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

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

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.

transcript: 129 p.sound recordings: 3 sound discs (130, 78 min.) : digital ; 3 in.

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Starecheski, Amy,

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Oral historian, interviewer. From the description of Reminiscences of Amy Starecheski : oral history, 2005. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 269260817 ...

Singh, Inder Jit, 1937-,

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Professor, Author. From the description of Reminiscences of Inder Jit Singh : oral history, 2002-2003. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 269259427 ...