A Diplomat, An Attorney and Age-Old Wisdom
New at Roosevelt House The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has given its stamp of approval to the nomination of Nancy J Powell, who was named by President Barack Obama as the ambassador to India in mid-December. The positive tone set at the beginning by Sen. John Kerry, the committee chairman, largely remained throughout the 65-minute hearing. Terming the ambassador-designate as “one of the foremost South Asia experts” in the US Foreign Service and “one of our best,” the Massachusetts … [Read more...]
Wealthy Indian-Americans backing Barack Obama in US elections
America's presidential elections, right now, are all about Republican presidential hopefuls fighting it out to for the right to challenge Barack Obama in November. But most of the energy and passion and campaign money of the ethnic group that has the highest median income in the US are directed towards the Democratic president. Obama is the hot favourite with the wealthy and influential Indian-American community. Obama is expected to face a tough re-election battle in November. However, … [Read more...]
US Investors Now Expect Deeds from Mukhurjee
Officially, the mission of Pranab Mukherjee’s just-concluded trip was to attend the second annual meeting of the India-US Financial and Economic Partnership. The finance minister brought with him perhaps the most star-studded Indian economic team to visit Washington for a bilateral event. The delegation included chieftains and key officials of nearly all major economic and regulatory institutions that oversee the $1.5 trillion Indian economy, among them, Reserve Bank of India Governor Duvvuri … [Read more...]