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President Barack Obama and Governor Bobby Jindal squared off last week a super formal white-tie affair — the annual Gridiron Club dinner. Read more
Posted by Yashwant Raj on Sunday, March 17, 2013 at 12:49 am
Filed under America · Tagged barack obama, bobby jindal, hindustan times, news, Yashwant Raj
The morning after November 6, I reached for my iPhone and clicked open the mailbox. And somehow it didn’t look familiar. I swiped up and down just to make sure. Read more
Posted by Yashwant Raj on Sunday, November 11, 2012 at 1:08 am
Filed under America · Tagged barack obama, democrats, fiscal cliff, Mitt Romney, obama campaign, obama reelection, Romney Press Shop, us polls, White House, Yashwant Raj
That night in Denver, Mitt Romney left behind on stage two men and a muppet hurting badly. The men, Barack Obama and moderator Jim Lehrer, have since recovered. Read more
Posted by Yashwant Raj on Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at 10:36 pm
Filed under America · Tagged barack obama, Desi in DC, hindustan times, Mitt Romney, Sesame Workshop, Yashwant Raj
Politicians are the same the world over, just as conscientious as any, and just as inclined to untruths. Read more
Posted by Yashwant Raj on Sunday, September 23, 2012 at 1:08 am
Filed under America, world · Tagged barack obama, BJP, Congress, Desi in DC, hindustan times, Jaswant Singh, John McCain, Libya, news, Rand Paul, Uma Bharati, US politics, Yashwant Raj
Brampton is in Ontario, Canada. But it could well have been a city in India. Read more
Posted by Yashwant Raj on Saturday, August 25, 2012 at 8:29 pm
Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged Bollywood, Brampton, Canada, Delhi, Desi in DC, food, India, Indian-origin population, Missisauga, Moti Mahal, Ontario, Rajpath, South Asians, Tim Hortons, Toronto, Yashwant Raj
And guess who was wining.
India, of course, until Michael Phelps won his 22 medal — a gold — on Saturday. Read more
Posted by Yashwant Raj on Sunday, August 5, 2012 at 12:04 am
Filed under world · Tagged free style, hindustan times, India, medal, Michael Phelps, news, Olympics, Phelps, swimming, Yashwant Raj
As the day arrived, and the time for the Supreme Court to rule on President Barack Obama’s signature legislation on health care law, news networks and websites went into a frenzy. Read more
Posted by Yashwant Raj on Sunday, July 1, 2012 at 12:04 am
Filed under America · Tagged Affordable Care Act, barack obama, hindustan times, news, Obamacare, SCOTUSblog, Yashwant Raj
Taking home to work is not such a bad alternative to what most of have grown up detesting: taking work home. Read more
Posted by Yashwant Raj on Saturday, June 23, 2012 at 10:23 pm
Filed under world · Tagged Blackberry, Desi in DC, hindustan times, kitchen logistics, news, office meetings, work, Yashwant Raj
A Washington DC think tank added a new term to the discourse on India-US relations a few months ago: oversold. Read more
Posted by Yashwant Raj on Sunday, June 3, 2012 at 12:53 am
Filed under America, world · Tagged barack obama, Desi in DC, hindustan times, India-US relations, MMRCA deal, news, nirupama rao, Robert Blake, US President, Washington DC, Yashwant Raj, Yashwant Sinha
First he took one, came back for another and then some more. Shortly, he declared “That Triangular Thing” the best food on offer. That triangular thing, not hard to guess, was a samosa. Read more
Posted by Yashwant Raj on Saturday, May 19, 2012 at 11:06 pm
Filed under America, world · Tagged Desi in DC, hindustan times, Indian restaurants, International Day, news, samosa, South Asian food, Vietnamese food restaurants, Yashwant Raj
