Dr. Shakuntala Rajagopal Brings Her Incredible Immigration Story to LibLearnX 2023

As part of its objective, this year’s LibLearnX was completely dedicated to sharing brand-new stories from numerous contributing authors. These consisted of the still-untold stories of individuals who left their distant houses for a brand-new life in America. And for Dr. Shakuntala Rajagopal, her story covered lots of years of her long life, which she now retells in her narrative: ” TRANSPLANTED From 110 Degrees in the Shade to 10 Degrees Below Zero in the Sun. “

To her, the title was the most apt method to explain those eventful 48 hours when the then 23- year-old physician took a trip with her spouse to Chicago throughout the 1960 s. However, the narrative covers more than that as it likewise explains her life maturing in the South Indian town of Thiruananthapuram, the abundant culture of her training, and a brilliant, inside take a look at mid-20 ^th century India.

Readers are applauding the brilliant, vibrant information in Dr. Rajagopal’s narrative as she explains the roller-coaster trip of cultural shift in between India and Chicago. Every page is filled with a mind-blowing, direct account of her immigrant journey, and how she handled the difficulty of absorbing American culture as her own.

From the complexities of Hinduism and its gods, the tastes of Indian food, and all the method to her sincere ideas about her prolonged American household and all its relationships, Dr. Rajagopal does not keep back when it concerned offering the cross-cultural motivation that originates from immigrant stories.

“TRANSPLANTED From110 Degrees in the Shade to10Degrees Below Zero in the Sun “ is now readily available in Barnes and Noble and Amazon(in Kindle and hardbound editions).

“TRANSPLANTED From110 Degrees in the Shade to10 Degrees Below Zero in the Sun”

Author|Shakuntala Rajagopal

Published date|March 2019

Publisher|Borders Press

Genre|Narrative

Author Bio )

Right after finishing from Trivandrum Medical College, she followed her partner of 7 months to Chicago. There, she needed to mature two times. The very first time, in the bosom of a warm prolonged household, maturing was an enjoyment. In Chicago, she needed to mature all over once again. In their early years, with no household, life was hard, and in some cases lonesome. In spite of the odd foods she needed to change, to the odd clothing that she required to endure the cold, and even the strangeness of the English language, (which she had actually hitherto thought was well versed in) she had the ability to mold her life and likes, and develop herself as an effective pathologist, a devoted partner, and strong, yet kind and caring mom and granny. Their love and dedication to each other allowed them to make their Chicago life an experience, and a satisfying experience.

After a long and recognized profession in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Dr. Rajagopal has actually retired and now lives as Matriarch to her 3 children, 2 sons-in-law, 3 grand sons, one granddaughter-in-law and to an extended household of fifty-four in Chicago land alone.