An Uncompromising Activist: Memoir of an Immigrant, Educator, and Grandmother
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| Rating | : | 4.50 (735 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1475998724 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 204 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-19 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"A glimpse into the life of an activist!" according to Pranav B Trivedi. The book is very interesting and takes us through life journey of Dr. Juthani. Specially as a second generation immigrant its interesting to get a glimpse in the past. Her stories are very interesting and its fun to see her varied experiences come to life.
Juthani lives in Scarsdale, New York, with her husband. She has three children and four grandchildren. About the Author Nalini Juthani is a psychiatrist and medical educator who immigrated from India to the United States in 1970. She is a speaker and has published articles on women's issues, cultural adaptation, raising children between two worlds, and spirituality.
She has three children and four grandchildren. She is a speaker and has published articles on women's issues, cultural adaptation, raising children between two worlds, and spirituality. . Nalini Juthani is a psychiatrist and medical educator who immigrated from India to the United States in 1970. Juthani lives in Scarsdale, New York, with her husband
In An Uncompromising Activist, Juthani shares the stories from her life as a woman, daughter, wife, immigrant, medical educator, mother, and grandmother. It also offers the story of the Ghevaria-Juthani families and provides a history for future generations.. Inspiring and touching, the essays describe the influence Juthani had on the lives of others while overcoming cultural barriers. An Uncompromising Activist narrates her experiences of getting her first job in New York, her first car, her first house, and her first American friend. These essays, with photographs included, provide a glimpse of what it was like for the first twenty-four years of growing up in India as a woman and how the loss of her father at an early age affected her and her future. When author Nalini Juthani and her new husband, Viren, left India for the United States in June of 1970, neither they nor their families knew this adventure would continue for a lifetime, that America would be the place where they would fulfill their dreams, raise a family, and find a new home. The stories show the courage of a woman who became a trendsetter in a new country