Deaf South Asian Americans: Shazia’s Story
Shazia Siddiqi is a Deaf Pakistani American doctor, born in Texas area and raised in California. Meeting a deaf doctor is not a common experience, so I asked her to share her medical… Continue reading
Monthly Archive: July, 2013
Deaf South Asian Americans: Madan’s Story
Madan Vasishta is a scholar of Deaf Education who splits his time between Washington, DC and Delhi, India. Born and brought up in northern India, Madan became deaf at age 11 and had… Continue reading
Deaf South Asian Americans: Karthik’s Story
Karthik Sethuraman was born in Madras, and moved to Oklahoma City at the age of 20. He has also lived in Las Cruces, NM and most recently, Los Angeles, CA. Currently Karthik works… Continue reading
Deaf South Asian Americans: Sagar’s Story
Sagar Kothari was born and brought up in Poughkeepsie, NY to Indian parents, who immigrated to the US fifty years ago. Sagar is very proud of all of his identities: Indian, American and… Continue reading
Deaf South Asian Americans: Smita’s Story
Smita Kothari was born and brought up in Mumbai, India. She finished her college degrees in Business and in Education in India, never having had interpreters. Smita moved here two years ago after… Continue reading
Deaf South Asian Americans: Zara’s Story
Zara Husain is a Deaf Pakistani American scholar from Columbia University, who divides her time between the east coast and Lahore, Pakistan. She was kind enough to share some stories from her life… Continue reading
Vidyut Latay: Beyond Silence
Vidyut Latay is a filmmaker based out of Los Angeles California as well as a Film Consultant with the nonprofit organization, Filmmakers’ Alliance, which supports new filmmakers in achieving their goals. Her short documentary,… Continue reading