For the “our stories” project, I interviewed my father, emigrated from India to America in the early 90s (1991). This relates to the topic of immigration to the United States. Immigration/emigration has been happening since the mid-1800s and still continues today with many people coming to the United States and/or other countries. Immigration started because of escaping an oppressive government or financial difficulties, but later evolved into many different reasons. Most of the people who immigrated to the United Sates in the 1800s were Chinese, Irish, or Russian, but in the late 20th century you can expect to people from all over the world coming to America. In my interview I asked my dad, who immigrated from southern India and came to America, some questions about his experiences of immigration. I asked questions such as “What was your reason for coming to America?”, “What were the hardest things you faced?” and “Describe some feelings you felt.” I chose to interview my father because I wanted to learn about a first-hand experience of living in one country for most of your life and then just transferring to another completely different country that you don’t know much about. I was glad to this project because I was able to learn more to help me understand slightly better about an immigrants experience and to learn more about my heritage.

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