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What’s Happening ........... 2NRIs Can Vote ............... 4Follow Your Dreams ....... 5India Trivia Quiz .............. 5Community News ......... 6–7Art & Culture ............... 8–-9Asian Festival .............. 10Community News .......... 11Indian Population in US... 12Humor, Riddles .............. 13Immigration ................... 15
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Cleveland Asian Festival: Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson (center) with a group of Indian participants. At least three Indian groups presented classical Indian dances, drawing largeaudiences. The two-day festival on May 21-22 had a strong Indian community participation. Picture below: “KathakByShweta” dance school Director Shweta Maniar with one of her studentsat the festival. Her school presented a captivating show.
WASHINGTON: The Indian Americanpopulation in the United States hasexploded over the past decade, faroutpacing the growth of other Asiangroups, according to the newly released2010 Census data.
Indians have surpassed Filipinos asthe nation’s second largest Asianpopulation after Chinese, the datashow. In 19 of the first 26 states forwhich figures were released May 15,Indians have emerged as the largestAsian subgroup, with especially largemajorities in the Midwest and South.The figures for Ohio are yet to bereleased.
New York and Florida, once thebiggest magnets for Indian immigrants,have been replaced by California,especially the area around SiliconValley. According to the detailedCensus demographic analysis,California’s Indian population climbed
68 percent from 2000 to 2010, to528,000 people, making it by far thelargest Asian Indian community in theU.S.
New York state’s Asian Indianpopulation, meanwhile, grew by 24.6percent over the 10-year period, to313,000.
Six of the top 10 cities that have atleast 10,000 Asian Indian residents arein California: Cupertino, Fremont,Sunnyvale, and Santa Clara, all inSilicon Valley; and Livingston and YubaCity, rural communities with largeconcentrations of Sikh farmers. In eachcity, at least one in seven residents isAsian Indian.
“The growth in population is becauseof job opportunities and bettereducation,” says Raj Bhanot, a taxauditor for the state.
California’s Indian-Americanpopulation has now surpassed the
Japanese and Korean communities insize, notes Hans Johnson, ademographer at the Public PolicyInstitute of California.
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INDIAINTERNATIONAL
VOLUME 10, NUMBER 5JUNE, 2011
PUBLISHER & EDITOR
Prakash N. Sinha
India International is publishedmonthly from Cleveland, Ohio, USA.It is distributed free in GreaterCleveland and surrounding areas.Yearly subscription is $10 for homedelivery. Copyright 2011 India InternationalInc. Reproduction of any article,report or photograph without Editor’swritten permission is prohibited.
India International is a secularand independent newspaper — anewspaper that doesn’t belong toany religious, political, social, cul-tural group or society, a newspa-per that’s truly independent.
It aims to create a better under-standing between Asian-IndianAmericans, other ethnic groups,and the mainstream American so-ciety. We believe that mutual un-derstanding fosters friendship,harmony and peace.
America is a beautiful mosaic ofmany cultures and faiths. Asian-Indian Americans are all proudAmericans and believe in Ameri-can values — freedom, equality,tolerance, and respect for eachother. Amid all its diversity inAmerica, there is a unique unitythat we aim to uphold and pre-serve.
India International supportsbasic human values and upholdsthe dignity of all human beings –values that are above religion andpolitics. We believes in universalbrotherhood !
India International seeks to pro-mote close friendly relations be-tween the United States and India,the two largest democracies.
India International also seeks tohelp preserve and promote theprecious Asian-Indian culture,heritage and values. And it seeksto uphold the pride and prestigeof Asian-Indian Americans, as wellas others’.
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Forty miles south of Chennai, inIndia’s south, on the Bay of Bengal,lies Mahabalipuram. Today it is aUNESCO World Heritage Site,abounding in temples and massivefrescoes, all cut from solid rock.
Yet in the seventh century, whencarvers began chiseling out thetemples, this was India’s portal toSoutheast Asia.
From here, trade networksreached as far as Indonesia,spreading Indian goods along withthe influence of the ruling Pallavakingdom.
More than a millennium later,Mahabalipuram’s legacy lives on inChennai, formerly Madras and nowIndia’s fourth-largest city. Locatedin the southern state of Tamil Nadu,Chennai remains India’s gatewayto the Indo-Pacific region.
This city and this region aredeeply embedded in the globalsupply chain and trading network.It is here that American businessesare finding some of their largestmarkets.
It is also the place where U.S.policy makers may find the greatestopportunities for building the U.S.-India relationship, especially givenNew Delhi’s recent mixed signalsabout its interest in closer ties withAmerica.
Most Americans think of northernor western India when theyconsider the rise of the world’slargest democracy. New Delhi, thepolitical capital, and Mumbai, thefinancial one, regularly receiveWestern visitors. India’s tenserelationship with Pakistan drawsattention to its northwest borders,while its ongoing territorial troubleswith China similarly center on itsfar northern boundaries.
Yet India’s north is poorer andless developed than the south.During my visit, Maoist rebels in thenortheast ambushed and killed 11policemen, while farmers in UttarPradesh state, near Delhi,rampaged against police, killingsome and holding state officialshostage.
That’s not to say that the southof the subcontinent isn’t plagued bypoverty. Still, it is more educatedthan the north and is home to someof India’s most vibrant cities andindustries.
Bangalore, located severalhundred miles west of Chennai, isthe center of the country’s spaceand IT sectors. Kerala state, alsoto Chennai’s west, boasts of near-universal literacy in a country inwhich only 74% of the populacecan read.
Tamil Nadu hosts hundreds ofuniversities and colleges—from theUniversity of Madras, founded bythe British in 1857, to tiny technicalschools located in crumblingbuildings.
While it is hard to believe thatmany of the state’s 532 engineeringcolleges provide an educationcomparable to their largercounterparts, they nonethelesstestify to the region’s focus oneducation.
This climate is drawing leadingglobal companies to Chennai. Longafter the region served as thegateway to Asia, it became theoriginal home of the East IndiaCompany during the 1640s.
Madras’s cosmopolitanism grewthroughout the centuries of Britishrule. The East India Company hasbeen succeeded by Ford, Hyundai,Nissan and auto-componentsmanufacturer BorgWarner, to namea few of the corporations that havemade Chennai known as the“Detroit of the East.”
Indeed, the automotive industry isone of Chennai’s standouts, just asIT shapes Bangalore. India is theworld’s largest small-car market,and Ford, for example, has seengrowth of sales quadruple since2009.
Chennai is the small-car hub forthe region for Ford, a seniorcompany executive tells me, andfrom here it exports cars, enginesand components to Africa, Oceaniaand Japan. Suzuki, BMW, Hyundaiand others similarly produce inChennai hundreds of thousands ofcars and motorcycles, making thiscity and its surroundings one ofIndia’s most vibrant economicclusters.
American companies are clearlybut one part of the landscape here.N. Srinivasan, head of the TamilNadu branch of the Indo-AmericanChamber of Commerce, stressesthat the Chennai region isincreasingly linked to a broadeningAsian network.
Over 900 Australian companiesoperate in the region, he tells me.And of the 120,000 Indian studentswho go to Australia to study—one-fifth more than those who travel tothe U.S.—those from Tamil Nadu,native speakers of the Tamillanguage, can interact with theIndian diaspora in Malaysia,Singapore and Indonesia, sincemost of those expatriates speak thesame language.
One Asian country that drawsnegative remarks is China. I am toldby various executives and officialsthat China poses the greatest threatto Indian economic growth. Itundercuts prices and is notconsidered a reliable supplier ofgoods.
Yet, in the long-run, argues amanaging director of BorgWarner,India’s production costs are morecompetitive than China’s, since itsquality is higher and it will have ayounger, more educated work forcefar into the future.
In particular, the south will lead theway, he and other businessmen tellme, with skil led labor andmanagerial capacity.
Not all is rosy, of course. Many ofIndia’s graduates are functionallyilliterate, though perhaps less so inthe south. This part of the countryis plagued by the same poorinfrastructure as the rest.
Poverty here is similarly appalling,not only in Chennai’s slums, butthroughout the city, where makeshiftlean-to’s butt up against the wallsof the Madras High Court.
Corruption is also a factor here:The daughter of the state’s chiefminister is currently underindictment for bribe-taking in anational telecom scandal, a chargeshe denies. Graft had become anissue in the recent elections.
Yet there is a dynamism inChennai that should attractAmerican (and other foreign)companies. The real growth, I’mtold, is in the small and mediumenterprise sector.
American SMEs can find willingIndian partners, and be assured ofan Anglo-inspired system of law toprotect their rights, unlike in China.
Over the next decade, perhapsWashington should focus on thispart of the country, creatingbusiness opportunities (Chennai’sconsulate already handles morework visas than others in India) andfostering cultural ties with the localcommunities, instead of con-centrating solely on New Delhi’srecent rejection of U.S. entrants fora major fighter plane contract andthe scuttling of the heralded civiliannuclear deal.
Moreover, staff of the U.S.Consulate tell me, people in thesouth have much more positiveimages of America than theircountrymen do in the north.
Touring Fort St. George, firstheadquarters of the East IndiaCompany, I run into a Frenchcouple. He is helping buildMichelin’s •1 billion ($1.43 billion)tire plant in Chennai, which will betheir hub for Asia.
Nearly 400 years after the Britishfirst arrived to trade in Madras, theopportunities of the Indian southremain bountiful.
The lesson here is that Americanswill benefit most if they focus wherethey are wanted. In the long run, thatwill create a more stable Indo-American relationship that couldlead to true partnership.
Mr. Auslin is the director of Japanstudies at the American EnterpriseInstitute and a columnist forWSJ.com. He is the author of“Pacific Cosmopolitans: A CulturalHistory of U.S.-Japan Relations”(Harvard University Press, 2011).
(Courtesy of The Wall StreetJournal
A region that is more vibrant economically, and alsomore appreciative of relations with the U.S.
India’s Southern Promises
By Michael AuslinChennai, India:
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Dharamsala, India: Tibetanspiritual leader the Dalai Lamahas formally relinquished hispolitical and administrative role bysigning amendments to theConstitution of the Tibetangovernment-in-exile.
The amendments, mostlypertaining to polit ical andadministrative powers vested with75-year-old Dalai Lama, weredebated during the special threeday session of the TibetanParliament and presented to theDalai Lama, who accepted themon May 29, 2011, said TenzinNorbu, Tibetan ParliamentSpokesperson.
After the approval of theamendments to Tibetan Charter(Constitution) by Dalai Lama, “Allpolitical powers formerly heldjointly by him and the CentralTibetan Administration (CTA) torepresent and serve the wholepeople of Tibet, are now vested inthe CTA and in particular itsdemocratic leadership and DalaiLama would only remain thespiritual head as per his wishes,”he said.
During the special session fromMay 26 to 28, the Parliamentapproved a new preamble andinherent rights and responsibilitiesto be assigned to the Dalai Lamaunder Article 1 of the charter.
Under Article 1, the Dalai Lamais the “Protector and Symbol ofTibet and Tibetan People” and hisduties would be to provide adviceand encouragement with respectto protection and promotion ofphysical, spiritual, ethical andcultural well being of the Tibetanpeople, to remain engaged inefforts to reach a satisfactorysolution to the question of Tibetand to accomplish the cherishedgoals of the Tibetan people.
He will provide suggestions invarious forms to the Assembly ofTibetan Peoples’ Deputies andKashag (council of ministers) inmatters of importance to theTibetan people, including thecommunity and its institutions inexile, at his own initiative or at therequest of those bodies.
The Dalai Lama will meet withworld leaders and other importantindividuals to speak on behalf ofthe Tibetans, to explain anddiscuss their concerns and needsas well as to designaterepresentatives and specialenvoys appointed by the cabinetto serve the interests of theTibetan people in any part of theworld, according to the approvedamendments.
The powers vested with theDalai Lama as head of theexecutive under Article 19 havebeen delegated to the PrimeMinister, who is now empoweredto approve and promulgate billsand regulations passed by theTibetan Parliament-in-Exile whileother responsibilities have beendevolved to the parliament and thejudiciary.
Dalai LamaRelinquishes
Political Power
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How well do you know India? Let’s take a journeythrough this ancient land. We will embark on a journeystarting from North India and ending in the South,exploring ten important states of the country.
1. We begin with the state of Jammu and Kashmir, a beautifulmountainous region. Strangely, it has two capitals. The winter capitalis Jammu. What is the capital in summer?
2. Moving a bit southward, we reach Punjab. It is also known as theland of the Five Rivers. Four of them are Jhelum, Chenab, Raviand Beas. What is the fifth?
3. Further South, we reach Rajasthan, the land of maharajahs andpalaces. It is also the largest state of India. It houses the oldestmountain range in India, the Aravallis. Atop these hills is locatedthe only hill station of the state. What is the name of this hill station?
4. Now we go eastwards. After a long journey, we reach Bengal. Itscapital, Calcutta, is home to India’s largest cantilever bridge, theHowrah Bridge. Which river does it span?
5. Resuming our journey southward, we arrive at the gates ofBhubaneshwar, the capital of Orissa. An atmosphere of pastgrandeur envelops this place. What is this city known as?
6. We explore the nearby areas and come to Chhattisgarh. Whatdoes the name of this state mean, provided that the meaning of‘chhattis’ is thirty-six?
7. Then we arrive in Andhra Pradesh. There we see the state birdof Andhra. It is brightly colored with shades of blue and turquoise.Scientifically, it is called Coracias benghalensis. What is its commonname?
8. Coming to Karnataka, we find that the royal gardens of the city ofBangalore are truly amazing. This city has become the heartthrobof India’s IT industry. What is this metropolis also known as?
9. As we enter Kerala, the lush green and tropical land stretchesbefore us with its wealth of natural beauty. There is a series ofcaves in Kerala containing Neolithic inscriptions. Which famouscaves am I talking about?
10. At last, after thousands of miles of traveling, we stand at the tipof peninsular India in Tamil Nadu. The vast ocean stretches onendlessly before us. What is the southernmost point of the Indianpeninsula known as?
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Those who follow the
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Well done is better than
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Do what you love and the
money will follow.
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Believe that you have it,
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Life is a sum of all your
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Strength does not come from physicalcapacity. It comes from an
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Another landmark amendment made to thecharter is the annulment of Council of Regencyenshrined in Articles (31- 35), which empoweredthe council to “assume the role of Dalai Lama’s rolein circumstances when the latter is not acting ashead of the state”.
The Parliament also approved that the title of‘Tibetan Government-in-Exile’ be changed to‘Tibetan Administration’.
The meeting approved proposals to appeal to HisHoliness to assume the role of ceremonial head ofstate in addition to the Preamble and Article 1 whichthe Dalai lama rejected but gave his consent to thePreamble and inherent responsibilities to beassigned to him in Article 1.
However, the new duties are not binding on theDalai Lama.
Terming the devolution of the Dalai Lamas formalauthority as a watershed in Tibet’s history, theSpeaker of the Tibetan Parliament said the 14thParliament lived up to his aspirations and visionsfor the both short and long term benefit of Tibetand the Tibetan people. (Agencies)
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Front Row (Left to Right): Mrs. Renu Gupta, Mr. Akash Kapoor, Mrs. Anju Kapoor, Dr. Anoop Kapoor (Convener), Dr. Than Mal Jain, Dr. Shail Jain, Mrs. Madhu Khandelwal, Mrs. MadhuVarshney. Middle Row (Left to Right): Mrs. Saroj Agrawal, Mrs. Sushila Mohanka, Mrs. Krishna Khandelwal, Mr. Gulab Khandelwal (Maha Kavi), Sri Kesari Nath Tripathi (Speaker), Dr.Nand Lal Singh, Dr. Praveen Shukla (Poet), Dr. Rakesh Ranjan, Mr. Ashok Khandelwal, Mr. Anil Gupta, Mr. Raghubir Goyal, Dr. Munna Lal Agarwal, Mr. Kamal Khandelwal, Mr. Manju KantDwivedi. Back Row (Left to Right): Mr. K.K. Mayank, Mr. Rajendra Misra, Dr. Ravi Prakash Singh, Mr. Ram Babu Gautam, Mrs. Archana Agarwal, Mrs. Kiran Goyal, Dr. ShobhaKhandelwal, Dr. Satish Misra, Sri Sarvesh Asthana (Poet), Dr. Vishnu Saxena (Poet), Mr. Alok Misra, Mrs. Suniti Misra, Mr. Yagya Prasad Tiwari.
International Hindi Convention in Cleveland
At the Kavi Sammelan: Dr. Kamal Musaddi (Poetess), Sri Sarvesh Asthana (Poet), Dr. Vishnu Saxena (Poet), Dr. PraveenShukla (Poet)
The 15th Convention of the International HindiAssociation (IHA) was held in Cleveland, Ohio onFriday 29 April through May 1, 2011. A 27-member
Reception Committee was formed to look after the grandiosepreparation of the convention which was held at Days InnConference Center, 4742 Brecksville Road, Richfield, and atBrecksville Middle School, Mill Road, Cleveland, Ohio.
The grand inauguration of the Convention was kicked-offby Dr. Anoop Kapoor, the convener of the convention on April29 with a creative and innovative musical play “3000 Yearsof Hindi Bhasha ki Yatra” staged by the local chapter of theHindi Association.
The gala evening included captivating dances andmelodious music directed by Dr. Sneh Raj. More than 80children and adults performed various mesmerizing dances.This was followed by a Kavi Sammelan where poets fromvarious chapters of IHA recited poems. The poets includedMaha Kavi Gulab Khandelwal, the IHA President and SriSurendra Nath Tiwari.
The second day of the event included various workshopsto promote the teaching of Hindi in public schools. Variousthoughts were presented for teaching of Hindi while thestudents have fun in the process of learning. Mrs. KiranKhaitan organized various workshops like “Khel Khel meinHindi Shiksha,” “Hindi Shiksha ko Ruchikar kaise banayen,”“Typing Hindi on Computer,” etc.
The two-day event included a rip-roaring Hasya KaviSammelan on the second day. The poets were some of themost famous from India and included Dr. Vishnu Saxena, SriSarvesh Asthana, Dr. Praveen Shukla, and poetess Ms.Kamal Musaddi.
A full auditorium thoroughly enjoyed the four-hour eveningof non-stop hasya kavita (humor poetry).
Guests arrived from various states of the USA and fromIndia. The Team IHA Convention 2011 worked diligently withthe logistics of picking up guests and providing themaccommodation.
The keynote speaker of the event Sri Kesari Nath Tripathi,past Chairman of Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha captivatedthe hearts of audience with his motivating speech. Dr. Ranbir
Convention Focuseson Teaching Hindi toYounger Generation
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At Cleveland State University: from left to right– Dr. William Morgan, Prof. of Sociology; Dr. Chittaranjan Jain,retired Prof., Dept of Engineering; Dr. Nirmal Selvamony, visiting Indian Scholar; Dr. Murali Nair, Prof. of Soci-ology; and Dr. Gregory Sadlek, Dean of the College of Liberat Arts and Social Sciences. The occasion was Dr.Selvamony’s lecture “A New Perspective on Indian Art” on June 7, 2011. The Indian fellowship program, cre-ated several years ago, was made possible by generous contributions by the Indian community in Cleveland.
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First Annual Convention
Mr. Vinny Gupta, a businessexecutive and serialentrepreneur in NortheastOhio, has been named byGovernor John Kasich tothe Ohio Board of Regents.This is the first of its kindappointment of an AsianIndian in the country.
Born in India, Gupta haslived and worked inNortheast Ohio for the past32 years. He began hiscareer at Gould Inc.,progressing to Director ofOperations before joiningCondec Corporation inOrrville, Ohio. Later, as
founder and President/CEOof Technocast Inc. he grewthe business from $1 millionto over $16 million in 12 yearsand, at the same time,acquiring a specialty metalalloy casting company.
Later, Mr. Gupta and hisassociates bought Ohio CastProducts in Canton, Ohio. AsPresident/CEO he grew thebusiness from $9 million to$26 million in 14 years.
He is currently associatedwith JumpStart, Inc., a non-profit corporation organizedand operated exclusively forcharity and education.
Mr. Gupta has contributedto his community with equalenthusiasm. He was thefounding President of bothOhio Cast Metals Associationand the Asian Indian Alliance(AIA), the latter being aconsortium of major AsianIndian business owners inOhio. He currently serves asAIA’s president. He is arecipient of the MinorityEntrepreneur of the Yearaward from City of Cleveland.
Gupta holds a Bachelorsdegree in Chemistry fromBombay University, aBachelors degree in
metallurgical engineeringfrom MichiganTechnological Universityand a Masters degree inmetallurgical engineeringfrom Case Western ReserveUniversity.
Gupta has been appointedto a five-year term on theOhio Board of Regents.The nine-member advisoryboard provides policyguidance to the Governorand the Ohio GeneralAssembly, advocates for theUniversity System of Ohioand carries out state highereducation policy.
Governor Appoints Vinny Guptato Ohio Board of Regents
Memorable AIPO First ConventionPicture above, from leftto right: Dr. SatheeshKathula (Secretary, AIPO);Dr. Gautam Samadder(Vice President, AIPO); Dr.Ajeet Singhavi (President,AAPI); Dr. Deepak Kumar(President Elect, OhioState Medical Association);Dr. Sunita Kanumury(President Elect, AAPI); Dr.Satish Mahna (President,AIPO); Dr. PrashanthKesav (Treasurer, AIPO).Left: AIPO President DrSatish Mahna addressesthe convention delegatesand guests.
A large number ofIndian American physicians from all
over Ohio gathered inCleveland May 20-21, 2011at Wyndham Hotel,downtown Cleveland to holdthe first annual convention oftheir newly-formed statewideorganization, Association ofIndian Physicians of Ohio(AIPO).
“The first annualconvention represents amoment of excitement andjoy for all Indian physicians inOhio, after the major sisterchapters in Ohio cametogether to form AIPO,” saidDr Satish Mahna, a founderand the first President ofAIPO.
“We have succeeded inbringing together the Indianphysicians of Ohio, as AIPOfills a glaring void in ourrepresentation as prior to itsexistence there was nomeans by which we couldconvey our perspective at thestate level,” he said.
Besides bolstering theregional sister organizationsthrough proactive support,AIPO will effectively addressthe missing link between thenational organization AAPI(American Association ofPhysicians of Indian Origin)and its local chapters. “Aunited front will ensure thatphysicians are able toaddress fundamental issuesfacing the community at local,regional and national levels,”said Dr. Mahna.
Speaking at the conventiondinner at State Theater May21, AAPI President Dr. AjeetSinghavi praised Dr. Mahna’ssuccessful efforts inorganizing AIPO.
Several speakers madespecial mention of Mrs. RituMahna, wife of Dr. SatishMahna, who successfullyorganized the convention ona grand scale.
Indeed, the First AnnualConvention of AIPO in
Cleveland was a greatsuccess. The Karaoke/danceprogram on May 20 eveningwas attended byapproximately 200 people.May 21 morning CME waswell attended.
The evening dinner on thestage of the State Theaterwas attended byapproximately 400 people.
In attendance, amongothers, were Honorable RonYoung (Ohio StateRepresentative); Mrs. KathyYoung; Dr. Ajit Singhvi(President National AAPI);Dr. Sunita Kanumury(President-Elect NationalAAPI); Dr. Deepak Kumar(President-Elect of OSMAand Past President of OhioState Medical Board); Dr.Richard Ellison (PastPresident, Ohio StateMedical Association); Mr. JeffSmith (DirectorGovernmental Relations,OSMA); Dr. Laura David(Past President ofAMCNOMA); Dr. JamesSechler (President-ElectAMCNOMA); Dr. ElizabethBalraj (Former Coroner ofCuyahoga County); Dr. AnantBhati (Coroner HamiltonCounty; Past President, OhioState Medical Board); Dr.Darshan Mahajan (Memberand Vice President of OhioState Medical Board); Dr. D.Madia (Member and PastPresident of the Ohio StateMedical Board).
Also present was Dr.Mohan Bafna, adistinguished member of theCleveland Indian community.
The Association of IndianPhysicians of Northern Ohio(AIPNO) was represented byDr. Appachi (President Elect),Dr. Rajesh Sharma(Treasurer) and Members ofthe Board of Trustees.
Dr. Parshotam Gupta, Dr.Mohan Durve, Dr. ChandraHaria, Dr. Ashok Patil, Dr.Girish Mulgaokar, Dr.AjiShah, Dr. Sanjay Parikh, Dr.
Shailesh Nanavati, Dr.Sangita Mehta and Dr. SatishMahna, Past Presidents ofAIPNO, attended theConvention.
Local Chapters fromCincinnati, Columbus,Dayton and Youngstown/Warren were wellrepresented by theirmembers and leadership.
“It is a matter of pride forthe Indian community andphysicians for having cometogether in such a largenumber in support of theAssociation of Indian
Physicians of Ohio (AIPO).The AIPO leadershipapplauds their support. Letus stay together and makea difference for the futuregeneration,” said Dr.Satish Mahna.
The May 21 eveningconcert by Sonu Nigam atPalace Theater wasalmost sold out. Peoplefrom all over Ohio, Toronto(Canada), Philadelphia/Pittsburgh, as well as WestVirginia came to the show.And Sonu presented afabulous concert. –PS
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CLEVELAND: Cleveland’s Hindustanimusic lovers were treated to anoutstanding concert by noted vocalistSmt. Manjiri Asanare-Kelkar, heldunder the auspices of the IndianClassical Music Society (ICMS) at theBamboo Garden restaurant auditoriumon May 14, 2011.
Smt. Kelkar is one of the younger andrespected artists of the famed Jaipur-Atauli Gharana style of HindustaniClassical music. She is a disciple of Pt.Madhusudan Kanetkar, himself a directdisciple of Ustad Bhurji Khan. She isgifted with a very rich, mellifluous voice,backed by many years of rigoroustraining in Aakaar, Swara aalapana andintricate laykari (rhythmic variations).This has earned her accolades in everyconcert she has performed.
She started her concert with Shree,an early evening melody. Her slow anddeliberate elaboration of the raga byhighlighting the raga’s melodicprogressions in the vilambit (slow)
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Husain breathed his last at theRoyal Brompton Hospital where hewas admitted after being in“indifferent health.”
The painter, whose works fetchedastronomical sums at the recentBonham’s auctions - the highest forany Indian artist, was living abroadsince 2006 after a series of legalcases and death threats againsthim over his paintings depictingHindu goddesses in nude.
He accepted Qatari citizenship in2010 after surrendering his Indianpassport and till the last wasreticent on whether he would returnto his homeland.
Husain’s paintings of Hindugoddesses Durga and Saraswatiinvited the wrath of Hindu groups.
In February 2006, Husain wascharged with hurting sentiments ofpeople because of his nudeportraits of Hindu gods andgoddesses.
In the wake of legal challengesin India, Husain had been livingabroad in self-imposed exile since2006.
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She followed this with a veryrare and challenging raga called“Daguri”, where all notes areshudh Aaroh (ascending)sounds like Desh with the notesSa Re Ma Pa Ni Sa. Avaroh(descending) notes are different— Si Ni Dha Ma (Ga) Re Sa —where you slide from Ga to Re.
This sliding rendering of Reis the unique characteristic ofthis raga. This is indeed a verydifficult raga, but Manjiri Kelkarrendered with so much melodicgrace that it mesmerized theaudience.
In the second half, Ms. Kelkarrendered more popular ragasBageshree and Sohini, and
concluded with a bhajan inRaag Bahiravi, where sheamply demonstrated her abilityto generate bhakti bhava.
She was superblyaccompanied by SuyogKundalkar on the Harmonium,and Sanjay Deshpande on theTabla. Suyog’s ability toinstantly reproduce andimprovise her melodic patternswas very well appreciated.Sanjay’s consistent taal supportwith timely rhythmic variationsallowed the vocalist to displayher rhythmic skills to the fullest.Pleasant interactions andappreciation among the artistsmade the concert even moreenjoyable.
It was an extremely satisfyingand spiritual experience,something the audience willremember and cherish for along time.
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From left to right: Abhijit Kaushik (Sewa Shangrila Weavers Project Manager), Mayor Jackson, Mongal Maya (Bhutaneserefugee weaver), and Prof. Sree N. Sreenath, National President of Sewa International.Seva International has provided great help and support to Bhutanese refugees from Nepal, helping them to acquirebasic education and skills to make a living and be economically independent. Besides providing them handlooms, theyalso supply them wollen yarns and help marketing their finished product. Mayor Jackson visited their booth whereProf. Sreenath explained how a few hundreds Bhutanese refugees are trying to find their feet in the city of Cleveland.Hundreds of Bhutanese refugees have arrived from Nepal in Cleveland during the last two years.
Samosa Eating Competition at the festival: Winner eats 10 large samosas in 9.02 minutes
Back row, left to right: Lisa Wong, Hao Zhou, 3rd place winner Emily Kwong, (first place winner Mike Koch (AKA The Rapture), 2nd place winner Alex Madorsky (AKA TheMad Russian), Melissa Reid (Fox 8 News Reporter), and Wayne Wong (Master MC at the festival). The champion was Mike Koch, who are 10 large samosas in 9:02minutes.
Ms. Sujatha Srinivasan introduces students from her Indian classical dance school. They presented a few dance items at the Asian festival
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Art, Culture, FoodA highlight of the Cleveland Asian Festival wasa strong participation by the Indian communityin Greater Cleveland. The Indian classical and folk dances Kathak,Bharatnatyam and Bhangra presentations onthe two stages drew large crowds. The festival attracted 25,000+ people. Manyfolks who flocked the festival had a taste ofIndia at the food court where four Indian res-taurants had their stalls doing brisk business.
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Photo by Dan NottageRighto left: India International Editor Prakash Sinha,Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, and City Hall AsianLiaison Le Nguyen at the festival May 21, 2011.
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India Sunday School,Akron, organized itsannual Hindi spelling bee
on May 8. About 30 studentsparticipated.
“Our annual spelling bee isone way in which the parentscan see what the studentsare learning. The spellingbee gives the students theopportunity to demonstratetheir ability to listen, translateand write from English toHindi. Our spelling bee isdifferent from regular spellingbees in that it gives thestudent more opportunities toprepare and compete, saidMrs. Kiran Khaitan, theDirector of the school.
Hindi Spelling Bee atIndia Sunday School
There are two parts to thespelling bee. The first iscompleted in the classroomon paper. The students havea list of both words andphrases that they arerequired to translate. In thesecond part, the family isinvited to watch five roundsin which the students arerequired to translate oneword into Hindi and also writethe word in Hindi.
There were three judgesand points were awarded foreach correct answer.
“The students are highlymotivated and competitiveand they not only learn Hindivocabulary but also public
speaking. Our studentsshould be commended fortheir effort. We are veryproud of theiraccomplishments, said MsKhaitan.
The India Sunday Schoolhas been running for 30years, teaching Hindi tochildren and promotingIndian classical dance andmusic and Indian culture ingeneral.
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Hindi Spelling Bee participants and judges at India Sunday School in Akron. The school has been running at Akron University for 30 years.
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WASHINGTON: Spelling “cymotrichous” correctly (havingwavy hair), Indian American Sukanya Roy won the 2011Scripps National Spelling Bee crown June 2 to retain thecoveted honor for the Indian community in US for the fourthyear in a row.
Sukanya Roy, 14, an eighth-grader at Abington HeightsMiddle School, Pennsylvania, said she knew as soon as sheheard “cymotrichous” that she’d get the word right and winthe championship.
“My heart started pounding, I guess,” she said. “I couldn’tbelieve it. . It’s just amazing. It’s hard to put into words.”
It was Roy’s third trip to the national spelling bee, and shehad credited her past experience with keeping her calm andrelaxed heading into the finals. She tied for 12th place in 2009and 20th place in 2010.
Roy is the ninth Indian-American in the last 13 years, a runthat began when Nupur Lala captured the crown in 1999 andwas later featured in the documentary “Spellbound.”
The winner will be awarded a $30,000 cash prize, a trophy,a $2,500 US savings bond, a complete reference library, a$5,000 scholarship and $2,600 in reference works and otherprizes.
Cleveland’s Anamika Veeramani had scored a hat-trick forIndian-Americans in taking the crown last year.
Sukanya Roy was one of the six Indian Americans - SriramHathwar, Arvind Mahankali, Prakash Mishra, Mashad Arora,and Dhivya Senthil Murugan - who made it to the last 13 inthis year’s finals.
The youngest finalist was 10-year-old Dhivya Murugan ofDenver, who was born in India.
Laura Newcombe of Toronto was the runner-up. The 12-year-old was trying to become the first Canadian to win the
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exponentially over a past few years to become the secondlargest population group after Chinese. The data released for 26 states (as on May 15) shows thatthe number of Indian-Americans in those states put together is661,799. Indian-Americans are one of the wealthiest and best-educated communities in the United States. With an averageannual growth rate of 10.5%, it makes Americans from Indiaand their descendants the fastest growing ethnic group in theU.S.
VITAL STATISTICS�The Indian-American population has gone up by more than80% in last one decade in the states of Florida, South Carolina,Tennessee and Kentucky.�In last 10 years, the Indian-American population has grownby 68% in California. �In New York City while the population of the city increased by12.5%, the Asian-Indian population increased by 24.6%.�In the Bay Area of nine counties, the Indian population hasgrown by 53%.�India sent the third largest number of immigrants in 2010.�69,162 people of Indian origin obtained legal permanentresident status in 2010.�Indian companies played a crucial role during the recessionby employing 60,000 people across 40 states.�They have been instrumental in acquisitions worth $6 billionsince 2005 and have also employed thousands of fresh UScollege graduates.�15% - percentage of Silicon Valley start-up firms owned byIndian-Americans.�59.9% of Indian-Americans work in top managerial positions.�Average yearly income of an Indian worker is $51,904.�More than 300,000 Indian-Americans work in the InformationTechnology sector.�$69,470 - the median income of Indian-American families,nearly double the median income of all American families —$38,885�200,000 - the number of Indian-American millionaires (Source:Merrill Lynch).�The purchasing power of the community is $25 billion.�Nearly 10% of the physicians in the US are of Indian origin.�Around 35% of the hotels in the country are owned by Indians.�More than 5000 Indian-Americans serve as faculties in theuniversities across America.�104,897 Indian students enrolled in US universities in 2009-2010.�68290 students enrolled for Post graduate studies, while15192 enrolled for under graduate studies.�64.4% - percentage of Indian-Americans over the age of 25who have a college degree (BA or higher).�Indian-Americans also have a huge marked presence in thenational and local political arena. At least 12 candidates wonvarious elections in 2010.�Of the total non-farm business owned by the Asians, theIndians own close to 1/5 of the business in America and haveearned over $150 billion in revenue.�Indian-Americans owned 19.9% of the total Asian firms witha value of $152.5 billion and a recorded growth of 38.2 % in2007.�Over 50% of the H1-B and L visas are issued in India.�Over 900,000 Hotel rooms - Asian-Americans currently own50 percent of the economy lodging sector and 37 percent of allhotels (Source: Asian American Hotel Owners Association). (Watch out for more updates as data is released in a phasedmanner by the US Census Bureau.)
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“We know from other data that it’sthe best-educated population—more likely, for example, to becollege-educated than whites.”
Chinese continue to beCalifornia’s largest Asian group,with 1.25 million people.
In the South, meanwhile, theIndian American populationincreased by more than 80percent in four states –Florida, South Carolina,Tennessee and Kentucky–and more than doubled in afifth state, Georgia.
The population of IndianAmericans in Florida rose from70,740 in 2000 to 128,735 in 2010,an increase of 82 percent. Indiansare the largest Asian group inFlorida, far ahead of Filipinos, at90,223.
In Georgia, the number of AsianIndians surged to 96,116, versus46,132 in 2000. The next largestAsian populations were Koreans(52, 431), and Chinese andVietnamese (virtually tied at around45,000).
In South Carolina, where NikkiHaley, the daughter of Sikhimmigrants, is governor, the AsianIndian population grew from 8,856to 15,941. Filipinos are the second-
largest Asian group, at 10,053, andChinese third at 9,686.
Tennessee’s population of 23,000Asian Indians represented an 86per cent increase from the 2000count.
The second-biggest Asian groupin the state—18,867 people—wasthe category “Other Asians.”Chinese were third among Asiangroups with 15,415 and Vietnamesefourth at 10,033.
The Asian groups listedseparately in newly releasedcensus data are: Asian Indian,Chinese, Filipino, Vietnamese,Korean and Japanese. All otherAsians were grouped together in the“Other Asian” category, unless listedin mixed race cohorts.
In Kentucky, the Asian Indianpopulation shot up 84.6 percentfrom 2000 to 2010, going from6,771 to 12,501. Chinese weresecond with 9,051 residents and“Other Asians” totaled 8,103.
Massachusetts went from 43,801to 77,177 Asian Indians, a rise of76.2 percent. Indian Americans,who constitute 1.2 percent of thetotal population, are the secondlargest Asian group in the state afterChinese (122,957).
Indian Americans in Michigangrew from 54,656 to 77,132 in thedecade, making them the largest
Asian group in the state, withChinese a distant second at 44,496.
In New Mexico, Chinese are themost numerous Asian group with5,729 residents, followed byFilipinos (4,963), Vietnamese(4,723) and Asian Indians (4,550).There were just 3,104 Asian Indianscounted in the state in 2000.
Vietnamese are the largest Asiangroup in Mississippi with 7,025enumerated in 2010, followed byIndians at 5,494, up from 3,827counted in 2000.
In Fremont, Indian-Americanpopulation has nearly doubledduring the past decade, surpassingLos Angeles to become the second-largest Indian community in thestate.
Indians now number 38,711, or18.1 percent of Fremont’spopulation, outstripping, for the firsttime, the Chinese population of38,118, or 17.8 percent.
Nearly all Asian nationalities haveincreased in number throughout theEast Bay, but none has grown asfast as Indian Americans, whosepopulation soared 74 percent to94,606 in Alameda and ContraCosta counties.
In Maine, the Asian Indianpopulation went from 1,021 to1,959, which is an increase of 91.9percent.
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Indian-American PopulationRises 80% in Southern States
Singh, Counsellor from the Embassy of India in his address promised fullsupport to provide help and assistance for promoting Hindi.
Dr. Anoop Kapoor, the Convener of the IHA Convention, dedicated theevent in memory of Dr. Mahadeo Chand, and said that Dr. Chand, theoriginal convener, was pivotal in bringing this event to town.
Dr. Chand died suddenly of a massive heart attack earlier in April. Heworked incessantly for the cause of Hindi promotion and was awardedHindi Ratn, the highest honor from IHA. The award was presentedposthumously to his wife Mrs. Sushila Mohanka, also the IHA President-elect 2012-13. Mrs. Mohanka prepared Smarika, a booklet with variousdetails of the association, for distribution to the audience.
The web-site www.IHAConvention2011.com prepared by Mr. AkashKapoor was pivotal in providing complete details and contact information,including Registration Form and the Program of Events.
One guest commented, “This is the best IHA Convention I ever attended.The bar has now moved higher for future!”
The fun-filled weekend included mouth watering food and snacks —breakfast, lunch, dinner, and much more. The event was hosted by theNortheast Ohio Chapter of the International Hindi Association, and thetheme of this convention was: Education of Hindi in the Next Generation.
bee, but she went out on the word “sorites,” her look of concentrationturning suddenly to a sad one when she realized she’d misspelled it.Canadians have been a strong presence at the competition for many yearsand have had several close calls, with Nate Gartke of Alberta also finishingsecond in 2007.
The spelling bee kids just keep getting better and better. Even wordslike chlorthalidone,” “dreikanter,” “renminbi” and “helichrysum” couldn’tsufficiently narrow down the field in the semifinals, which needed 95minutes of overtime to whittle the competitors from 41 to 13.
The week began with 275 spellers. A written test May 31 and two oralrounds June 1 reduced the field for the semifinals.
According to the Scripps Spelling Bee’s website, this year broughtcontenders ranging in age from 8 to 15 years old from all over the world.
The bee began the finals by remembering its first two champions. WithJeopardy uber-champion Ken Jennings and eight former winners in thehouse, the bee paid tribute to Frank Neuhauser and Pauline Bell, whoboth died in their 90s recently. Neuhauser won in 1925 with the word“gladiolus” and Bell won in 1926 with the “cerise,” so bee officials placedan arrangement of cerise-colored gladioli at the base of the trophy pedestalonstage.
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According to the results of the 2010U.S. Census released by the U.S.Census Bureau [8], the Asian Indianpopulation in the United States grewfrom almost 1,679,000 in 2000 to2,843,391 in 2010: a growth rate of69.35%, the highest for any AsianAmerican community, and among thefastest growing ethnic groups in theUnited States.In 2009, the New York City
Metropolitan Area, consisting ofNew York City and adjacent areaswithin New York State as well asnearby areas within the states ofNew Jersey, Connecticut, andPennsylvania, was home toapproximately 600,000 IndianAmericans, comprising by far thelargest Indian American populationof any metropolitan area in theUnited States.As of August 2009, Indian airline
carriers Air India and Jet Airwaysas well as United States airlinecarrier Continental Airlines were alloffering flights from the New YorkCity Metropolitan Area to and fromIndia. At least eightteen IndianAmerican enclaves characterizedas a Little India have emerged inthe New York City MetropolitanArea.Other metropolitan areas with
large Indian American populationsinclude Atlanta, Washington/Baltimore, Boston, Charlotte, NorthCarolina, Chicago, Dallas/Ft. Worth,Philadelphia, Detroit, Houston, LosAngeles, and San Francisco/SanJose/Oakland.
Indian Population in USEstimated to be 2.8 mln.
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1. I can only livewhen there is light,although I die ifthe light shines onme. What am I?
2. There are 11body parts thathave only 3 letters(no slang allowed).What are they?
3. Below are tenwords each missingthe same two lettercombination. Canyou figure out whatthose two lettersare?
Sw_ _nDo_ _Ch_ _e_ _al
Janit_ _W_ _ld_ _angeT_ _e
Vap_ _ize_ _at_ _
4. Some monthshave thirty daysand some monthshave thirty-onedays. How manymonths havetwenty-eight days?
5. What is themost frequentlyused letter in theEnglish language? And what is themost used word inthe Englishlanguage?
I used to think I was indecisive,
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Humor is mankind’s greatest blessing. –Mark Twain
A man goes along to thePatent Office with someof his new designs.
He says to the clerk,“I’d like to register mynew invention. It’s afolding bottle.”
“OK,” says the clerk.“What do you call it?”
“A fottle, replies theinventor.”
“A fottle? That’s astupid! Can’t you think ofsomething else?”
“I can think about it.I’ve got something elsethough. It’s a foldingcarton.”
“And what do you callthat?” asks the clerk.
“A farton”, replies theinventor.
“That’s rude. You can’tpossibly call it that!”
“In that case,” says theinventor...
“You’re really going tohate the name of myfolding bucket.”
An 80 year old womanwas arrested for shoplifting.
When she went beforethe judge in Cincinnati heasked her, “What did yousteal?”
She replied, “A can ofpeaches.”
The judge then askedher why she had stolenthe can of peaches andshe replied that she washungry.
The judge then askedher how many peacheswere in the can.
She replied, “6.”The judge said, “Then I
will give you 6 days injail.”
The woman’s husbandasked the judge if hecould say something.
The judge said, “Whatis it?”
The husband said, “Shealso stole a can of peas.”
The loss of enginesTwo blondes were flyingto Miami from Cleveland.Fifteen minutes into theflight, the captainannounced, “One of theengines has failed and
the flight will be an hourlonger. But don’t worrywe have three enginesleft”.
Thirty minutes later,the captain announced,“One more engine hasfailed and the flight willbe two hours longer. Butdon’t worry we have twoengines left”.
An hour later, thecaptain announced, “Onemore engine has failedand the flight will bethree hours longer. Butdon’t worry we have oneengine left”.
One blonde looked atthe other blonde andsaid, “If we lose onemore engine, we’ll be uphere all day”
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Medical ErrorAt the outpatientsurgery center where Iwork, the anesthe-siologist often chattedwith patients beforetheir operations to helpthem relax. One day he thought herecognized a woman as aco-worker at the VAhospital where he hadtrained. When the patientconfirmed that his hunchwas correct, he said, “So,tell me, is the food stillas bad there as it usedto be?” “Well, I suppose,” shereplied, “I’m still cookingit.”
Now that President Obamahas taken care of Osama binLaden, it’s time for him todo something about risinggas prices.
All the conventionalmethods have failed, soObama needs to dosomething drastic: send ateam to “negotiate” with oilcompany executives. Isuggest Navy SEAL TeamSix.
I hope to turn on my TVone of these days and seeObama making an importantannouncement again:
“Good evening. Tonight, Ican report to the Americanpeople and to the world thatthe United States hasconducted an operationthat killed the wantongreed of Exxon Mobil,British Petroleum andChevron, as well as oilcompanies in the MiddleEast. Together, thesecompanies are responsiblefor millions of sad faces atfuel pumps around theworld.
It was nearly 130 yearsago that the first gasoline-powered automobiles wereproduced in Germany, withHenry Ford and otherAmericans introducing theirown versions not long after.Little did they know that
when they gave up on horse-drawn carriages in the nameof progress, theirdescendants were doomedto stare at gas-pump priceswith faces as long ashorses’.
Over the last 10 years, wehave seen gas pricesgradually inch upwards, andwe have scratched ourheads to try to understandmany of these increases. Itwas reasonable, theexperts told us, that gasprices would increase whenwe went to war in Iraq. Butmy fellow Americans, was itreasonable that gas priceswould increase when Oprahwent on a diet?
Was it reasonable thatgas prices would increasewhen David Beckham got anew tattoo? Was itreasonable that gas priceswould increases whenAngelina Jolie got a newbaby?
Of course not! But thesewere some of the manyexcuses for oil companyexecutives to increaseprices and boost theirprofits, while laughing at usfor not only paying highprices at the gas pumps butalso doing all the pumpingourselves. And so shortlyafter taking office, I
directed Leon Panetta, thedirector of the CIA, tomake the killing of oilcompany greed the toppriority of our war againsthigh gas prices, even as wecontinued our broaderefforts to disrupt,dismantle and defeat theirevil network.
Then, last August, afteryears of painstaking workby our intelligencecommunity, I was briefedon a possible solution tohigh gas prices. It was farfrom certain, and it tookmany months to run thisthread to ground. I met
repeatedly with my nationalsecurity team as wedeveloped more informationabout the possibility thatwe could corner oil companyexecutives within acompound deep inside ofPakistan. And finally, lastweek, I determined that wehad enough intelligence totake action, and authorizedan operation to surround oilcompany executives inPakistan and scare theliving daylights out of them.
Today, at my direction,the United States launcheda targeted operationagainst that compound in
Abbottabad, Pakistan. Asmall team of Americanscarried out the operationwith extraordinary
courage and capability.No Americans wereharmed. They took care toavoid civilian casualties.After a firefight, theykilled oil company greed andgave it a quick burial at sea.
Yet its death does notmark the end of our effort.There’s no doubt that oilcompanies will continue topursue attacks against usand our wallets. We must —and we will — remainvigilant at gas pumps athome and abroad.
The cause of protectingour country from high gasprices is not complete. Buttonight we are once againreminded that America cando whatever we set ourmind to, even bring gasprices down
to 10 cents a gallon.Let us remember that we
can do these things not justbecause of wealth orpower, but because of whowe are: one nation, underGod, indivisible, withliberty, justice and low gasprices for all.
Thank you. May God blessyou. And may God bless theUnited States of America.”
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3. The letters are OR:Sworn Door Chore OralJanitor World Orange ToreVaporize Orator4. Every month has 28 days (at least).5. The letter most frequently used inEnglish is E.The least frequently used letter is Z.The most frequently used word isTHE. The list below shows the frequencyof letter use in English.Letter (Frequency): A 8.17%; B1.49%;C2.78%; D 4.25%; E 12.70%; F 2.23%;
G 2.02%; H 6.09%; I 6.97%; J 0.15%;K 0.77%; L 4.03%; M 2.41%; N 6.75%;O 7.51%; P 1.93%; Q 0.10%; R 5.99%;S 6.33%; T 9.06%; U 2.76%; V 0.98%;W 2.36%; X 0.15%; Y 1.97%; Z 0.07%. The most commonly used letter in theEnglish language is the letter “e”. Thisis the case in the general language, infiction and non-fiction writings,journalism, religious works like theBible, and even in Morse code. The most commonconsonant in the English language is“t.” With “e” being so common in theEnglish language, one would think thatit would start the most words. Actually“t” begins the most words, followed by“o.” “E” is the letter which most commonlyoccurs third in a word, and is the thirdmost common second letter in a word.The most common second letter in aword in the English language is h.
Actually, “e” is far down the list ofEnglish language word beginners, andcomes in at the 15th place. The fivemost common letters beginning wordsare “t,” “o,” “a,” “w,” and “b.”Approximately half of the words in theEnglish language end with the letters“e,” “t,” “d,” and “s” with the greatestshare of words ending in “e.” Further,there are four letters most likely tofollow “e” in a word. These are “r,” “s,”“n,” and “d.”Ironically, of the most common wordswith two letters in the English language,only three words actually have an “e.”They are be, we, and me. As well, inthe top twenty most frequently writtenEnglish language words, only threewords have an “e.” These are “the,” themost frequently used word in theEnglish language, and “he” and “be.”However, when one analyzes mostfrequently used three-letter words, “e”gets a fairer share.
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1. Srinagar is the largest city in the state. Jammu and Kashmir is sectionedinto 22 districts and the predominant religion is Islam.
2. The SutlejThe Sutlej River is 1,450 km in length. The main crop cultivated in Punjab iswheat. It is grown in the winter. Bhangra is the traditional and most famousdance of the people of Punjab.
3. Mount AbuJaipur is the capital of Rajasthan. The state is part of the Thar Desert.Rajasthan also contains famous sanctuaries like the Bharatpur Reserve andarchitectural marvels like the Hawa Mahal.
4. The HooglyCalcutta (or Kolkata) is known as the City of Joy. It houses the VictoriaMemorial, the famous Alipore Zoo and other sites of cultural importance.The predominant language is Bengali.
5. Land of TemplesOrissa was formerly known as Kalinga. It was ravaged by Emperor Ashokain 261 B.C.E. Orissa is home to the Nandankanan Wildlife Reserve wherebreeding programs for white tigers are carried out.
6. 36 fortesChhattisgarh, formally recognized as a state in 2000, was earlier a sectionof Madhya Pradesh. It was an important Buddhist site in the past.
7. The Indian RollerThe state animal of A.P. is the black buck. The state dance is kuchipudi andthe state tree is the neem (Azadirachta indica).
8. The Silicon Valley of IndiaKarnataka is divided into twenty-nine districts. The mother-tongue of thepeople is Kannada. The state is situated south of the Krishna River. Theindustrious nature of the people has helped the state to advance by leapsand bounds in the early 21st century.
9. Edakkal CavesThough located in the tropics, Kerala possesses a hill station by the name ofMunnar. It is home to the famous Silent Valley. The beach of Kovalam inKerala was damaged by the huge earthquake-triggered tsunami of 2004.
10. KanyakumariAlthough Kanyakumari is the most southern spot in peninsular India, IndiraPoint in the Nicobar Islands is the southernmost point of the entire country.Kanyakumari is home to the statue of Thiruvalluvar and the famousVivekananda Rock.
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“It’s very important for people who are already permanent residents to considercitizenship for all the benefits that that will bring them,” Mariana Gitomer, the USCISspokesperson in Los Angeles, said.
The Citizen Public Education and Awareness Initiative will include radio andtelevision advertisements, written press and Internet dissemination nationwide.
The messages will be broadcast in Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese and Englishwith special emphasis on the cities of Los Angeles and New York, and also on thestates of Florida and Texas, where there are high numbers of permanent residents.
The first sentence of the message in Spanish, which will be spoken by an Hispanicwoman, states: “I was born in Mexico and being an American citizen makes meproud.”
“The campaign will last for three years and the funds, which amount to $11 million,are coming from an allocation made by the federal Congress in Fiscal Year 2010,”Gitomer said.
“We’re going to channel part of those funds to community organizations that helpimmigrants so they can help us to educate and convince people to become citizens,”she added.
The USCIS spokesperson said that, according to the government’s database,there are about 12.5 million permanent residents in the US, of whom 7.9 million arealready eligible to get US citizenship, the majority of them being Hispanics.
In California alone, there are approximately three million people who obtainedGreen Cards more than five years ago.
“There are many reasons why people don’t become citizens, some people don’tknow the benefits and feel that if they already have a residence card they can work,they can travel, then they feel they don’t need citizenship,” said Gitomer.
“But citizenship gives them the benefit of voting, obtaining a US passport to travelwithout restrictions, and obtain better jobs,” she said, citing studies that show thatpeople who become citizens began to earn more money.
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High-ranking officials of Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) of the Govt. of India visitedthree US cities last month to get feedback from the community on a ‘fact finding mission’on current issues and hardships relating to the surrender certificate requirements, OCI,PIO cards and to learn the grievances of NRIs about the visa issuance. The delegation was headed by Dr. Ajai Choudhry, Secretary, and included Mr. B.K. Gupta,Additional Secretary and Cherian Thomas, Under Secretary. The Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) representatives met thedelegation members and submitted a memorandum on the issues pertaining to surrenderof Indian passport and issuance of Indian visa. The team leader, Mr. Choudhry heard complaints and took notes of input from theattendees. He promised to resolve several issues and streamline the visa process.
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