Roots and Reflections: South Asians in the Pacific Northwest

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262 index A Abraham, Margaret, 155, 249n8 acculturation processes. See specific topics , e.g., community-building activity; gender roles; transition challenges acknowledgments, xv–xvi, xxiv–xxvi Aditi, in Nair’s Monsoon Wedding, 248n5 aeronautics/aerospace industry, 63, 104–5, 116–17, 128–30 Agee, Joyce, xiv Ahmed, Sara, 250n3 Ahmedi, Asgar: biography of, 221; college experiences, 57, 181–82; community-building activity, 190f; departure/arrival experience, 59–60; diet challenges, 72–73; with friends, 178f; homeland experiences, 50–51; marriages, 143, 145f, 146; migration incentives, 51–52, 56–57; with natal family, 52f; in Oral History Project, 4; work experiences, 110–11 Ahmedi, Norma, 145f Air India, 129 airline attendant job, Samarawickrama’s, 68 air travel, 59–60, 64–65, 69 Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition (AYPE), 31–35 Albers, Heike, 245n24 Alpha Kappa Psi, 181 American Field Service program, 85–86 Ananda College, 85 Andersen, Erika Surat, 42–45 Anderson, Benedict, 199 Andhra Pradesh, India, 82, 87, 124, 252n21 anti-apartheid protests, 185f anti-immigrant activity, U.S.: labor-based violence, 18–20, 23, 25–29; legislation, 16, 20, 21, 240n63; quotas/policy arguments , 21, 40. See also discrimination experiences anti-immigrant policies, Britain, 63 Anusilan Samiti movement, 35, 239n44 Apna Bazaar, 175 Apollo space program, 116–17 Appadurai, Arjun, 242n9 Armstrong, Neil, 129 Army, U.S., 110, 154–55 Artist’s Trust, 194 arts/cultural organizations/activities, 98, 189–95, 251nn11–13 Aryan identity, South Asian claims, 25, 28, 36, 237n15, 239n49 Aseshanda, Swami, 196f Asha Seattle, 202 Ashima, in Lahiri’s The Namesake, 10 Ashok, in Lahiri’s The Namesake, 10 Asian and Pacific Islander Women and Family Safety Center, 157, 249n11, 250n5 “Asian Diasporas, Neoliberalism, and Family” (Reddy), 246n6 Asian Exclusion Acts, 16, 105 Asiatic Barred Zone, 21 Asiatic Exclusion League, 23 Index d 263 Assiniboine Indians, Montana, 60 Astoria, Oregon, 29–30, 42–45 AYPE (Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition), 31–35 B Badshah, Akhtar: biography of, 221–22; homeland development projects, 127, 203; homeland experiences, 68; marriage, 143; parenting challenges, 165–66; work experiences, 127 Badshah, Alka, 143, 165–66, 222 Banerjee, Deepa (foreword by), xi–xv Bangladesh: economic challenges, 62–63, 83–84; education system, 83–84, 244n11; Hossain’s experience, 62, 84; independence conflict, 14, 15, 83, 235n13, 241n2; Kirchner’s experience, 49; migrant education levels, 215; Rizvi’s experience, 15, 48–49, 83, 208 Barlow, Tani, 233n2 Bellevue, Washington, 70–71, 74, 175–76 Bellingham, Washington, 18–20, 23–29, 235n4 Bellingham Herald, 25, 28 Bengal, 30, 239nn43–44, 242n9 Bengali Language Movement, 15, 235n13. See also Bangladesh Bhagat Singh Thind, United States v., 36, 43, 237n15, 239n49 Bhatt, Amy: background, xviii–xxi; citation of, 246n7; Oral History Project, xiii–xiv, xx–xxi, 213 Bhattacharjee, Anannya, 247n2 Bhattacharjee, Ananya, 250n4 Bhutan, 241n2 Birla Institute of Technology, 86 Boeing, 63, 104–5, 128–30, 133, 152 Bollywood, 189–91, 251n11 Bonaparte, Charles, 36 Bothell, Washington, 198 brain drain, 65–66, 242n5. See also stayor -return decision-making Brawner, Teresa, 244n17 Britain, anti-immigration activity, 63 British colonial era: Ahmedi’s experience , 51–52; collapse aftermath, 14, 53, 241n2; education systems, 78–81; Punjab emigration patterns, 22–23; resistance activity, 29–30, 35–36, 239nn43–44. See also Bangladesh; Partition entries Buddhist Theosophical Society, 85 Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization Service, 36, 38 Burki, Javed, 242n6 Burma, 89, 241n2 C California, 23, 36, 44–45, 237n23, 240n63 Canada, South Asian presence, 6–7, 22–23, 32–33, 38 caring work, defined, 248n3 Carnatic music, 192, 251n12 Carpenter, Ted, 94–95 Ceylon. See Sri Lanka Chaya, 157, 184–86, 249n11, 250n5 Cheney, Washington, 110 Children’s Rights and You (CRY), 202 Chinese Exclusion Act (1882), 20, 21 Chinese Exclusion Repeal Act (1946), 21 Chinese immigrants, 20, 29, 215 Christian communities, 55–56, 68–69 Christmas celebration, 177–78 Circle of Love, 123 The Citizen’s Foundation, 174, 201 citizenship conflicts, 36, 40–41, 43, 237n15, 239n49. See also discrimination experiences City University, Seattle, 129, 130 civil rights movement, 99, 133 class identity, transitions, 107–12, 246n7 Cleveland, Ohio, 192 Cogswell College, 129 collaboration approach, oral history, xvii–xviii, xxiii–xxiv 264 d Index Collier’s Weekly, 25 Colombo, Samarawickrama’s experience , 85 colonial era. See British colonial era Columbia University, 39 Commission for Foreign Students, University of Washington, 97–98 community-building activity: overview, 173–76, 203–4, 250n2; with arts/ culture, 172–73, 183–84, 189–95, 251nn11–13; college-oriented, 176–82...