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NEW YORK • WASHINGTON D.C. • CHICAGO • ATLANTA • CALIFORNIA VOL 26, No. 1362 November 13, 2020 50¢ Periodical Postage PEOPLE FIRST Land of opportunity upholds citizens' mandate Vivek Murthy Murthy to headline 'Joe and Kamala's NRI's in SF plan on Covid-19' demand Arnab Goswami's release Details on page 6 Details on page 17 Biden plans to increase H-1B visa limit Details on page 12 Community leader Iftekhar See details on page 24-32 Shareef Bereaved Details on page 19 CONTENTS Bollywood -------------------------- 40 Classifieds ------------------------ 37 Community Post -------------- 17-23 Edit Page --------------------------- 39 Horoscope --------------------------- 9 This week’s question NEW YORK: Indian-American organizations and try their home because they knew it meant anything Immigration Post ------------12-13 Life Style ------------------------ 14-15 Will Trump reconcile with result leaders are seeing the announcement of the election was possible for their children. Today, the daughter of and concede gracefully? Philosophy/Perspective ------- 38 of Kamala Harris as the next US Vice President as a one of those Indian-Americans proved their faith," Last week’s result Info/Highlights ---------------------- 4 vindication of the dream of America as the land of op- said Neil Makhija, the executive director of the Indian- Real Estate ------------------------ 36 Do you think the vaccine will be out by December? portunities and look forward to working with her and American Impact Fund, an advocacy and political ac- TechBiz Post ------------------ 10-11 Joe Biden as President in healing the national divide. tion group. Travel & Hospitality Post -------- 16 YES 12% NO 88% "A generation of Indian-Americans made this coun- Details on page 5 Wellness Post ---------------- 34-35 2 India Post November 13, 2020 www.indiapost.com November 13, 2020 India Post 3 www.indiapost.com 4 India Post November 13, 2020 www.indiapost.com India Post Newsweekly www.indiapost.com The Weekly Newspaper Serving Indians Worldwide Mission Statement Romesh & Sunita Japra Publishers To empower the Indian Diaspora and make their voice strong and effective in countries of their adoption. RJ Media conglomerate Rajesh Verma Co-Publisher offers a credible, professional and complete package of news, opinion, entertainment, networking and information. 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Ritu Maheshwari Director Promotions 40 14 Sudesh Kumari Correspondent LOS ANGELES Mrs Shashi Trivedi Bureau Chief Cover Story: Techbiz: CHICAGO PEOPLE FIRST CII congratulates poll victors Ramesh Soparawala Resident Editor IND-AM organizations and leaders are see- Confederation of Indian Industry A Q Siddiqui Correspondent ing the election of Kamala Harris as the president UdayKotak congratulated ST. LOUIS next US V-Pres. as vindication of the dream Joseph Biden and Kamala Harris for their Ashwin Patel Correspondent of America as the land of opportunities. 5 electoral victory in the US polls. 10 NEW YORK & NEW JERSEY Pinky Kaur Bureau Chief Srirekha N. 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Bhangra and Dhol today". "A generation of Indian-Americans He made campaign videos for the made this country their home because Biden-Harris team in 14 Indian lan- they knew it meant anything was pos- guages and one of them was the "Chale sible for their children. Today, the Chalo, Biden, Harris ko vote do", based daughter of one of those Indian-Ameri- on a song from the Hindi hit film, cans proved their faith," said Neil "Laagan". Makhija, the executive director of the "For the first time, we will also have a Indian-American Impact Fund, an advo- woman of color and Indian-origin as- cacy and political action group. Kamala Harris cend to the second-highest office in the He said that the Indian-American land," he said. community coming out to vote in key "Harris has broken many glass ceil- Harris leadership will face and the com- Addressing the nation's polarization, states like Pennsylvania and Arizona ings. I never dreamed that in my lifetime munity and fund "stand ready as we did Bhutoria said: "It's time for America to took the Biden-Harris team to victory. a person of Indian heritage would be a in January when we endorsed Vice unite and heal. It's time to put the an- IMPACT raised $10 million to support heartbeat away from the Presidency President Biden to do our part". ger and harsh rhetoric behind us and the voter turnout efforts of the Asian but here we are," said Shekar M.R. Rangaswami, the founder of come together to rebuild our nation and Indian American community "in Narasimhan, the chairman of the Asian Indiaspora that promotes Indian-Ameri- under the leadership of Biden and Har- critical states, including Pennsylvania American Pacific Islander Victory Fund can activism, recalled his organization ris." and Arizona, where our community's that supports candidates of the hosting a Diwali celebration at Biden's The Hindu American Foundation engagement was enough to make the ethnicity. residence when he was Vice President (HAF) "looks forward to working with margin". "We have proved once again that de- in 2016 and said: "We now look forward the Biden-Harris administration to ad- The organization spent nearly $2 mil- mocracy works and 'We the People' to doing the same with President Biden dress issues of mutual concern and in- lion in each of the key states, Pennsylva- make the choice," he said.