Posted on 06/19/2010 2:54:06 PM PDT by JoeProBono
Meet Reshma, Surya, Manan, Raj, Ami, Ravi, Nimrata and Kamala - a new wave of Indian-American politicians. At least eight children of Indian immigrants are running for Congress or statewide office, the most ever. The star of this trend is Nikki Haley, born Nimrata Nikki Randhawa, who is favored to win the election for governor of South Carolina......
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Manan Trivedi who is running for Congress in Pennsylvania's 6th Congressional District makes campaign calls in Philadelphia, Wednesday, June 16, 2010. A new wave of Indian-American candidates are running for high-profile office across the country. At least eight children of Indian immigrants are running for Congress, governor or attorney general _ the most ever.
The article implies that Hindoos and Sikhs need not apply in the white racist Christian and Republican south.
I absolutely love Americans of Indian heritage.
From my experience they are no-nonsense, hard working, traditional, loyal, industrious, and smart as a heck.
They can be a little aloof, but that is because they just don’t like being trivial.
Hillary should have plenty of opportunities to get off some more cuties about Indians and motels.
A good number of my high school classmates were Punjabis and Sikhs up north. One thing’s for sure about Punjabis: they love to make money and are not politically correct (aka not libtards). One thing I have to note that will make me sounds like a jerk: their homes wreaked of curry. 24/7.
Just as long as they are republicans...
In California, we hope to elect to the state legislature, that famous Indian traveler, Havvannah Guddtime Vishnuwerehere.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curcumin
Maybe it’s a little OT but I’d like to suggest once more that the old anthropological term “Amerind” would be a lot shorter (and more accurate) than “Native American” and still avoid confusing Indians and Injuns.
I sounded insensitive but here’s another true story...
My best buddy moved in to the condominium previously owned by a Sikh family and it wreaked of curry. I asked him “dude, there are many condos in the Vancouver area, you’re picking this?”
It took them 2 weeks to scrub the walls because the 1st 3 days were unbearable. I joked the next time we meet you’ll have a call center in the condo..
I think the problem is that in many (if not most) apartments in the US, the kitchen “exhaust” is basically a fan for air to be sucked up, passed through a mesh, and released back into the kitchen. Indian cooking is the exact opposite of what such systems were designed for. I beleive it’s different in California, where exhausts are required to release air out of the building.
Like you, even I can’t stand the embedded smell of spices all over the place.
I spent my high school years in Vancouver, BC, Canada. The biggest minority there are Indian(s): Punjabi, Sikhs etc so I know how they walk and talk. NOT mexicans unlike here in L.A.
They are technically adept but (sigh), they could not grasp the simple concept of the exhaust fan. I love Tandoori but curry..I just cant LOL.
This reminds me that I used to pass through an area permeated by odors of spices from the McCormick business. It smelled nice to me, but people who actually lived nearby and got this fragrance all the time hated it.
This reminds me that I used to pass through an area permeated by odors of spices from the McCormick business. It smelled nice to me, but people who actually lived nearby and got this fragrance all the time hated it.
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