"Bombay is my other country"
#24 Nishita moved from India to America in the mid-1990s. Talking to her has made me reappraise the meaning of immigration altogether: it's a stroke of good luck, she taught me.
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“America likes to make heroes”
#23 He was born in Communist Romania. Today, he is designing systems that will enable humans to survive on Mars. Dr. Dragos's story of immigration is one of hardship and adventure.
He came to the United States 57 years ago: "I was very confident!'
#22 In 1969, Promod Uncle came to the American East Coast as a confident 27-year-old. Today, at 84 he looked back at his journey with me...
“You have to make your mark here”
#21 Hijab's immigration story comes wrapped in a perfumed scarf from back home... and an MBA degree in her new home.
"America has softened me a little bit"
#20 Tamara moved from Croatia to America 15 years ago. America thawed her Balkan-Slavic core and changed her in ways only immigration can.
Memories of migration from Hungary to America, via Austria
#19 Peter escaped Hungary when he was a little boy of 7. Today, at 77, he spoke to me about the journey that brought him to America.
"The ethos of Silicon Valley has not changed in 40 years"
#18 Sunil moved from India to America in 1980. Soon after, he found his intellectual home 9,000 miles away from the place he came from.
"There are many ways to be American"
#17 Raj was around 6 years old when his family moved westward. He spoke to me about being Indian-American...
“People here are used to their isolation”
#16 A story of movement from Armenia to America...
“I’ve accepted that I’m American”
#15 Chia moved from Taiwan to America in 1983. She spoke to me about being too Asian for America and too American for Asia...
"I do my best"
#14 Kriti is one of the most optimistic people I've interviewed. But her positivity is hard won.
I interviewed novelist Nayantara Roy about everything but her books...
#13 ... and she let me! Tara moved around the globe a lot before deciding to call Los Angeles home.
"American at heart"
#12 Padma enjoyed playing historian as she took me through her experience with migration in the 1980s.
"I don’t want to give up"
#11 Naqshe moved to US after marriage. She is busy trying to rebuild her professional identity.
“I didn’t give up on the US story”
#10 Ruchi moved to America twice. I find her story simple and inspiring.
“I always felt like I floated between two worlds”
#9 Delia moved from Ghana to the UK and then to the US, all before she turned 10. She spoke to me about her experience with migration.
“I want to give this place a chance”
#8 A story of movement that looks peaceful on the outside but feels "wild" on the inside...
"I was able to start from zero"
#7 From Soviet-controlled East Germany to the San Francisco Bay Area, Friederica's story is simple yet special.
"Home is not a place"
#6 A caffeinated conversation about nothing and everything.
“A woman should empower herself, stand up and speak up”
#5 Snehal's migration story wrenches gut, heart and soul.