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The Indian High Commission hosted a reception to honour the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2015 Sanman Awardees Lord Raj Loomba and Prof Nat Puri in London at the High Commission of India. Mr S S Sidhu, Minister (Coordination) started the evening proceedings, while HE Ranjan Mathai welcomed the guests. Lord Loomba and Prof Nat Puri spoke about their life journeys and feelings after receiving these awards.  

હું ભારતીય નહીં, અમેરિકન છુંઃ

વોશિંગ્ટનઃ અમેરિકામાં પ્રથમ ભારતીય અમેરિકી ગવર્નર બોબી જિંદાલે જણાવ્યું છે કે તેમને ‘ભારતીય-અમેરિકી’ ન કહેવામાં આવે. તેઓ સંપૂર્ણપણે અમેરિકી છે. તેમણે જણાવ્યું મારા માતા-પિતાએ મારા ભાઈ અને મને કહ્યું હતું કે અમે અમેરિકમાં અમેરિકન બનવા આવ્યા છીએ. ભારતીય-અમેરિકન નહીં, માત્ર અમેરિકન.

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Lord Loomba, HE Ranjan Mathai and Prof Nat Puri

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The highest-ranked British Asian member of the UK Independence Party has switched to the Conservative party. Pakistani-origin Mr Amjad Bashir is a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) representing Yorkshire and Humber constituencies in northern England.

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Being a Non-Resident Indian has its own set of advantages and disadvantages. While the advantages might be many, the disadvantage sometimes takes over. NRIs have also been known as NVI’s (Non-Voting Indians) but things are going to change now. The Union government informed the Supreme Court that it had accepted Election Commission's recommendation to allow NRIs to vote through e-ballot system or through proxy. The EC discarded other possibilities - postal ballot and internet voting - terming them fraught with the danger of manipulation.