Reference codeI332Name of interviewee (English)DAHR, GeetanjaliDate of interview09/10/2009BiographyBorn in 1967 in Kashmir, India, Geetanjali Dahr had an idyllic childhood as the daughter of an Army Officer. She was educated at the Army Public School and went on to train in the hotel industry. Dahr moved to Hong Kong in 1999 where she met her husband who worked in the banking sector in Hong Kong. Dahr has since set up her own business.Interview summaryDescribes her childhood life in a military base and her progression in her hotelier career till her relocation to Hong Kong in 1999. Discusses Delhi marriage traditions and the Dahr's correspondences within the Indian community in Hong Kong. Further talks of her entrepreneurship experience and the challenges she had gone through. Interview also mentions the issues of racial discrimination Dahr had faced and observed in Hong Kong.Duration50 minutesInterviewerAmelia AllsopTopicIndian CommunityLanguageEnglishLevel of accessUnclassifiedCollectionOral History CollectionCollection SummaryDAHR, Geetanjali
