A lot is being made out of Americans of Indian parentage raising their profile in the United States political scene. Bobby Jindal being the first American of Indian parentage being elected as the Governor of Louisiana and Nikki Haley being the Republican candidate for Governor of South Carolina. What is interesting is that both of them belong to the Republican party and these states are very conservative.Does not quite fit the image of the Republicans being the conservative party. What has happened to the Democrats?
A little known historical fact which I am surprised that the Indian newspapers do not mention when they write about children of overseas Indians doing well, is that the first Asian American Congressman, Dalip Singh Saund,was of Indian origin and was born in Amritsar. He went to the University of California, Berkley, for post graduate studies and stayed on. The Democratic candidate was elected from California to the United States House of Representatives in 1955 and served till 1962 when a severe stroke ended his political career. Coincidence that all of them are of Punjabi origin .
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