Word: jindalã
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Dates: during 2008-2008
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...ratio of four-to-one, are we to assume that the 20 percent that went to Bush aren’t Indian either? Is liberalism an inherently “Indian” trait? Even as the majority of Indians are liberal, what bearing does this have on Mr. Jindal??s political beliefs? Is he not allowed to believe what he believes solely because the majority of people with brown skin disagree with him? These suggestions are absurd, but not nearly as appalling as her other suggestion: That Jindal is somehow forsaking his Indian heritage by attending Oxford...
...later asking his wife to do the same), attending Brown University and Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, working as a consultant at McKinsey…the only part of ‘Indian-American’ he embodies lies after the hyphen.” The implication that Mr. Jindal??s religious persuasion, educational achievement, or professional choices were anomalous given his Indian heritage is not required for Ms. Sequeira to make her central point. And somewhat humorously, a bit of research about Christianity in India, a visit to the Brown and Oxford campuses, and perhaps most tellingly...
This raises an unsettling question: does a minority have to “act white” to get elected? As is the case with many politicians, it’s hard to discern Jindal??s genuine beliefs from statements designed to cater to the average Louisiana voter. Although his broad platform promise to “end corruption in Louisiana” is universally appealing, you can bet that the more extreme viewpoints he dishes up to white Republicans get omitted from the soothing “heritage” speeches he gives at Indian-American fundraising...
...trace the effect of racial issues on government all the way from the civil rights movement to the debate over Barack Obama’s “electability” raging today. Whether or not the Indian vote actually affected the election, however (the magnitude of Jindal??s victory makes it unlikely), it’s a pity that so many influential members of the Indian community unquestioningly followed the lead of a man with whom they shared only superficial similarities...
Reactions to Jindal by Indians in the homeland have been more negative than those in the American Diaspora. But the mentality there, as well as here, is telling. Following the news of Jindal??s win, the Times of India telephoned Bobby’s cousin Gulshan. “It’s a great honor not just for our family, but Punjab and the nation as well, [for] the son of this soil [to] have achieved something really big,” he said. Meanwhile, celebrations were erupting in Jindal??s ancestral village of Khanpura...