I think two of the readings that resonated the most with my life history project are Lila Shah’s “Being Indian in America” from Negotiating Cultures and Identities and Gish Jen’s “Mona Gets Flipped”. One of the two cultural traditional I addressed in my paper was both VG and me being immigrants from Sri Lanka. Mona and Shah are also immigrants and the two essays discuss how they adjusted to the American culture.
Shah started her essay with stating “My heritage and ethnic roots are the foundation of myself. I am fortunate enough to know my roots and appreciate them.”. Shah went on to talk about trying to both understand and appreciate both American and Indian cultures. “America had also contributed to my development. Some of my values I realized
