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excuse the poor format..it is just copied and pasted from a forward.
1. Sen. Obama tells South Asian audience, "I am desi" and talks
about ability to make dal
http://www.sajaforum.org/2008/08/prez-race-cnns.html
2. CNN's Jeannie Moos on how the candidates pronounce "Pakistan"
differently"
http://www.sajaforum.org/2008/08/prez-race-cnns.html
1. Carla Marinucci, a San Francisco Chronicle political writer, followed
Sen. Barack Obama around San Francisco on Aug. 17 as the candidate raised
$7.8 million from various events, including one featuring several South
Asians, including Kamala Harris, the first South Asian to be elected
district attorney in the U.S. From "Obama reaps big bucks at S.F.
fundraisers":
Harris, the nation's first Indian American district attorney, said
Obama's meeting was a landmark for the Asian-Pacific Islander community,
which she said is increasingly involved in presidential politics.
Obama told the group - which included many Indian and Pakistani
immigrants - that he is not only familiar with their cultures - but also
proud of his lifelong association with them.
"Not only do I think I'm a desi, but I'm a desi," he said, using a
colloquial term that describes South Asian immigrants. The remark was
greeted with laughs. "I'm a homeboy."
He said that when he went to Occidental College, his first roommate
was Pakistani. And in his dorm, he said with a laugh, "Indians and
Pakistanis came together under one roof ... to cause havoc in the
university."
To applause, he said he became an expert at cooking dal and other
ethnic dishes, though "somebody else made the naan," the trademark Indian
bread.
"Those are friendships which have lasted ... for years, and continue
until this day," he said. "I have an enormous personal affection for the
people of South Asia."
"I've also had an orientation toward Asia and a recognition ... that
over time we are going to see ... more economic growth" and an economic
partnership with the United States that is strategic.
Last week, Aseem Chhabra, writing in Rediff, noted that actor and
Obama cheerleader Kal Penn had talked about the senator's dal-cooking
skills at an Aug. 12 event in Manhattan:
"If there is any doubt about his integrity and it's not just that he
is rumoured to make amazing dal -- although I have not tasted it yet --
but he really understands the struggle for social justice and civil
rights," Penn added as the crowd cheered him.
1. Sen. Obama tells South Asian audience, "I am desi" and talks
about ability to make dal
http://www.sajaforum.org/2008/08/prez-race-cnns.html
2. CNN's Jeannie Moos on how the candidates pronounce "Pakistan"
differently"
http://www.sajaforum.org/2008/08/prez-race-cnns.html
1. Carla Marinucci, a San Francisco Chronicle political writer, followed
Sen. Barack Obama around San Francisco on Aug. 17 as the candidate raised
$7.8 million from various events, including one featuring several South
Asians, including Kamala Harris, the first South Asian to be elected
district attorney in the U.S. From "Obama reaps big bucks at S.F.
fundraisers":
Harris, the nation's first Indian American district attorney, said
Obama's meeting was a landmark for the Asian-Pacific Islander community,
which she said is increasingly involved in presidential politics.
Obama told the group - which included many Indian and Pakistani
immigrants - that he is not only familiar with their cultures - but also
proud of his lifelong association with them.
"Not only do I think I'm a desi, but I'm a desi," he said, using a
colloquial term that describes South Asian immigrants. The remark was
greeted with laughs. "I'm a homeboy."
He said that when he went to Occidental College, his first roommate
was Pakistani. And in his dorm, he said with a laugh, "Indians and
Pakistanis came together under one roof ... to cause havoc in the
university."
To applause, he said he became an expert at cooking dal and other
ethnic dishes, though "somebody else made the naan," the trademark Indian
bread.
"Those are friendships which have lasted ... for years, and continue
until this day," he said. "I have an enormous personal affection for the
people of South Asia."
"I've also had an orientation toward Asia and a recognition ... that
over time we are going to see ... more economic growth" and an economic
partnership with the United States that is strategic.
Last week, Aseem Chhabra, writing in Rediff, noted that actor and
Obama cheerleader Kal Penn had talked about the senator's dal-cooking
skills at an Aug. 12 event in Manhattan:
"If there is any doubt about his integrity and it's not just that he
is rumoured to make amazing dal -- although I have not tasted it yet --
but he really understands the struggle for social justice and civil
rights," Penn added as the crowd cheered him.