Anirvan Chatterjee on Nostr: I research South Asian American histories in Berkeley, California. I just came across ...
I research South Asian American histories in Berkeley, California. I just came across the earliest story yet.
In 1880s Berkeley, a turbaned figure known as Old James wandered the hills.
The “Hindu” immigrant milker on a dairy farm was a curiosity to neighbors.
James' life, as a child on the farm remembered it, was a mix of labor, opium addiction, prophecy, and maybe loneliness. 🧵
I wrote about him at
https://www.secretdesihistory.com/old-james-1880s-berkeley
#SouthAsianAmerican #histodons #AsianAmerican #Berkeley #BerkeleyCA
In 1880s Berkeley, a turbaned figure known as Old James wandered the hills.
The “Hindu” immigrant milker on a dairy farm was a curiosity to neighbors.
James' life, as a child on the farm remembered it, was a mix of labor, opium addiction, prophecy, and maybe loneliness. 🧵
I wrote about him at
https://www.secretdesihistory.com/old-james-1880s-berkeley
#SouthAsianAmerican #histodons #AsianAmerican #Berkeley #BerkeleyCA