If Kamala Harris wins the November presidential election, she will not only become the first female president of the United States, but also the first president of Indian descent. If she loses, Americans will have a second lady of Indian descent for the first time. Usha Vance, wife of President Donald Trump’s running mate J.D. Vance, identifies as Hindu and vegetarian. “Indian Americans are becoming a political force,” the New York Times wrote in July. It has five senators and 40 members of the federal state legislature, giving it political influence that far exceeds its demographic weight.
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According to the 2023 census, the 4.4 million Indians in the United States now outnumber the Chinese diaspora. Moreover, they are not only influential in the political arena. Twenty-five of the 500 largest US companies, including Microsoft, YouTube, Google and Adobe, are headed by Indians, compared to just 11 a decade ago. This diaspora growth is recent and coincides with the arrival of Indian engineers in Silicon Valley since the 2000s. Indians are the highest-paid and most highly educated immigrants in the United States.
To explain this success, the U.S. press cited the Indian elite’s mastery of English, their native language, their familiarity with elections and some degree of democratic institutions, and the excellence of Indian higher education (the famous Indian Institute of Technology). Quote immediately. – New technology is America’s favorite area. Caste is rarely mentioned, no doubt because members of upper castes prefer to emphasize their merits over the privileges associated with their origin.
Nevertheless, belonging to a particular caste may explain their surprising success in the United States. Kamala Harris’ mother Shyamala Gopalan, who came to the United States in 1958, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and former PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi are all members of the Tamil community, also known as Tamburam. He is a Brahmin.
caste of scholars and priests
This small south Indian community has just 2 million members in the country and 50,000 in the United States, and is dominated by American elites. This is the highest caste in India and is the caste of scholars and priests. Among them, mathematics is a religion, and education is highly valued. They are passionate about Carnatic music and classical dance. During British colonial rule, they occupied senior civil service posts, but after India became independent and quotas were introduced for lower castes in the upper echelons of government, they turned to the IT industry. , created a global giant in this field. Infosys or Wipro or moved abroad.
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