0:00 - Introduction
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1:22 - Growing up in rural Maharashtra
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2:41 - Father practices medicine in rural Maharashtra
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5:44 - Brother goes to IIT Bombay, Stanford
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7:29 - Early childhood education/ choosing to become a doctor
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12:19 - Marrying childhood friend/father-in-law introduces Rugvedita to Solzhenitsyn and Pasternak
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Keywords: Alexander Solzhenitsyn; communism; dentistry; Doctor Zhivago; education; English movies; entertainment; equality; fairness; father-in law; generosity; justice; literature; marriage; philosophical literature; Quiet Flows the Don; Satyajit Ray; socialism; Soviet books; The Gulag Archipelago; values; world literature
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15:40 - Spouse/moving from India to Washington State
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19:01 - Early encounters with Soviet culture
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20:34 - Favorite Soviet book
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24:58 - Starting Facebook group for fans of Soviet literature in Marathi
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27:06 - Soviet book exhibitions in Maharashtra/ favorite translations of Soviet children's books
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Keywords: "Soviet Nari"; Adventures of Captain Vrungel; Anil Halwaldar; Arkady Gaidar; book expos; Chuk and Gek; Lokvangmaya" People's Publishing House; PPH; print quality; printing; propaganda; reading; Soviet books; Soviet periodicals; Soviet Woman; translators; values
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33:18 - Learning about sound waves, clocks and math through Soviet books/Soviet kids' magazines
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Keywords: "Math With Mommy"; "Soviet Nari"; "What the Bat Told US"; animation; Children's' Literature; education; Engineering books; illustrations; Indian education system; Kolobok; magazines; math books; mathematics; Misha; Russia; Soviet journals; Soviet Union; USSR
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37:28 - Other family members read Soviet Books/ comparison between protagonists of Indian and Soviet stories
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40:33 - Father goes to Volgograd to learn endoscopic surgery
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44:22 - Soviet children's book "Chuk and Gek" teaches humanity, equality, social justice
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47:20 - Writing letters to Progress Publishers about translations/passing Soviet literature in Marathi onto her children
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53:23 - Interview with Rugvedita's family
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