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Anirvan Chatterjee in Secret Desi History

Mar 12, 2021

Berkeley’s first Desi fortune teller was weirder than you think

Boor Singh took on cops, dog breeders…

Anirvan Chatterjee in Secret Desi History

Jun 29, 2019

The first South Asian to die at San Quentin Prison?

Traveling preacher Babu Bheem Roy committed a…

Anirvan Chatterjee in Secret Desi History

Sep 10, 2021

How did South Asian Americans respond to 9/11?

I discovered these original emails from September 2001

Anirvan Chatterjee in Secret Desi History

Apr 3, 2022

A Rajasthani servant in 1910s Berkeley

Uncovering Natio’s journey from India to California

Anirvan Chatterjee in Secret Desi History

Dec 7, 2017

5 lustful Indian American personals from the 1960s

“Two Cal Grads 23 from India seek young girls for…

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Anirvan Chatterjee in Secret Desi History

Oct 12, 2017

Clearing out Hindoos in 1907 Berkeley

White residents asked police to drive out South Asian neighbors

Anirvan Chatterjee in Secret Desi History

Oct 1, 2017

A South Asian doctor in 1910s Oklahoma

He skipped going to Harvard to marry a White woman named Gladys

Anirvan Chatterjee in Secret Desi History

Dec 25, 2022

The Strangest Christmas Party

A Sikh American Christmas story from 1911

Anirvan Chatterjee in Secret Desi History

Apr 2, 2019

3 East Indians seeking work in 1900s San Francisco

Anirvan Chatterjee in Secret Desi History

Apr 20, 2019

A lonely South Asian in 1850 San Francisco

Was he the first South Asian in Northern California?

These were the top 10 stories published by Secret Desi History; you can also dive into yearly archives: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, and 2023.

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