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Fragments from South Asian America — from the Berkeley South Asian Radical History Walking Tour
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A Tamil sailor (and pirate?) in Gold Rush San Francisco
The story of Samuel Variapa, the “Hindoo…
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Dec 25, 2022
The Strangest Christmas Party
A Sikh American Christmas story from 1911
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Oct 3, 2022
The Oriental Students Association of 1907 — a new Asian American origin story?
Students from India…
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Jun 29, 2019
The first South Asian to die at San Quentin Prison?
Traveling preacher Babu Bheem Roy committed a…
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Apr 20, 2019
A lonely South Asian in 1850 San Francisco
Was he the first South Asian in Northern California?
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Aug 24, 2018
Abdul Goffer Mondul’s battle for citizenship in 1909 Texas
He moved to Texas, fought for citizenship, and married a woman from Louisiana
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Apr 13, 2018
Love, Murder, and the Great Hindoo Manhunt of 1913
The story of Said Khan, the “thuggee” murderer
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Feb 9, 2018
Vintage Indian-American ads: A 1910s lecture tour by an “Indian Prince”
“Prince” Sarath Kumar Ghosh…
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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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Nov 15, 2017
Fighting Indian stereotypes in 1934 Hollywood
Lal Chand Mehra improved a movie with actors in brownface
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