Summy
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Obama is tapping into the sucessful miniorities in the US as the leaders of tomorrow. Rahm Emanuel, Eric Holder, etc... But I was intrigued by all the desi's he is hiring....
Firstly, Sonal Shah was appointed to the transition team, and a part of the technology sector of the government (a highly conterversial sonal shah). She was directly recurited and hired personally by Obama and his immediate team.
THEN, Parag Mehta left his job as the director of external communications at the DNC (the highest ranking position held by a desi in the democratic party) to join the Transition team. He has been name the deputy director of inter governmental affairs and is in charge to tap into the miniorities of the US
For a larger list of the desi's in the transition team : http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=ba6e9eb3cb7dd6e135c58c639a682e49
BUT NOW, Preeta Bansal is reportly the next Solicitor General of the United States of America. The job requires fighting in front of the Supreme Court when the government is involved, a HUGE position, especailly considering the amount of power the Supreme Court has. Basically Bansal, the harvard educated lawyer, her job is push forth Obama's plans in the supreme court (not her technical duty, but what they typically do).
I thought I would never see the day. Wow.
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In addition to that, a remarkable article came out about the prosperity of desi's and the struggle that the prosperity has brought when it comes to philanthropy , if anyone is interested, good read.
http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/25/what-should-south-asians-do-with-their-wealth/
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Another story of South Asian violence, and a horrible story that claimed the lives of chruch go'ers....
A 24-year old Indian immigrant from Kerala trying to escape an abusive marriage, was killed by her husband, who also shot two other persons injuring them critically at a church in New Jersey.
The shootings happened at 11:44 a.m., a witness said.
The gunman ran from the church and drove away in a green convertible Jeep Wrangler with a black soft top and the California license 5JHD200, said the police, who identified him as Joseph Pallipurath, 27, of Sacramento. He remained at large Sunday night as the New Jersey State Police and law enforcement authorities in northern New Jersey widened a manhunt on highways and at transportation terminals. [nyt]
Police kept the parishioners inside the defiled sanctuary for two hours, to gather statements. Then,
Stunned, teary-eyed congregants emerged from their Clifton church this afternoon after a gunman shot three people in the head, killing his estranged wife from an arranged marriage, and leaving the other two victims clinging to life.
Reshma James, 24, died about 4 p.m., police said. The other two victims, identified by fellow parishioners as Dennis John Malloosseril, 23, and Silvy Perincheril, 47, were in what police termed ?very critical condition.?
Friends of Malloosseril said he was near death and family members were making arrangements to donate his organs late tonight. [NJ.com]
Malloosseril did die tonight. Besides being on the church?s Board of Directors, he was a computer analyst who took responsibility for the parish website. Had Malloosseril survived, this heroic man would have celebrated his birthday on Tuesday. Instead, he is a victim of what the New York Times called ?the climax of a violent domestic quarrel that had reached from California to India to New Jersey over the past year?.
One of the victims: Denis John Mallosserill
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Always good to know whats going on in our community...
Firstly, Sonal Shah was appointed to the transition team, and a part of the technology sector of the government (a highly conterversial sonal shah). She was directly recurited and hired personally by Obama and his immediate team.
THEN, Parag Mehta left his job as the director of external communications at the DNC (the highest ranking position held by a desi in the democratic party) to join the Transition team. He has been name the deputy director of inter governmental affairs and is in charge to tap into the miniorities of the US
For a larger list of the desi's in the transition team : http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=ba6e9eb3cb7dd6e135c58c639a682e49
BUT NOW, Preeta Bansal is reportly the next Solicitor General of the United States of America. The job requires fighting in front of the Supreme Court when the government is involved, a HUGE position, especailly considering the amount of power the Supreme Court has. Basically Bansal, the harvard educated lawyer, her job is push forth Obama's plans in the supreme court (not her technical duty, but what they typically do).
I thought I would never see the day. Wow.
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In addition to that, a remarkable article came out about the prosperity of desi's and the struggle that the prosperity has brought when it comes to philanthropy , if anyone is interested, good read.
http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/25/what-should-south-asians-do-with-their-wealth/
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Another story of South Asian violence, and a horrible story that claimed the lives of chruch go'ers....
A 24-year old Indian immigrant from Kerala trying to escape an abusive marriage, was killed by her husband, who also shot two other persons injuring them critically at a church in New Jersey.
The shootings happened at 11:44 a.m., a witness said.
The gunman ran from the church and drove away in a green convertible Jeep Wrangler with a black soft top and the California license 5JHD200, said the police, who identified him as Joseph Pallipurath, 27, of Sacramento. He remained at large Sunday night as the New Jersey State Police and law enforcement authorities in northern New Jersey widened a manhunt on highways and at transportation terminals. [nyt]
Police kept the parishioners inside the defiled sanctuary for two hours, to gather statements. Then,
Stunned, teary-eyed congregants emerged from their Clifton church this afternoon after a gunman shot three people in the head, killing his estranged wife from an arranged marriage, and leaving the other two victims clinging to life.
Reshma James, 24, died about 4 p.m., police said. The other two victims, identified by fellow parishioners as Dennis John Malloosseril, 23, and Silvy Perincheril, 47, were in what police termed ?very critical condition.?
Friends of Malloosseril said he was near death and family members were making arrangements to donate his organs late tonight. [NJ.com]
Malloosseril did die tonight. Besides being on the church?s Board of Directors, he was a computer analyst who took responsibility for the parish website. Had Malloosseril survived, this heroic man would have celebrated his birthday on Tuesday. Instead, he is a victim of what the New York Times called ?the climax of a violent domestic quarrel that had reached from California to India to New Jersey over the past year?.
One of the victims: Denis John Mallosserill
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Always good to know whats going on in our community...
