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Interviewee
Pratap, Siddharth February 11, 2000 

Call Number
99-018

Physical Description

21 pages; 1 tape, 1 7/8 ips, 50 minutes; index

Interviewer
Sheehan, Steven

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

Siddharth Pratap was born in Babares, India in 1972 and moved to the United States when he was four. Mr. Pratap discusses his educational background in different cities in America, since the family moved around a lot when he was growing up. He started his undergraduate education in Georgia where he met his future wife. He then transferred to Indiana University - Bloomington, partially to be near his parents, who had moved to Indiana. Currently he and his wife are living in Nashville, Tennessee where he is pursuing a PhD. in biology. Mr. Pratap discusses his feelings of embarrassment as a child of Indian traditions, that he says has changed to interest as a young adult. He speaks of his marriage in India, which was a double ceremony, since his family is Hindu and his wife's is Indian Christian. Mr. Pratap also discusses the importance of passing on an appreciation of Indian culture to his children in the future.

• Keywords
• • Corporation Names
  • Indiana University
• • Place Names
  • Benares, India
  • Bloomington, Indiana
  • Nashville, Tennessee
  • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• • Subjects
  • Hinduism
  • Indian Christians
  • Indian community associations
  • Indian weddings
  • racial discrimination