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“Being Indian myself, it has always puzzled me when fellow Indians express their support for the Republican Party, which has rarely shown concern for the interests of minorities. Then why do some support them?

A big reason is financial. Republicans are big on free enterprise and low taxes, which plays well with immigrants who are insecure about their financial future in the new world and with those whose priority is wealth-creation. But another factor, equally powerful, is the need for acceptance in mainstream society; and nowhere can this be seen more clearly than in Dinesh D’Souza, the President of King’s College in New York, an author and a prominent Republican mouthpiece.

Dinesh D’Souza, of course, is Indian.” (Guest Blog – Talkback with Sanjay Sanghoee)

“There is a stark disparity between the rich and the rest of India and the wealthy try to insulate themselves from the unpleasant realities of their homeland.

There is a parallel between what’s going on in India today and what we are witnessing right here in the US – a rapidly widening gap between the haves and have-nots and a division into distinct ‘classes’, although in this case driven by economics and not race or culture.” GUEST BLOG