Ms. Krishna Chakrabarthy (At Risk Stories)
Ms. Krishna Chakrabarthy
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Krishna Chakrabarthy, 80, is a retired biochemist, college lecturer, and active member of the Bengali community in Chicago. The interview includes discussion of her youth in Gujarat, her father’s influence on her decision to study in the United States, her arranged marriage, and her and her husband’s distinguished careers in research. She describes her life as the only Indian girl in all of UC Davis in the early 1960s, her studious nature, and how the sudden deaths of her son and husband have taught her to appreciate life. Her husband is renowned for being the first person to patent a live bacterium. She founded Varosha, a non-profit that sends funds and provides vocational training to women and children in West Bengal. Other topics discussed include: the Bengali Association of Greater Chicago, the Umesh Literary Society, teaching at the University of Illinois, her decision to wear a sari, and how much she enjoys swimming.
Mr. Santimoy Banerjee (At Risk Stories)
Santimoy Banerjee, 80, is a philanthropist and retired biochemist. The interview includes discussion of his training in the 1960s in the growing field of biochemistry at the University of Calcutta Bose Institute and at Harvard...