Indian-Americans on the Forum

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Probably the old man Indian-American on the Forum.  My parents (father from Bihar, mother from Kerala) moved to New York in summer 1964, and I was born shortly thereafter.

This was before the 1965 Immigration Act--which more than anything created a truly diverse American population into the 21st century.

I am curious on what was the Indian community like in America before the late 1980s/90s (around the time when some of my granduncles came to America, though one of them may have come earlier)?

My [9-12] high school in the south had about 3100 kids. To the best of my knowledge there was 1 indian and one korean. Most kids didnt really know anything about India vs Indiana vs Native Americans (Korea was known slightly better).

I think NJ was the leading place for Indians back then though it was still just a handful in every school back then. East asians were of course well represented in parts of the west coast.