Techie, public historian, and activist from Berkeley, California
I curate the monthly Berkeley South Asian radical history walking tour — now celebrating its 13th year.
Pronouns: he/him/ও/সে
| Homepage | https://www.chatterjee.net |
| Walking Tour | https://www.berkeleysouthasian.org |
| History | https://www.secretdesihistory.com/ |
| https://twitter.com/anirvan |
I’m a long-time volunteer with Bay Area Solidarity Summer, a 5-day training project for emerging South Asian American activists, ages 18-23.
Our alumni have called it life changing.
Know someone in that age range, anywhere in the U.S.?
Please boost to amplify!
On our 310th Berkeley South Asian Radical History Walking Tour tour, we intersected with the #NoKings protests.
This is us with a sign honoring South Asians facing targeting, detentions, and deportations, including…
• Bibi Harjit Kaur: A 73-year-old Sikh Bay Area grandmother deported after over a decade of routine ICE check-ins despite strong community ties
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Happy 🇮🇳🇵🇰 independence days!
August 14-15, 1947 meant the liberation of 400 million South Asians from colonial rule.
I found this lovely article about Indian and Pakistani students celebrating that moment together in 1947 at UC Berkeley’s International House.
Source:
"Birth of New Nation Feted By Indian Students at UC"
The Berkeley Gazette, Berkeley, California, Mon, Aug 18, 1947, Page 11
Full text below…
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Opening weekend of our new San Francisco South Asian Radical History Walking Tour was better than we could have imagined.
We ran four lovely, emotional sold-out tours over two days, operating on love and adrenaline. People came from as close by as the neighborhood, and as far away as Amsterdam. (1/4)
It’s not surprising that there are a thousand (?) people at the Berkeley, California #TeslaTakedown protests, including so many old friends.
But across the country, deep in the suburbs, people are finding each other and building networks at Tesla dealerships.
*That’s* what we’ll need to get through some of this.
This is the most amazing tweet ever: Dinesh Dsouza desperately trying to prove his racist cred to racists criticizing his son-in-law, a GOP politician from Texas.
Source: https://x.com/DineshDSouza/status/1899994611885424734
I’m the Indian in the photo, and I’ve written against multiculturalism and in defense of Western civilization for 30 years. My daughter was born in Virginia, grew up in San Diego and met Brandon at Dartmouth. He is now the youngest GOP congressman and endorsed by Trump.
