Interview with Sandeep Shenoy

Interview with Sandeep Shenoy

Sandeep Shenoy

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Interviewers

Tess McGrath, Haley Cook

Description

Interview with Sandeep Shenoy recorded on March 27, 2023. Mr Shenoy is interviewed by Forest Hills Northern High School students Tess McGrath and Haley Cook as a part of WMU’s Telling Our Stories: A Video Collection Celebrating AAPI Heritage Collection. During the interview Mr Shenoy discusses the following topics:

  • Brief personal and family background;

  • A typical day as a student in India;

  • Reflections on living in India;

  • Reasons for and process of immigrating from India to the US;

  • Missing India and how he maintains connections with his home;

  • Reflections on cultural differences between the US and India and how he adjusted to them;

  • How he maintains religious and cultural connections to India;

  • The norms for his life in the US;

  • Goals as a young man, the success he has found in his career, and the future that he dreams of for his children;

  • Advice for immigrants coming to the US;

  • Speculations on what his life would be like if he never immigrated;

  • Language education and abilities, and;

  • His current career as a manager in Pharmacy IT for Meijer.

Date of Interview

3-27-2023

Location of Interview

Forest Hills Northern High School, Grand Rapids, MI

Keywords

Asian American and Pacific Islanders, Immigration, India

Disciplines

Asian American Studies | Asian History | Language and Literacy Education | Oral History | Secondary Education

Language

ENG

Document Type

Book

Length of video

33:33

Length of video log

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Interview with Sandeep Shenoy

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