Family and religious pictures.

In Religion
Relationship: Im/migrant
Group:
In the pictures I am holding are my parents and my children. The religious objects I brought with me are at the back ground of the whole picture .
In the pictures I am holding are my parents and my children. The religious objects I brought with me are at the back ground of the whole picture .

          My name is Maya and I am single mother of two children. I migrated to the United States of America in 1997 from India. When I left my home country, I brought the above pictures of my parents and children along with the religious objects which I use everyday when I do my prayer in the morning and in the evening. 
          When I first came I stayed at Sunnyside, Queens with two other Nepali couples in a two bedroom apartment. I didn't have a bedroom of my own. I slept in a living room on a couch. The father of my children was alcoholic and abusive which made me to take full in charge of my children's upbringing, education and to provide them a happy childhood. I left my children at my elder sister's care in search of land of fortune or the opportunities. 
     
 

Place(s): India
Year: 1997

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Relationship:  Im/migrant Im/migrant

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