Yuba City’s Rai Family on Punjabi-Mexican Heritage
By kamla bhatt • Aug 2nd, 2012Category: Featured, India, Life
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Meet Mary Singh Rai and her children David and Leela of Yuba City in Sutter County, California.
Mary’s father Bishan Singh came to America in 1909 and married Ernestine Zuniga. They settled in Arizona and raised their 5 children. Their daughter Mary, a first generation Punjabi-Mexican married Lal Rai and lived in Yuba City.
In this interview Mary, David and Leela share their story about growing up in this small farming community. Yuba City is one of the early towns where Indian immigrants, mostly from Punjab put down their roots in California.
Note: The reference to Isabel in the interview is to Mary’s sister Carmen Isabel Singh.
Photo: Mary Rai with her children David and Leela.
Related Links:
David Rai: A Farmer’s View on Shortage of Food (podcast)
Dave Teja of Yuba City (podcast)
Desis in California - Dave Teja (video)
Kamla Bhatt is the host and producer of an Internet Radio show where listeners can find stories about the new and emerging India and the global Indian community. As a pioneer of 'internet radio' format in India Kamla started her first show News about India, followed by TalkNewsIndia in 2005. In 2006 she premiered her new show: The Kamla Bhatt Show: Life, People and Ideas. 
