Comments on: Breaking Bread with Barack Obama

By: Lavina Melwani

Lavina Melwani — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:41:55 +0000

Thanks, Komal. Well, there was coverage of the State Dinner – but the party-crashers stole the limelight and got all the media coverage!

By: Komal

Komal — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 04:35:29 +0000

LOVE LOVE LOVE this story on the Obama dinner! I have been looking for coverage in the mainstream press about the PM’s visit and not finding anything. I especially like the angle you took of interviewing the public policy advocates for their POV rather than the big muckety-mucks, which we hear enough about already.

By: Lavina Melwani

Lavina Melwani — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:10:19 +0000

Thanks, Vandana. It was fun unearthing this story from the guest list!

By: Lavina Melwani

Lavina Melwani — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:09:42 +0000

Diditi, there definitely seems to be a different wind blowing. Perhaps with an organizer in the Oval Office, the profession will now get more respect. As a journalist who’s followed the unsung work of these advocates over the years, I think it’s about time!

By: vandana g

vandana g — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:14:52 +0000

Great piece Lavina – enjoyed reading it

By: Diditi Mitra

Diditi Mitra — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:52:25 +0000

Great to see the faces that make a world of difference, like Bhairavi Desai of NYTWA and Maneesha Kelkar of Manavi. I am familiar with both of their contributions toward a working class movement and gender violence within the South Asian American community respectively. I am extremely excited to see that people like them who envision a different world that is more inclusive made it to the guest list!