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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.

Collection : aql:20455; aql:19559

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

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