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Today is April 28th, 2025. Good afternoon, Vaishnavi, please introduce yourself.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=8.0,23.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/3","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: Hi, this is Vaishnavi Parthasarathy. I'm from South India, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, and I was born in Chennai. It's a union territory. In 1988, I moved into Jesse City in December 2018. Recently, just six years back. Okay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=23.0,55.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/4","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Yeah. Yes. So, you've been here for six years. So what brought you to Jersey City? Why you moved here?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=55.0,65.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: It all depend on my husband's work because of","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=65.0,67.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Your husband's job. Okay. Before you moved to Jersey City, where did you live in India?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=67.0,74.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: Chennai.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=74.0,75.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: You lived in Chennai. So, you've lived there your whole life basically? Yes, yes. Okay. Do you have children?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=75.0,81.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: Yeah, I have two daughters.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=81.0,83.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Two daughters. Okay. How old are they?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=83.0,85.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: They're 11 years old and my elder one is 13.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=85.0,90.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: 11 and 13.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=90.0,92.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/13","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=92.0,92.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/14","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Okay. 11 and 13. Okay. I will ask you about them and how has been their transition of learning English, but I want to ask you, you are a student here in the Jersey City Free public library at the Learning Center, level five. How long have you have been learning English before you came to the United States?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=92.0,112.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/15","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: Actually, I've been learning from my kindergarten.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=112.0,116.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/16","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: From kindergarten. Okay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=116.0,118.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/17","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=118.0,119.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/18","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: So how was your experience moving to the United States? Was it easy in terms of language?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=119.0,127.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/19","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: Yeah, actually it's quite easy, but the only problem I had was understanding the slang and especially some, I couldn't speak up fluently because I had a big pause kind of in my school days. It's like in school we used to talk in English and in college we have to talk in English and at home my mother tongue is totally different. My state language is different. So Mother Tanga is Telegu. So we speak Telegu at home and my state language is Tamil, so I speak Tamil to my neighbors and like that. So in school with teachers and everyone, we have to talk in English. Even in college, we have to do with the professors. Yeah, we have to talk in English so I can understand. But the problem I faced here in us was the slang and the speed is totally different. So I couldn't follow it and just like that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=127.0,206.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/20","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Yes, yes, of course. So your schooling in India was in Tamil or in Oo, when you were in elementary school, what language did your teachers use to teach you Mathematics, for instance?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=206.0,220.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/21","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: Everything is in English.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=220.0,222.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/22","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Everything was in English, okay. So","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=222.0,224.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/23","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: I was in an English medium school, so everything was in English. Just the language will be in that particular language, I learned from my first grade till fourth grade, I learned Tamil. And from fifth till my college I learned Sanskrit. And even in fourth to eighth till eighth, we have a third language. So I learned Hindi in third language. Other than these subjects, everything is in English.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=224.0,263.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/24","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: So Sanskrit is considered a classic language because it's a death language. Is that right or is Well that language for speaking, but yes, but","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=263.0,273.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/25","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: In text, there are actually in India in one village, in one particular village, but in one particular village they use science in speak. 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They speak","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=288.0,290.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/28","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: Language, but it was there some years before, but currently I'm not sure about that. But sometime before they were using Sanskrit and sank. Good. I don't say Sanskrit is a dead language because the mantras and whatever we ritually do everything is in Sanskrit.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=290.0,311.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/29","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Absolutely, yes. I apologize.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=311.0,312.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/30","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: So, all this joke,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=312.0,314.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/31","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: I think maybe what I meant is it's not a vernacular, it's not a vernacular language, it's a language that is in texts and for religious. Yes. Like Latin or ancient Greek or ancient Hebrew.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=314.0,330.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/32","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: Yes. Okay. In India, the Hindus follow, I mean Hindus say all the shlokams and the Puja, everything happen at the temple is full of Sanskrit words. They Sanskrit, okay. They don't speak Sanskrit, but they use in daily life. So I believe it's still live.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=330.0,352.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/33","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Oh, it is alive. Very much so. It is alive. Yes, you are right. I correct. So you learned Sanskrit, you grew up speaking Telegu, you learned later in school, Tamil and Sanskrit, you learned later.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=352.0,367.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/34","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: No, Tamil was a conversation. 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So in university your classes were taught in English as well","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=383.0,388.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/38","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: In college?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=388.0,389.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/39","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Yes. Yes. Okay. So please tell me about your education. What did you go to college for? 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Okay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=410.0,414.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/42","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: So my father, my uncle were artists. So my uncle is a well-known artist in Chennai. Even his father is an artist. So I had the background, but I just gave a chance by my intention is to do something else like B commerce, Bachelor of Commerce, and then do to become a chartered accountant. But I gave a chance to finance and with the application this came first. And so yeah, it happened just like that. So I chose, I don't know how to say that, but I had interest in painting as well, but not that much. But still I did this, I got this at my initial stage. So first when we applied for colleges and I got this application approved and I got the seat first inverse page. And then when I accepted this and then I got the other one. So I thought, okay, let me stay here.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=414.0,502.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/43","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Okay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=502.0,504.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/44","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: That was my initial thing. And then, yeah, it was new because I've grew up with paintings around me from my childhood then, but I'm not much aware of the history and the written, I mean, what do we say for the,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=504.0,549.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/45","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: So the written history? Yeah, there are no written records. Information.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=549.0,556.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/46","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: Yeah, what I did, my degree is just not just a practical one. Even the theoretical, yeah, is the theoretical. I was not aware, and I was not much well-versed in theory wise. Okay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=556.0,578.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/47","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: You were not well-versed in theory and your degrees on theory of art?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=578.0,583.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/48","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: Yes, that was major one. And yeah, it was balanced, but it was like 55, 4 or five. It's kind of theory is lot more than practical. During in my bachelor's, if I didn't do my master's, but if I would've done master's, then it is then the practical would be more than theory. But in the bachelor’s degree, it's like theory is more than practical.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=583.0,616.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/49","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: So, you grew up in a family of artists, you study art history and painting. Are you still painting?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=616.0,625.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/50","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: Yeah, I do paintings sometimes and I","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=625.0,628.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/51","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Get time.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=628.0,629.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/52","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: Okay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=629.0,630.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/53","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Would you share pictures of your paintings with the Jersey City Memory Project? Yeah, sure, yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=630.0,639.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/54","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: I don't have, yeah, I'll share","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=639.0,640.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/55","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: It. Yeah. Okay. Well you think about it and","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=640.0,644.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/56","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: Yeah, I share it because currently I don't have it right now here with me. No, here it's from. So I have to get the pictures from India. I have to ask them to. Okay,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=644.0,652.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/57","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Yes. Thank you. Thank you so much. So you are an artist as well. Are you still doing art here now?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=652.0,663.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/58","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: I do it for myself. For yourself, yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=663.0,666.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/59","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: That's wonderful. Yes. That's nice. So do your kids enjoy art as well?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=666.0,672.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/60","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: Yeah, she does. Both of them does. And my elder one is in JC Arts in school, and she's is, I see her better than me sometimes. Her works are really good, actually I didn't do that much, that many works or that much interest. When I was at her age, my interest was just trying as a hobby.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=672.0,708.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/61","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: As a hobby. Okay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=708.0,709.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/62","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: Yeah. When I was child and my uncle who used to do sketches or illustrations for the magazines, he used to ask me, what do you understand from this painting? From my childhood? I used to tell him what's happening. So, I'm much interested in detail, finding details and finding what's the story about? Yeah, looking at his pictures, I'll figure out what's happening without reading the story.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=709.0,752.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/63","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: So, you read the story through the picture?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=752.0,754.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/64","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: Yes. He's a really great artist.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=754.0,755.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/65","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: What is his name?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=755.0,757.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/66","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: His name is Manian Selven","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=757.0,762.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/67","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Manian Selven, okay. So he's, he's a painter. He lives in India","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=762.0,768.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/68","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: He is an illustrator","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=768.0,769.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/69","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: An illustrator. Okay, okay. So, he was a great influence in your life clearly. Yeah. Yes. Okay, that's wonderful. So do you get to go to India often or,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=769.0,782.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/70","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: Yeah, because of COVID I got stuck. So after four years I went in 2023, and this year I'm traveling.\n\nMD:","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=782.0,795.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/71","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Okay, right. Wonderful. When you moved here, you have learned English throughout your school life and moving here was difficult because you mentioned the slang as one of the reasons and the way that people speaks very fast sometimes, and if I'm speaking too fast, please tell me,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=795.0,814.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/72","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: I can understand your","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=814.0,818.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/73","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: English, okay,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=818.0,819.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/74","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: I can understand the Native Americans speaking, but the problem I faced was on the phone.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=819.0,832.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/75","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: On the phone, yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=832.0,834.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/76","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: Maybe they're not native speakers, maybe they're from different country and they speak if fast and some words were new. For me, that is the other one. The other thing, that's the other reason I joined the class. Some terms were hard to understand, especially on the customer service side. Whenever I call, especially the insurance, those jobs are really hard. That is really hard. Understanding the concept and getting the word and yeah, that was really hard","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=834.0,883.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/77","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Initially. So could you do know, if you can think off the top of your head of an example of some Islam, an slang that you might know the words, but you don't understand why people says that. Do you remember something that people says and does it make sense to you? But now it does. Obviously","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=883.0,912.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/78","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: I couldn't get any because I didn't because as I couldn't follow, I didn't get chance to mingle with others, so he couldn't speak too many people. I'm just close with some just now I'm studying, so I couldn't forget anything.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=912.0,933.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/79","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Oh, that's okay. So for how long you have been studying English here at the learning center","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=933.0,941.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/80","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: From level four Spring, the second semester.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=941.0,945.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/81","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Okay, so","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=945.0,946.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/82","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: It's been one year.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=946.0,949.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/83","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Oh, it has been one year. Okay, very good. How do you like your classes here?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=949.0,955.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/84","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: Yeah, it's really informative and the teacher is very helpful teaching the new words and her approach of teaching is also different. She brings everyday, she brings new words and she makes us to recall every class, new words. She gives us time to express. Even in the conversation class, we talk a lot. Now I'm a bit confident in talking. It helped me build my confidence. Yeah. For your previous question, I can understand a lot of words and I can understand the slangs better though. We learned we have different words for elevator, we call it as lift.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=955.0,1048.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/85","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: Okay. In India we use lift and it's elevator here and we say flat an apartment.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=1048.0,1066.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/86","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: So, you live in Jersey City where? Sorry? Where do you live In Jersey City. Which neighborhood?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=1066.0,1072.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/87","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: Paulus Hook.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=1072.0,1073.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/88","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Paulus Hook. How do you like Paulus Hook?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=1073.0,1077.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/89","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: Yeah, it's good. It's very easy to commute. So initially when we were here, we didn't have a car, so it didn't bother us not having a car because we have their light rail path wherever we want, we can commute the shops or close by. So, we don't have an issue even without a car.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=1077.0,1109.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/90","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Yes, of course","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=1109.0,1110.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/91","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: And everything is close by  Indian, Indian Square is close the groceries for us.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=1110.0,1122.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/92","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: So, you have two daughters and when they came to Jersey City, they were how old each one of them?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=1122.0,1131.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/93","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: My elder one was seven years old, and my younger one was five years old.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=1131.0,1140.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/94","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Okay. How was their transition to American life?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=1140.0,1145.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/95","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: Yeah, I don't call it as a nightmare, but it was not that hard, but it was okay because we had our friends here. So, beginning the living was good, the beginning in our personal thing, and in school they had, even for them, even in school in India, they speak English.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=1145.0,1179.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/96","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Oh yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=1179.0,1180.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/97","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: So English was not speaking, it was not a big problem for them. 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So even now she corrects me and I'll say I learned British English, so my English is the pronunciations differs, right?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=1199.0,1212.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/100","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Yes, indeed.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=1212.0,1213.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/101","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: Yeah. So even she’s thinks I'm speaking wrong, I'm pronouncing it wrong. So, she feels it in that way. So, she used to correct me, I say this is another way of doing the same word. Absolutely, yes. Yeah. So sometimes we used to have that. It was easy for her. The one lead thing was the writing part.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=1213.0,1239.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/102","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: How so?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=1239.0,1241.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/103","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: It was a great big transition for her. From there, in India we give equal preference to every subject.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=1241.0,1252.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/104","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: Here it was only English and math, so they have to more concentrate on in English and the grammar, the essays, when she came here in the second grade, so she didn't get how to write the concept, like how it goes, how to write the essays or whatever. But my anger one as she was in the kindergarten. So, she had a good time learning from the basic right.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=1252.0,1287.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/105","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: She started from the beginning, yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=1287.0,1289.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/106","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: So, she learned, she survived. Well, better than her. She took some time to my elder. One took some time to settle, but conversation was not difficult. 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And the Spanish was the other one.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=1316.0,1327.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/108","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: She learned to speak Spanish. Is she learning to speak Spanish?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=1327.0,1330.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/109","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: No. The language they have now, in the beginning it was little difficult for her. Yes,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=1330.0,1336.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/110","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: It is farther away from the South Asian languages. Yes, absolutely. So yes, usually for children, the younger ones have an easier time because they start to go to school here, not elsewhere. 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We call it as pre-K 3's. Pre kindergarten? Yeah, pre-kindergarten. Lower kindergarten and upper kindergarten. Okay. We came here in the mid of upper kindergarten and my elder one was in middle of second grade.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=1355.0,1375.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/114","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Alright. And your husband, how is his English when he moved here? Did he struggle like you or how was his transition?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=1375.0,1393.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/115","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: His was good. Yeah,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=1393.0,1395.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/116","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Because","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=1395.0,1395.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/117","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: He used to, he is a software engineer, so he had the calls, meetings and stuff. And he has traveled here sometimes,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=1395.0,1408.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/118","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Frequently even.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=1408.0,1409.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/119","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: I've been here for three months in 2010. So, 2018 when we moved was the second time for me. When, this is a long period, that was only three months I came here in 2010. Yeah. He used to travel frequently. So, he understands better. Yeah, he understands better and yeah, same. His English is also good.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=1409.0,1439.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/120","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Okay. So how is the day in your life here? What happens every morning when you wake up? What's your routine?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=1439.0,1451.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/121","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: It's a regular one. I wake up, I do my, the breakfast everyday breakfast and lunch for my kids. And then I prepare our lunch and then I have three days of classes here, so from one to three. So, I come here after, and I have some time to talk to my mom and my in-laws. And yeah, not every day, but alternatives. When I don't have the class, I'll be coming. And then after the class I'll pick my kids and then I'll make them snacks and I'll prepare dinner and I'll have some time to, recently I am registering for the library art center, the one near the Hamilton Park, Joseph City Art Center. So, there are some programs. So I'm very much as, I'm an artist, so I registered some classes. So, every week or the other I'll be going there to take part.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=1451.0,1557.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/122","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Are you going to be taking classes or","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=1557.0,1559.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/123","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: Teaching? No, no, no, no. I didn't have my [work permit] yet, so I can't work here. I don't have the permit to work here so far. I mean take class means like I am going to the class.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=1559.0,1576.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/124","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: You're going to the class. You're attending class there.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=1576.0,1578.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/125","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: Okay. I'm attending class,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=1578.0,1579.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/126","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Yes. Okay. Alright. So well here in Jersey City has a very dynamic and fruitful art community. So I hope you find your place somewhere. Okay, that's wonderful. So, you mentioned food. What are the foods from Chennai? Tamil?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=1579.0,1602.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/127","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=1602.0,1603.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/128","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: That you enjoy making and you made when you live there and that you still make Now","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=1603.0,1609.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/129","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: I follow the same food that we make there back in India. And I learned some new things even after coming here. Tamils famous and favorite food is idli and dosa Actually that's a combo.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=1609.0,1640.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/130","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Yes, please tell me about that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=1640.0,1647.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/131","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: Avial and Sundal, they have the same batter. We use the batter, we have to prepare it a day before to use it like soaking al and Italy rice in some fenugreek, soak it for us and then grind it, then ferment it overnight. Then in the morning after the fermentation, it's ready to use. Italy is something. There are some Italy plates, so we put the butter into the plates and steam it. And those is something like, it's kind of creep","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=1647.0,1696.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/132","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Here.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=1696.0,1698.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/133","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: And the side dish for those is some chutney. There are a variety of chutney and the most commonly prefer is sambar. What is that? Sambar is kind of soup. It's a kind of lentil soup. Oh, I've heard that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=1698.0,1722.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/134","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=1722.0,1723.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/135","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: Yeah. Lentils and tomato. Onions and the onions, especially the shallots using those with some tamarind water, tamarind, fury or something and mixed with those. And then some sambar powder is there for the spice and prepare that one hot with steamed. It's kind of, everyone would say that it's a heaven. Yes. Do you cook heaven? It's heaven. Yeah, that sounds fantastic. And with some chutney are the dips you make here with spices like tomato and onion and richly, some salt. And there is one more chutney with coconut. Coconut chutney, grated coconut and some, there's a doll called fried gram doll. Using those two, we prepare the coconut. So these three are the major, it's a combo. When you go and order it at the hotel, it's like sambar, chutney, two different chutneys. Sometimes three. Peanut chutney is also a very good combination. So three different chutneys we also put to the coconut chutney. Sometimes we add the curry leaves,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=1723.0,1813.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/136","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Coconut,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=1813.0,1814.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/137","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: And sometimes mince it. So yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=1814.0,1821.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/138","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Do you cook that every day or every week? How often do you cook","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=1821.0,1825.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/139","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: That? I prepare the batter in alternate weeks. It's very easy to store and handy. So, if I couldn't do anything else, it's very easy to, if I prepare it to just pull it","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=1825.0,1843.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/140","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Out Of the fridge?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=1843.0,1844.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/141","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: Yeah, out the fridge. It's not Italy, I use it readily. But do are, it's kind of, if I made the better then I'll use the rosa everyday morning, because we have the tradition of taking the breakfast. Some people doesn't here. Here I see many are not taking the breakfast in the morning, just milk and cereal, just milk sometimes. So I make sure even my parents made sure that I finished my breakfast before leaving to school. So I follow the same every day. At least one or two. Those as to dosas top my kids with some chutney. And then I'll prepare some sandwich or some roti. 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So you can have some variety using the same batter or the same dough.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=1924.0,1931.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/144","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: Yeah. For idli and dosa we use the same butter. And for roti and chapati we use the same dough.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=1931.0,1936.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/145","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Oh, I see. Yes. Okay. The battery is liquid and the dough is more elastic. Okay. And so you have those foods. How do you feel about living in a community that has such a large influx of people from India? You have many places where you can shop and make the foods from home. You knew that that was the case here in Jersey City, a lot of Indian people and many Indian stores that you can buy the foods.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=1936.0,1967.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/146","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: Yes. Yeah. 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South Indians are few, but a lot of North Indians. So, a lot of North Indians are there. So yeah, with them as I know the language Hindi. But I can read and write. I can't speak fluently because it's been a long time. I don't have no one in Chennai to speak. 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You, not out of India, but inside India I've traveled","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2085.0,2092.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/157","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Where you've traveled in your country.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2092.0,2096.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/158","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: I've traveled to neighboring states. Andhra, I mean not exactly close by Andhraa. Not exactly. 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There are no shops like that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2191.0,2232.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/163","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2232.0,2233.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/164","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: You buy what","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2233.0,2234.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/165","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: You need.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2234.0,2234.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/166","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: Yeah, we buy what we need. So there'll be a grocery shop next to next. Even in Chennai, in my mom's place, it's like I live on the third floor and that's the one Lee issue. Other that when we came down, it's like all shops we have at right out the door actually. So we get everything there now. We have malls there as well. A lot of malls are there and I don't see much difference. Oh, you see the similar, yeah,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2234.0,2289.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/167","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Sorry, excuse me. You were saying, you go ahead. How do you move around now you have a car here, right? Yes. When you live in Chennai, did you use the public transportation, or you had a car?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2289.0,2302.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/168","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: We didn't have a car, but we had scooter. I used to take the kids and scooter to school every day. I used to take them and bring them back and scooter and yeah, we use the public transport. Sometimes the train, especially if I want to go to my mom place, it's very close by my mom and my in-laws place are very close by. So, we used to take train and we have auto rig shop.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2302.0,2331.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/169","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Oh","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2331.0,2333.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/170","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: Yeah, the bus to my college, I used bus after that, not much. 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We used to take","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2349.0,2358.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/173","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Car.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2358.0,2358.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/174","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: Okay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2358.0,2360.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/175","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Did you drive in India","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2360.0,2362.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/176","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: Car?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2362.0,2363.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/177","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2363.0,2363.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/178","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: No.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2363.0,2364.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/179","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Would you drive in India, your car, you learned to drive","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2364.0,2368.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/180","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: Here? I'm going to.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2368.0,2372.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/181","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: You're going to learn to drive here? 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From where are you friends or people that you have known are only from India or you have met people from other countries","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2378.0,2391.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/186","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: Here or","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2391.0,2393.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/187","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Here in Jersey City?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2393.0,2397.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/188","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: Yeah, I've met from different countries maybe with my kids, school friends, parents. And especially after coming to the A SL, I've seen different country peoples like France, Russia, and","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2397.0,2439.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/189","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: It's okay. So at home your children are doing okay with English. So is your husband, what language do you speak?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2439.0,2450.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/190","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: Tamal.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2450.0,2451.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/191","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Tamal, okay. And you don't speak Telegu at home?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2451.0,2457.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/192","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: Actually, my husband grew up speaking Tamal and he knows Telegu, but he doesn't speak, he is not used to much words, so he prefers thermal. So with my family, if I call to India, if I make a call to India, I'll speak so my kids can understand a bit of telegu, but speaks","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2457.0,2487.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/193","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Very well. They speak that okay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2487.0,2488.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/194","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: And they speak to me in English, but they understand thermal. But recently when we went to India last year, 2023, they got their thermal back.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2488.0,2503.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/195","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Oh yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2503.0,2503.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/196","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: Because of being here for five years, they spoke only English.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2503.0,2511.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/197","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Yeah, that's a big problem. Right. So are you looking forward to visiting India or to moving permanently there or you have made of Jersey City, your home, do you live, is this your home? Now that's a very personal question, but if you, no, it's not personal,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2511.0,2532.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/198","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: But","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2532.0,2533.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/199","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: It","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2533.0,2533.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/200","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: Depends on the visa.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2533.0,2534.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/201","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Okay. So it all depends. So you may or May. Yes. Okay. But your kids are used to being here.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2534.0,2542.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/202","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: Yeah, they don't want to go back because they, the school and everything is totally different.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2542.0,2551.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/203","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Right. And they have their friends here.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2551.0,2553.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/204","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: Yeah, friends and the school and the tradition is totally different how they live here because the vacation, when they go they see it little hard compared to here in","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2553.0,2571.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/205","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: India, do you mean the weather?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2571.0,2573.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/206","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: Weather and the tradition that we fall, not the tradition means the culture.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2573.0,2579.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/207","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Yes. Tell me a little bit about the culture, what you did in India and what you do here in terms of festivals, religion and culture in general. What are the differences?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2579.0,2598.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/208","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: In India? India is, how do I say, we follow the nature. The nature is we consider everything. We have the festivals based on nature. So the festival of, we have Pongal the Harvesting Festival and then for Pongal we do for the God, sun, God. And we have called Muttu Pongal. And that is we pray for the bull, the cow and Diwali, we celebrate for lights. And so, every season we have different festivals, and we have a big one as Navratri three and it's a nine-day festival for goddess three Goddess like Parvati and Lakshmi. So, for three days for each, for each. So that's three and some north they call it as Daksha. And the valley is the festival of lights. Yes. We celebrate here as well. We have a holiday here.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2598.0,2698.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/209","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Yes, yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2698.0,2699.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/210","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: That's school. That's a very good thing.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2699.0,2701.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/211","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: That's a very good thing. Do you see people has holidays for all religions here, but not all but the major","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2701.0,2709.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/212","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: Religious, yeah, Chinese New Year. Ramadan and Diwali,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2709.0,2715.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/213","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Yes, they do have for Jewish Rosh Hashanah. Yom-Kippur for Christians, Passover. No, Passover for Jewish. But Easter for Christian, Easter for Christians. And Christmas, yeah, Christmas, New York. Well, they do, they're pretty open and tolerant to many religions here. Indeed, they are. 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And mostly except for the Pongal actually in India. In all parts of India? No east west. So in every part it's like everything is common. Each state has their own, they call it as a different way","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2756.0,2787.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/217","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: And they celebrate it in a different way. Also. Holy is a common one. But that for not so many people celebrate Holi using the colors, throwing the colors. And Diwali is common. Holi is, especially for Tamil we call it. That's a four day festival. Like Bogi, first day, second day, Al third day, Mattu al for the day, Kal. So, it's a four day festival and in every village they have the temples will have a week of celebration, a lot of different puja and there'll be what we call here, we make some on streets, we bring some carnival.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2787.0,2855.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/218","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Carnival parade.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2855.0,2855.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/219","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: Carnival. No, not parade.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2855.0,2857.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/220","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Carnival. Carnival","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2857.0,2859.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/221","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: With lot of different dances, they showcase different dances. There'll be a lot of food, a lot of games, lot different. It'll be colorful. Oh that sounds funny.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2859.0,2882.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/222","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Do you miss your life in India?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2882.0,2884.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/223","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: Yeah, actually, but these things I'm not much exposed because I was in the city. These are very famous in the villages. In the","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2884.0,2892.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/224","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Villages,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2892.0,2893.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/225","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: Okay. Yeah. I didn't get a chance to celebrate these things, but I've heard and we have seen in the movies and I've heard some like this.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2893.0,2906.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/226","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: So what do you look forward in your life in the future? What are your dreams? What do you want for yourself, for your family, for your daughters in your life here or in India? What do you think? It's important?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2906.0,2923.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/227","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: We are in a dilemma. We are still working on it. Whether it's, it's good to stay here or move elsewhere or go back to India, but everything depends on the visa, everything. And yeah, for me, I would like to work on my field in art. I want to learn more. Maybe now I get some time. So I'm planning and for my kids, they want to do college here. But let's see, they have some ideas but still not at finalized.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2923.0,2989.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/228","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Yes, they're","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2989.0,2990.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/229","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: Very young. My older one is going to high school right now.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2990.0,2993.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/230","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Okay. Yes. From next year. Next year,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2993.0,2996.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/231","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"VP: Yeah, maybe a couple of years. We'll get to know what she","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971#t=2996.0,2999.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163059/file/296971/transcript/86667/annotation/232","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Can do. And your eldest is the artist, right? Or the youngest? The eldest. The eldest is the artist. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, that's wonderful. Okay, well is there anything else you'd like to add to the interview? Any thoughts that you might have? No. Alright, so far it was wonderful getting to know you Vani and thank you so much for sitting down with me to thank you so much to answer all my questions. Thank you so much. Take care. 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