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Kuvakäsikirjoitus Teksti
- Liuku: 1
- My mom, Ashi was born in 1977 in New Delhi, India. Her parents ran away from home to be together, and then gave birth to my mom and her older brother.
- Liuku: 2
- "Although I was close with my parents, my cousins were my best friends. We all went between each others houses for months at a time."
- Liuku: 3
- mom, why did you decide to move here?
- my childhood was so loving and warm, yet there were still things that made me decide I couldn't raise a child there.
- Liuku: 6
- As I got older, I began to notice some of the less magical things in Delhi.
- There were many safety concerns,=involving physical safety and also airpollution. I decided this wouldn't be a good place to start my family
- Liuku: 7
- Additionally, I was very serious about my education and wanted to go somewhere else for my college education. I felt that India didn't have a good enough education for me
- Liuku: 8
- Current day, San Francisco
- When I was 12 years old, I went to the United States of America by myself. I stayed with my aunts, and I discovered the magic of the 'American Dream'
- Idecided I was going to move to the United States by the time I was 20.
- Liuku: 9
- I also became a flight attendant, and moved to Singapore for a year, when I met the love of my life.
- Thank you for choosing Singapore Airlines!
- Liuku: 10
- I always had a passion in writing, and I needed to save up money in order to move to the United States. So, I became a journalist for the largest newspaper in India
- Liuku: 11
- New Delhi, 1995
- Saying goodbye to everyone I know was to this day one of the hardest things I have had to do.
- Liuku: 12
- Yet the anticipation of a new life gave me so much to look forward to
- Liuku: 13
- In December of 1999, I arrived in the United States and attended the University of Minnesota, although it was a lot colder than I was expecting.
- Liuku: 14
- It wasn't just the weather, the people were much colder here too compared to India
- I quickly started to get homesick, and with no phones, I had no way to call my family
- Liuku: 15
- After 911, I started to notice that many of my friends were looked at and treated differently. I never noticed anything like this until now.
- Liuku: 16
- Hi!
- Oh.. um never mind we're closed sorry.
- Liuku: 17
- Hi, welcome in!
- Liuku: 18
- Me and my husband got married in 2003, after his brother unfortunately passed away
- Liuku: 19
- One year later, we decided to move to San Francisco for more opportunities andinclusivity.
- Liuku: 20
- March, 2002
- Moving to San Francisco was the best decision we could make. We both got jobs in the tech industry and are in a much more welcoming community.
- Liuku: 21
- In 2006, we gave birth to our son Sumaer, followed by Mehr in 2009, who I told this story to.
- Liuku: 22
- I'm so grateful to be able to give my children the same warmth that I felt in my childhood, and to give them these opportunities.
- Liuku: 23
- The End
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