Now Indians are thinking things, like say, ‘can US be our all-weather friend?’ and ‘can Indo-US relationship be based on mutual respect?’ Interesting 82% expect a positive result out of Indo-US relationship, a survey said. Why Piyush ‘Bobby’ Jindal would disdain his ‘Indian-American’ nomenclature when it is one of the best regarded, most respected ethnic identities in the US may forever remain a mystery. The simple explanation Louisiana’s India-conceived (by his own disclosure) and US born governor is that his parents brought him to America to be American, not an Indian-American. But no such disparagement exists among most of the Indian-Americans of wide variety. Truth is that the Indian-American community is nearly 3-million plus and mostly going great. Richard Verma first Indian-American envoy posted in New Delhi. Puneet Talwar takes over as assistant secretary for political-military affairs. Vivek Murthy becomes youngest US surgeon-general and first of Indian descent. Vanita Gupta heads the US justice department’s civil rights division that enforce anti-discrimination laws. Arun Majumdar was chosen to serve as one of four US Science envoys. Satya Nadella becomes Microsoft CEO, making him the world’s most powerful India-born tech executive. Thomas Kailath, India born Stanford professor received the Medal of Science from Obama for his ‘transformative contribution to science and tech. Arun Madhavan Kumar becomes assistant secretary of commerce and director-general of US & Foreign Commercial Service. Sujit Chowdhury, expert in comparative constitutional law, became the first Indian American dean of the University of California-Berkeley, School of Law. Indira Talwani and Manish Shah became first Asian American judges in Massachusetts and Illinois. Vijay Seshadri, Indian American poet won the 2014 Pultizer Prize for poetry. Republican Nikki Haley and Democrat Kamala Harris won back jobs as South Carolina governor and California’s attorney general. In Silicon Valley Rohit ‘Ro’ Khanna nearly upset seven-term incumbent Mike Honda. Amiresh ‘Ami’ Bera, lone Indian American in House of Reps repeats history winning tight California House race. Eight Indian American won in states. 23-year old law student Niraj Antani, a Republican, created history winning a House seat in Ohio to become one of US’s youngest lawmakers. Indian-Americans haven’t enjoyed as much recognition as they have during the Obama years. Although their rise began visibly in the Clinton era...it’s during the Obama administration that theyve become really prominent, leading to the joke that he ought to be called Bharat Obama.
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