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Comment on What Was Up with Kutner’s Funeral? by stop divorce now

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Comment on Nikki Haley: Another Desi Who Really Isn’t a Desi by George

George — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:26:12 +0000

If she even comes close in the opinion polls, there would be another birther movement, where the white racists in GOP would try to question whether she was actually born in the US.

Comment on Top 5 Desi Cities in the U.S. by N V

N V — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 06:21:52 +0000

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Comment on Introducing Aneesh Chopra: America’s CTO by Alyson Taylor-White

Alyson Taylor-White — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:08:16 +0000

Aneesh and his wife do have a daughter. We profiled him for the Virginia Review.

Comment on Nikki Haley: Another Desi Who Really Isn’t a Desi by Raj

Raj — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:53:28 +0000

Heard some rumor that she and her husband almost made it into a white country club when the philandering governor of South Carolina opened his mouth and blabbered out that she is Indian..and she had to withdraw her appliaction..even then, half the idiots in SC dont know that she is not white…but when the campaign starts in earnest the cat may be out of the bag and her interracial marriage will come to haunt her!

Comment on What Was Up with Kutner’s Funeral? by John DeMajo

John DeMajo — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:26:22 +0000

Dr.Kutner’s cremation scene had some practical issues as well. The height of the crematory smoke stack shown would have been inconsistent with the design of crematoria in the United States. One would assume that since the location of the show’s medical center is supposed to be Princeton, NJ, that the Hindu temple or Mosque, and the crematory, were also located near there. From an engineering standpoint,it is not practical to employ tall chimneys on forced draft cremation equipment as would be code mandated for use in the Western world today. Drafts caused by sucb a tall chimney would result in excessive oxygen entering the cremation chamber, which would make the process dangerous because of the high retort and stack gas temperatures that would result. in refractory damage and overheating of the equipment.. I would be interested to know if the pictures used were of an actual crematory located in the United States.

Comment on Nikki Haley: Another Desi Who Really Isn’t a Desi by Stan

Stan — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:37:46 +0000

Totally don’t see her or “Bobby” as Indian-American in any way other than having brown parents. What’s especially disgusting about Jindal was how he’d pander to Indian-Americans at Indian-American held fundraisers to raise the bucks when based on how he conducts himself it was obvious he could give a rat’s arse about Indian-American concerns or about India.

It would be admirable if this woman or Jindal held to their Indian beliefs and Indian identity and won.

Comment on Nikki Haley: Another Desi Who Really Isn’t a Desi by Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:58:03 +0000

SS…you are totally missing my point. Being American is not being named one name over another or having another religion as opposed to another. Being American is doing the best at whatever you do and doing it to the best of one’s ability. Being that she is an American politician, her job and livelihood is anchored by “pandering” to what “Americans” will like. The fact that you have an issue with a politician changing a name or religion out of political motivation simply demonstrates how naiive of an understanding of politics you have. For instance, if she kept her name Nimrata Randhawa and spoke with a Gujurati accent, she may lose handily in a South Carolina election. However, if she’s Nikki Haley and speaks like the Southerner she truly is, then she may have a better shot of winning. Sure she makes political moves, but she’s still being her true self at the core.

Comment on Nikki Haley: Another Desi Who Really Isn’t a Desi by SS

SS — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:20:38 +0000

Jeff — please define “American” Is it being named Nikki vs. Nimrata? Is it being Catholic vs. Hindu?

I would tend to use your argument directly against you. If she is truly being American, she should be comfortable using whatever name/religion/etc. she chooses to without having to pander to what she thinks other “Americans” will like. Again, I have no issue with her changing her name or religion, as long as the motives were true (and not politically incented).

Comment on Nikki Haley: Another Desi Who Really Isn’t a Desi by Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:06:22 +0000

Another ridiculous article written by this senseless person. As far as I know, she’s lived in South Carolina her entire life and hasn’t ever lived in India, therefore she is 100% more American than she is Indian. I cant understand the writer’s desperate need to identify with her as an Indian. Since you’re from America then you can identify with her as an American. In the same way as Indians in India prefer to elect Indians to political office, Americans too like to elect Americans to office. She frequently speaks of her parent’s Indian background in the context of her American life story. However, at the end of the day, she’s an American running for an American office.