Interview with Anonymous, October 24, 2023
Project: Gaines Center: Immigrant Women and Social Banking Groups in Kentucky Oral History Project
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In this interview with an anonymous participant, they discuss their life as an Indian immigrant CPA working remotely in Lexington, Kentucky. The interviewee describes their experiences immigrating from India, their partner's Singaporean background, her families financial dynamics and those of her parents. She also goes into detail about kitty parties, a social banking practice, that her mother engaged in while in India and she has taken up in Lexington, how the purpose of those parties has changed between continents and generations, and her own personal relationship with money and the economy.Interview Accession
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Kitty parties Community activities Economic stability Consumerism CPA Certified Public Accountants Whatsapp Bluegrass Indo-American Civic Society Corporate taxes Master's of Business Administration Economic disparities Socioeconomic status Diwali Raksha Bandhan Financial planning Household management Gender roles Rupees Tombola Wealth gapInterview Rights
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Interview by Leena Haider. 24 Oct. 2023. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
(2023, October 24). Interview by L. Haider. Gaines Center: Immigrant Women and Social Banking Groups in Kentucky Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
, interview by Leena Haider. October 24, 2023, Gaines Center: Immigrant Women and Social Banking Groups in Kentucky Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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