“The Strangest Christmas Party” by Jack Cumberland

A new history dataset shows the impact of immigration restrictions

Students from India, China, Japan, and Siam came together in 1907 Berkeley

Uncovering Natio’s journey from India to California

I discovered these original emails from September 2001

Boor Singh took on cops, dog breeders, and clairvoyants

Traveling preacher Babu Bheem Roy committed a terrible crime in 1910s California. His Indian-American daughter survived, and told her…

Was he the first South Asian in Northern California?

We’ve been finding records of early Indian immigrants to San Francisco advertising for jobs. Here are some of the ads we found.

He moved to Texas, fought for citizenship, and married a woman from Louisiana

The story of Said Khan, the “thuggee” murderer

“Prince” Sarath Kumar Ghosh cross-crossed the U.S. 100 years ago

“Two Cal Grads 23 from India seek young girls for fun n sex.”

Lal Chand Mehra improved a movie with actors in brownface

3 Indian Muslims, a Russian Jewish landlord, and an unfinished story