Shavetta Gupta met her husband Rajesh, who lived in the United States with his family, through family connections. They arranged a meeting for the couple when he visited India for a wedding. Shavetta was excited to meet him because she and her siblings had always fantasized about living in the US. Accompanied by her sister, Shavetta met Rajesh in a park. They didn't have any questions for each other before agreeing to marriage. Within sixteen days, they had an engagement ceremony and a wedding. Her husband returned to the US soon after, but they talked on the phone every day until they were reunited in New York.
Subject :
Weddings; Marriage; Indian Americans (East Indian Americans)
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Coverage :
Locations discussed: India Astoria (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: 0:03:59
Identifier :
aql:19497 qmp-sg-clip-000004
Subject:
Weddings; Marriage; Indian Americans (East Indian Americans)
Weddings; Marriage; Indian Americans (East Indian Americans)
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