Thara Madathody, Full Interview
Collection: Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library: Thara Madathody
Date: Time Period: circa 1995 - 2015; 2015-02-06; Interview recorded: February 6, 2015
Material: Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth CS5. Dimension:
Total running time: 0:48:12
Creator: Thara Madathody interviewed by Nasiba Ally
Identifier: aql:19532 qmp-tm-full-000006
Description: Thara Madathody is an Indian immigrant who moved to the US in 2003 after getting married. She talks about her education and upbringing in India, as well as the beauty of Jackson Heights, where she has lived since moving to New York. Thara also discusses the challenges she has faced in following the American education system when raising her daughters and the emotional difficulties she dealt with when she first moved here. Things changed when she was able to start working and she compares teaching in New York to teaching in India.
Creator :
Thara Madathody interviewed by Nasiba Ally
Date :
Time Period: circa 1995 - 2015; 2015-02-06; Interview recorded: February 6, 2015
Summary/Description :
Thara Madathody is an Indian immigrant who moved to the US in 2003 after getting married. She talks about her education and upbringing in India, as well as the beauty of Jackson Heights, where she has lived since moving to New York. Thara also discusses the challenges she has faced in following the American education system when raising her daughters and the emotional difficulties she dealt with when she first moved here. Things changed when she was able to start working and she compares teaching in New York to teaching in India.
Subject :
Education; Teachers; Women immigrants; Culture shock
Rights :
Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
Coverage :
Locations discussed: Jackson Heights, Queens, NY Jackson Heights (New York, N.Y.) India 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: 0:48:12
Identifier :
aql:19532 qmp-tm-full-000006
Rights Notice
Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
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