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Tag: Senior profile

Sixty-six and still a caregiver: Bharti Parikh faces the future

October 10, 2017
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| Categories: aging, art, Caregiving, immigrant seniors, immigration, Indian diaspora, Oral History, Queens, social isolation

By all accounts, Bharti Parikh, 66, has led an exciting life. Her life has been an adventure that took her from a childhood in the tiny village of Patton in Gujarat, India, to a law degree, and fulfilling years in America that included working for the City of New York, being invited to be an artist at President…

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Maganbhai and Kamuben Chavda: 63 years together, for poorer, or richer!

November 28, 2016
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| Categories: immigrant seniors, immigration, Indian diaspora, Queens, senior profile, stories

Maganbhai Chavda is tall and thin, a white-haired gentleman who towers over his wife Kamuben’s tiny bird-like figure.  Kamuben,  in turn, is the one you will see dancing the vigorous garba at every opportunity. The husband and wife, both 82, are unmistakable fixtures at India Home’s Sunnyside Community Center location.  They were born in 1935 and have been married for 63 years, sharing a…

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