Subscribe RSS
Apu is a dad…again.
Well, not really. He’s actually becoming a first-time father:
Hank Azaria and his girlfriend Katie Wright are expecting their first child…a boy…
Hank and Katie - a former actress who is now studying to be a family therapist - have been dating for two years.
The happy couple are currently house hunting to find the perfect family home.
Hank is best known as the voice of three major ‘The Simpsons’ characters, Abu, Moe and Chief Wiggum. (linkage)
Abu? Who is this Abu? Wasn’t that the monkey from Aladdin??
“The exploitation of sex slaves for commercial sex generated profits of $35.7 billion in 2007,” says Siddharth Kara. “This makes slavery second only to drug trafficking in terms of global illicit enterprises.”
More Brownz in Obama-land
Just received a press release regarding today’s appointees: “President Obama Announces Key Additions to the Office of the White House Counsel”.
It includes one Shomik Dutta.
Shomik Dutta is the Special Assistant to the President’s Counsel, Greg Craig. Mr. Dutta most recently worked as a member of the Presidential Transition Team and had earlier served as Mid-Atlantic Finance Director to the Obama for America campaign for two years. Prior to that, Mr. Dutta worked for Martin O’Malley’s successful gubernatorial campaign in Maryland. Mr. Dutta received his bachelor’s degree from Williams College.
Congrats! You’re the man now, dog.
Comedian Nainan to perform at AAA Fund Dinner
Thursday, October 16, 20087 p.m. (VIP reception, 6:30 pm)
Golden Dragon Restaurant
960 N Broadway, Chinatown Los Angeles, CA
$75 Guests / $45 Young Professionals / $25 StudentsVIP levels: $1000* (Host) / $500* (Sponsor) / $250* (Cosponsor) / $100 (Friend)
Good thing he wasn’t wearing a Turban, eh?
SABA-DC Townhall Event in DC on Wed night
The South Asian Bar Association of Washington, DC will host a political town hall event that will feature speakers representing the Obama and McCain presidential campaigns, with a focus on each candidate’s positions on issues of importance to the South Asian community. The Obama campaign will be represented by The Honorable Preeta Bansal, former Solicitor General of the State of New York and a senior policy advisor to the campaign. The McCain campaign will be represented by Asheesh Agarwal, former Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice and Special Counsel to the campaign. The program will be moderated by Amol Sharma of the Wall Street Journal.
The program is being co-sponsored by all major South Asian organizations in the DC metropolitan area (listed below). It will be an informative, audience-driven event that will focus on each candidate’s appeal to the South Asian community.
The event is intended to focus on the candidates and how each may benefit our community.
DATE: October 8, 2008 TIME: 7:00pm LOCATION: Georgetown University Law Center, Gewirz 12 ADDRESS: Gewirz Student Center, 120 F Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
METRO: Union Station (Red Line)
“Children dress up as Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi during a peace rally in Amritsar on the eve of his 139th birthday.” via the Beeb
AM
My Holiday with McCain
Via the SM Tip Line, a desi Clinical Psychologist has some not so nice things to say about John McCain.
It was just before John McCain’s last run at the presidential nomination in 2000 that my husband and I vacationed in Turtle Island in Fiji with John McCain, Cindy, and their children, including Bridget (their adopted Bangladeshi child). It was not our intention, but it was our misfortune to be in close quarters with John McCain for almost a week since Turtle Island has a small number of bungalows and their focus on communal meals force all vacationers who are there at the same time to get to know each other intimately.
![Top Afghan Policewoman shot dead by Taliban outside her house in Khandahar. [link]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/0m0p6fREsefkxsapGUK3i4oto1_250.jpg)
I was innocently looking up what the weather was like, when I did a double-take at the ads Yahoo! decided to serve my way. Funny name obviously means higher probability of self-hatred, right? Wrong. On many levels.
Bridget McCain is on the cover of People mag— with her family, of course. While she wasn’t interviewed personally, I thought the article was interesting. Def worth a read while standing in line at the grocery store. :)
Oddly, I’ll bet we’ll never see a bollywood remake of this film …
Crew on an Air India passenger jet discovered a snake coiled up under a seat and were unable to catch it as it slithered around the plane, the airline said on Thursday. It evaded capture by slipping into an air vent and could not be found even when staff unscrewed panels inside the fuselage, opened all the doors and fumigated the plane. [Link]
