Comments on: Still Counting. Will It Be Kamala?

By: Sneha

Sneha — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 23:08:38 +0000

@Orivlle: I thought I had seen an interview where she discussed her heritage but now I all I can find are descriptions by reporters. It’s interesting to see how she is sometimes described as only South Asian or only African American and sometimes both. Look forward to seeing her make more headlines regardless.

By: Sneha

Sneha — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 23:05:05 +0000

Yes! 2010 was a historic year for Indian Americans in politics – I summarized the election results at Brown Girl magazine: http://browngirlmagazine.com/2010/11/2010-election-results/

By: Sriram

Sriram — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 14:58:39 +0000

How come self-described desi Nikki Haley’s isn’t getting any coverage? Are you kids going to wait until she delivers SC to mama bear ?

By: Yoga Fire

Yoga Fire — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 22:22:02 +0000

In Telugu, Desam is country. So Desi is just fine by me instead of the northie Deshi.

There are parts of Andhra where they pronounce it "Desham."

They also pronounce "dosa" as "dosha."

I suspect it's a bit of Hindi-fication of the language. Even in the remote villages the soap operas have disseminated a working knowledge of Hindi. Though it offends the ears, I fear it may be here to stay.

By: LAPerson

LAPerson — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 21:16:29 +0000

Finally, Cooley concedes the race to Harris: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/11/steve-cooley-kamala-harris-attorney-general.html

By: Pravin Praveen

Pravin Praveen — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 21:23:09 +0000

In Telugu, Desam is country. So Desi is just fine by me instead of the northie Deshi.

By: Miss

Miss — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 21:15:18 +0000

Looks like kamala wins over Cooley:

http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2010/11/steve_cooley_loses.php

By: Manju

Manju — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 20:07:29 +0000

“Um, hopefully it won’t be someone who opposes the death penalty for cop killers”

True. Opposing the death penalty for cop killers is stupid. You should oppose for everyone. After all, if the person turns out to be innocent, you can’t correct the situation (insert Kamala Harris–Hinduism–reincarnation joke).

By: sdfdf

sdfdf — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:53:15 +0000

Um, hopefully it won’t be someone who opposes the death penalty for cop killers. And I don’t care if she is desi or not.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 16:07:46 +0000

This Kamla already won.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamla_Persad-Bissessar