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14 August 2020 The Home of Solid Games www.greystonegames.com Vol. 19 Issue 24 Friday 14 August to 21 August 2020 $1 www.thesouthasianinsider.com TheThe RiseRise ofof KamalaKamala HarrisHarris Kamala Harris Is Joe Biden's Pick For US Vice Presidential Candidate. Why & How Kamala Harris won the VP contest. Ram Janmabhoomi celebrations at Times Story on Square New York Pages 35 to 41 Also Read r Hindu daughter has equal right in property, says SC Page No. 8 r Develop a vaccine plan Page No. 12 r The importance of flood forecasting Page No. 15 r Food bank doles out tons of food as Texans, like many Americans, Page No. 21 fight to feed themselves Story on Page 4 r Insurer ICICI Lombard in talks to buy Bharti AXA Page No. 43 Friday 14 August to 21 August 2020 COMMUNITY 2 FIA Hosts Community Reception to Welcome New Consul General of India in New York (By our staff the role his organization contributions made by the world.” Consul General going to be a defining energy.” He said the Reporter) New Jersey: The pathway of the century.” Consulate General of Federation of Indian He said he is looking Indian in New York is Association of NY, NJ, CT forward to the time when “looking forward to (FIA Tristate) hosted a the Indian American supporting the FIA support welcome reception on community “will have a next year when it will Aug. 7, 2020 for Randhir stronger imprint of our celebrate 50 years. He Kumar Jaiswal, the newly- strength, of our hard work, said, he, along with his appointed Consul General of our identity, culture, college Deputy Consul of India in New York, at the color, and vibrancy, in this General Sinha and the Royal Albert’s Palace in country and everywhere entire team in New York Fords, New Jersey. else. is “ere for you whenever It was an intimate affair due He said he seemed the you need us. to New Jersey state and community’s support and Consul General local restrictions and wishes, as he “carries out Jaiswal’s first regulations on gatherings. his responsibilities as a introduction to Guests were checked in representative of the prominent members of by FIA volunteers, led by plays in restoring vision for community in various Jaiswal noted that the Government of India.” the community was on Smita Miki Patel, after the underprivileged fields. “The Indian story all Indian American story is The Consulate will “have July 19, a few hours after which their temperature community in India and over the world is very that of “peace and an engaging his arrival in New York. was checked, prior to around the world. engrossing, very deep” he progress,” as well as a relationship with the FIA,” He administered the entering the reception Mahesh Bhagia, chairman said. “I is a story that story of “sharing and he said, and added that oath of office to FIA’s venue. Each guest was of the Edison Democratic carries a message of caring for others.” And during this time of the new executive handed a complementary Party, delivered a peace and harmony.” that, he said, is what pandemic “we have to see committee. “No sooner face covering as well. Proclamation from the Consul General Jaiswal defines the community how to hold each other's than I arrived in New FIA leadership, prominent State Assembly to Consul lauded the FIA for putting and has also become its hands and see how best York, I had the members of the Indian General Jaiswal. a stamp on New York City identity. He urged the we can help each other.” opportunity to engage American community and Dipak Patel, FIA Board of with its flagship India Day community to keep He said he looks forward with a few members of members of the press Trustees, introduced the Parade “which has playing a pivotal role in to interacting with the the Indian American attended the event. Guests Consul General. Prior to become iconic, not just in “strengthening the Indian American community when I swore- networked and mingled being appointed the New York and in this friendship between the community which is full of in the new FIA team,” he with each other, observing Consul General of India in country, but all over the U.S. and India, which is “great ideas and great said. social distancing New York, Jaiswal was the guidelines. Joint Secretary cum Andy Bhatia, member of Social Secretary to the the FIA Board of Trustees, President of India compared the evening. FIA Ramnath Kovind. A 1998 leaders including Indian Foreign Service President Anil Bansal, officer, Jaiswal headed the Chairman Ankur Vaidya, foreign affairs office of the senior advisors Padmashri Rashtrapati Bhavan and Dr. Sudhir S. Parikh and advised the President on Padmashri Dr. H. R. Shah, India’s foreign policy. Prior among others, welcomed to that he served as the Consul General Jaiswal Consul General of India in and Deputy Consul Johannesburg in South General Shatrughan Sinha. Africa. Dr. V. K. Raju, founder and In his address, Consul president of the Eye General Jaiswal thanked Foundation of America, the FIA for a warm spoke eloquently about the welcome, and importance of vision and acknowledged the Friday 14 August to 21 August 2020 COMMUNITY 3 What has set America and Americans apart and on a pedestal – President Ronald Reagan called us ‘’ (t)hat Shining City on the Hill” – is not that humanity is anymore ‘’perfect” on our soil than on another nation’s, but our founding documents- created by our exceptional Founders all, be they Thomas Jefferson or James Madison or Ben Franklin to name a few- knew of humanity’s destroyed “control” by any one. Thus, our Declaration of Independence was born July 4, 1776, and American Exceptionalism was cemented in our cherished Constitution. As Ben Franklin answered gingerly in 1787; “(W)e are a Republic Madam, if you can keep it.” And, we have! And, I am happy to note that India – after borrowing from our Declaration and Constitution – also has! America is the oldest democracy and a nation of laws, and India is the largest democracy and also a nation of laws – be it Art. 370, CAA or NRC. The every Indian in secular India – at a DNA-level – believes in the rule of law, freedom or religion, human rights in the core bond between our nations. Just as Law & Order is demanded now, thanks to criminal- looters on our American streets, it is even more in demand in India as she is buffeted by cross- border terror. Indian in India paid the bill for the American Revolution: Indian Tea starred in the birthing of the American Revolution in 1773 Boston Harbor; and painfully, when Lord Cornwallis lost to General George Washington, King George send him to India as Viceroy – where upon arrival he ordered the killing of 5000 Indian men, Women and Children – General Reginald Dyer’s infamous massacre at Jallianwala Bagh cemented the thirst for Freedom in India.Enjoy the Freedom - defend the freedom as freedom in never freely given just behold the martyrs of Indian Indepence...who gave their lives so their progency may breathe freely Ravi & Ranju Batra The Batra Building, 142 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10016 Phone: (212) 545-1993 Fax: 212 545 0967 Email: [email protected] Friday 14 August to 21 August 2020 COMMUNITY 4 Ram Janmabhoomi celebrations at Times Square New York (By our staff reporter) Times social media platforms across the Today this has become a reality. that we will work tirelessly to make Square, New York: world, particularly in Bharat. JAI Friends, The Ram Mandir “Bhoomi Bharat a country of our dreams, On the occasion of the foundation SHRI RAM. Today is the day of Poojan samaroh” in Ayodhya is not which I mentioned just now. JAI laying ceremony of Ram Temple in celebration and not speeches, As simply the foundation of a brick and SHRI RAM. BHARAT MATA KI JAI." Ayodhya , a large number of jubilant you all know, we have all gathered mortar building. I believe It is the Others who spoke at the event were Indian Americans celebrated the here to celebrate the foundation foundation stone of a “Sarva H R Shah of TV Asia, Saumitraji occasion at Times Square of New laying ceremony of Ram Temple in ShaktiMan Baharat” , It is the Gokhale , Kamal Gupta, Jaswinder York. The event , was organized and Ayodhya by our popular Prime foundations of Ram Rajya Bharat, It Singh Multani , Satvinder Singh , led by Jagdish Sewhani of Indian Minister, Narendra Modi. About him, is the foundation store to make Kulbir Singh ,Amba Sharma ,Dr American Public Affairs Committee. I will only say this “Modi hai to Bharat the “Vishwa Guru”, which Dipak Nandi , Sanjiv Chand. Times Mr Sewhani in his speech said, " My Mumkin Hai.” " Ram Temple in believes in “Vashudhaib Kutumbkam” Square was for those moments seems Dear Ram Bhaktas, Present here at Ayodhya was something that has and treats entire world as one family. to have turned a scene from Ayodhya, this iconic Times Square despite been a dream for we Indians and And as such, as hundreds of atmosphere was filled with Chanting of Ram, coronavirus pandemic, and to all Hindus for centuries. We, at least I, “karigars” and workers begin Ram Bhaktas were Dancing and Singing those who are watching it LIVE on never thought that we would be able constructing this magnificent temple Devotional Song. Overall it was a unique Facebook, television sets and other to realize this dream in our life time. brick by brick, Let’s PLEDGE today historic event at iconic Times Square.
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