Comments on: Losing sucks when you are the more qualified candidate

By: Al Mujahid for debauchery

Al Mujahid for debauchery — Fri, 05 May 2006 13:03:11 +0000

He did attend and speak at the NASABA conference last year. What other means are there to reach out to desi lawyers?

The NASABA conference is a good place to start. One way of contacting desi lawyers, would be to start with the Bar associations. Almost all Bar associations in Ohio have the Cleveland or Columbus or Cinicinnati Bar Directories. The Bar Directories usually have names of all the members so you could look for Indian names. Now lawyers like me who have Muslim/Arabic names and who donÂ’t practice law in the state of Ohio would probably not be traceable but it should help with the overtly Hindi sounding names.

By: Kush Tandon

Kush Tandon — Fri, 05 May 2006 08:03:04 +0000

All the best, Subodh. Keep trying.

By: Cheap Ass Desi

Cheap Ass Desi — Fri, 05 May 2006 07:56:57 +0000

Does having a name that is Anglo Saxon and easy to remember an obstacle? What about Illinois’ Barack Obama?

By: khakra

khakra — Fri, 05 May 2006 01:07:09 +0000

Subodh Chandra is an easy name to remember. But even if he tried to Americanize his name — like Mac Rahman, the Indian immigrant who got only 50 votes in the NO mayoral elections — he would’ve lost. Mac owns a restaurant in NO, and apparently there’s more to his life than I thought… he fired a waitress who refused to go to the Jazzfest with him.

By: Cheap Ass Desi

Cheap Ass Desi — Fri, 05 May 2006 01:01:43 +0000

There were several contributing factors to our loss, but the main one by far is this: inadequate financing to get our message out.

Mr. Chandra pointed out an important aspect of politics-- financing.

I understand that in order to get the message out, financing is a must. At the same time, however, the idea of the capitalization of politics in the US, is something that doesn't sit right with me(I am unsure if this last point may be a bit irrelevent to Chandra's loss)

By: Abhi

Abhi — Thu, 04 May 2006 20:10:53 +0000

I know quite a few desi lawyers and none of us were approached. You have to wonder about the efficacy of the outreach committee.

He did attend and speak at the NASABA conference last year. What other means are there to reach out to desi lawyers?

By: Al Mujahid for debauchery

Al Mujahid for debauchery — Thu, 04 May 2006 19:59:29 +0000

I know quite a few desi lawyers and none of us were approached. You have to wonder about the efficacy of the outreach committee.

By: Speedy

Speedy — Thu, 04 May 2006 19:20:57 +0000

Ennis,

At least in the Midwest, I get the impression that most Indians are Republican for economic reasons- at least, the first generation is. The second generation tends to be more liberal but overwhemingly so.

Speedy

By: MoorNam

MoorNam — Thu, 04 May 2006 18:30:22 +0000

Dear Mr. Chandra,

Thank you for your perspective on the loss. I wish you the best of luck (and funds!) in future.

M. Nam

By: Ennis

Ennis — Thu, 04 May 2006 15:40:04 +0000

Speedy – nationwide, I believe that most South Asians are democrats. It’s the immigration issue primarily, but secondarily most South Asians are Indians, and the Republicans were anti-India while the Democrats were pro-India.