Ritu Jha- Presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris might have won the first Democratic debate by confronting former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden over civil rights issues including his position on busing and his remarks on segregationist senators, but Harris has provoked the U.S. Sikh community into wondering whether she really does believe in what […]
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Kamala Harris catches the crowd’s imagination
Ritu Jha – A hovering helicopter chop-chopped over a 20,000 strong crowd, but could not drum out the plaintive strains of Alicia Key’s “Girl on Fire,” which could be heard half a mile away. Restaurants were giving discounts and Indians – even those on H-1B visas and so unable to vote – waited over […]
DC meet to fuel Desi community politicians
The effort is to bring different groups together and coordinate their activities in the run-up to the elections A Washington correspondent As 80 Indian Americans run for elected offices across the country, politicians – former, current and emerging – are converging in Washington, DC, later this week. Organizers say this is part of […]