What a difference a few months make. It was not so long ago that many eyebrows shot up at the apparent low-priority that the newly-elected President Obama placed on India. While Obama made AF-PAK a top foreign policy priority for his administration and reached out to the leaders in Afghanistan and Pakistan, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘desis’
By Kamla Bhatt • Nov 22nd, 2009 • Category: Diaspora, Food, Ideas, India
By Kamla Bhatt • Jul 22nd, 2009 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Bollywood, Bombay/Mumbai, Diaspora, India, People, Video, YouTube Videos
Ishaara, University of California’s Hindi Film Dance aka Bollywood dance group appeared on NBC’s primetime show American’s Got Talent. They clearly wowed the audience and are moving up the ladder and participate in the next round in Las Vegas.
Currently, Ishaara is ranked as the number one dance group in the Bollywood or Hindi Film Dance [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • Jun 16th, 2009 • Category: Americas, Bangalore, Diaspora, Ideas, India, Living In America, Video, YouTube Videos
A major trend that I have been following this past year is the growing political awareness among South Asians aka desis. Like others, I noticed there was an increased involvement from the desi community during the 2009 US Presidential elections. Not only was there an increase in the number of desi candidates running for elections [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • Apr 14th, 2008 • Category: Diaspora, Events, Life, Video, YouTube Videos
Meet Taara Rangarajan, 23-year old Indian-American from Silicon Valley, who is actively involved in the US elections 2008 campaign. Taara works for Hillary Clinton’s campaign.Taara is running for the Democratic National Convention (DNC) election for the 14th District in California. She hopes to get elected and participate in the DNC in Colorado in August 2008, [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • Apr 14th, 2008 • Category: Diaspora, Interviews, Life, Video, YouTube Videos
Meet Taara Rangarajan, 23-year old Indian-American from Silicon Valley, who is actively involved in the US elections 2008 campaign. Taara works for Hillary Clinton’s campaign.Taara is running for the Democratic National Convention (DNC) election for the 14th District in California. She hopes to get elected and participate in the DNC in Colorado in August 2008, [...]