This document contains a questionnaire and instructions for interviewing family members about their experiences growing up in India as teenagers. The questionnaire includes questions about family structure, values taught by parents, and roles and responsibilities within the family. It also lists follow up questions about how the role of family has changed over time. The document provides examples of students who interviewed their parents and grandparents, including their names, ages, occupations, and photos from when they were teenagers and currently. The goal of the interviews is to understand family life in India over different generations.
3. QUESTIONNAIRE
Part 1: Main questions
Fill in the blanks:
a. I belonged to a family.
b. My father was a by profession.
c. My mother was a .
d. There were number of members in my
family.
e. of us lived in the same house.
f. We lived in .
4. SUB-QUESTIONS (PART 2)
Q1: Do you remember any historical event/fact when
you were a teenager in India or worldwide? If yes,
why has that event impressed you?
Q2: a) Which family matters did your parents discuss
with you when you were a teenager?
b) What main values were taught by your parents
when you were a teenager?
5. SUB-QUESTIONS (PART 2)
c) Was there any hierarchy in the family?
d) What did you like most in your family?
e) Can you remember any one very special
event/occasion when you really felt the
importance of being a member of a family?
6. SUB-QUESTIONS(PART 3)
1) Do you think that the role of a family has changed?
2) List the positive and negative aspects of changes
mentioned above.
3) What are the three most important characteristics
of a family, according to you?
7. INTERVIEWER: SAKSHAM
I interviewed my father H K Verma
who is 48 years old and working as
Government officer.
Mr.Verma at
14 years
Mr.Verma
now Mr.Verma’s residence
in Patna, Bihar
8. INTERVIEWER: SAKSHAM
I interviewed my grandfather Sumeet
Gakhar who is 70 years old and
retired.
Mr.Gakhar
at 14 years
Mr.Gakhar
now
Mr. Gakhar’s
residence in New
Delhi
9. INTERVIEWER: NEEV JAIN
I interviewed my mother Vidya Jain
who is 32 years old and is a home
maker
Mrs.Jain at
14 years
Mrs. Jain
now
Mrs. Jain’s residence
in Dadar Mumbai
10. INTERVIEWER: NEEV JAIN
I interviewed my grandfather
Indermalji Jain who is 65 years
old and a businessman.
Mr.Jain at
14 years
Mr.Jain now
Mr. Jain’s residence in
Udaipur, Rajasthan
11. INTERVIEWER: AANCHAL SHETH
I interviewed my mother Priya
Doshi who is 41 years old and is a
businesswoman.
Mrs.Doshi
at 14 years
Mrs. Doshi
now
Mrs. Doshi’s residence
in Mulund, Mumbai
12. INTERVIEWER: AANCHAL SHETH
I interviewed my grandfather
Jisukhlal Sheth who is 78
years old and a businessman.
Mr.Sheth at
14 years Mr.Sheth now
Mr. Sheth’s residence
in Ghatkopar, Mumbai
13. INTERVIEWER:TANISHA KHIMANI
I interviewed my father Samir
Khimani who is 38 years old and is
a businesman.
Mr.Khimani
at 14 years
Mr. Khimani
now
Mr. Khimani’s
residence in
Jogeshwari, Mumbai
14. INTERVIEWER:TANISHA KHIMANI
I interviewed my grandmother
Salima Lakhani who is 52 years
old and a home maker.
Mrs Lakhani
at 14 years Mrs Lakhani
now Mrs Lakhani’s residence
in Dahisar, Mumbai
15. INTERVIEWER : DIYA BEJOY
I interviewed my mother Chitra Bejoy
who is 36 years old and has a
business.
Mrs Bejoy at
14 years
Mrs Bejoy
now
Mrs Bijoy’s residence in
Kerala
16. I interviewed my grandmother
Nirmala Pali who is 65 years
old.
INTERVIEWER : DIYA BEJOY
Mrs Pali at
14 years
Mrs Pali now
Mrs Pali’s residence in
Kerala