Reminiscences of Inder Jit Singh : oral history, 2002-2003.

Biographical Note

Professor, Author.

Scope and Contents

Background: born Gujranwalla, India (present day Pakistan), early traumatic memories of India-Pakistan partition and family's move to India; education: Montessori and Catholic schooling; Ph.D. University of Oregon Medical School; D.D.S. Columbia University; career: National Institute of Health research fellowship, New York University [NYU] professor of anatomy and Coordinator of the Anatomical Sciences; reflections on Sikh religion and culture in North America, discussion of relations between Sikhs, Muslims and Hindus in Pakistan and India, experiences as a Sikh professor at NYU, Judeo-Christian influences; post-9/11: discrimination against Sikhs, Muslims, and Arabs, confusion between Sikhs and Muslims, Sikh attempts to educate other communities in New York; thoughts on Homeland Security, the Iraq invasion, and the [George W.] Bush Administration, future of American liberties and politics.

Subjects

• Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Personal narratives.
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
• Singh, Inder Jit, 1937---Interviews.
• Starecheski, Amy, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr

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