Trump’s daughter Ivanka to celebrate Diwali at temple with Indian-Americans

Hindutan Times ^ | 10/22/2016 | LKJ ABH

[jennychase]

The results of the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections have shown that whoever wins Loudon County wins Virginia. The county in the past 16 years has seen significant growth of the Indian-American community, mainly on account of the emergence of an IT corridor near the Dulles Airport.
There were 1,200 Indian-Americans in 2000, which increased to 12,000 in 2010. The number is estimated to have jumped to 30,000 in 2016. The neighboring Fairfax County too has an estimated 20,000 strong Indian-American community members.

[HokieMom]

A vegetarian Hindu co-worker of mine avoids tubers because cultivation involves digging in the earth for harvesting. She cooks up great pepper dishes for us! Potatoes would be included in a regular Hindu diet.

[trebb]

I thought observant Jews abstained from idolatry.

The act of visiting a temple is practicing idolatry?

[ronnie raygun]

If you assimilate respect and get along you are welcome legally

[MayflowerMadam]

“What are Church Plantings?”

For Baptists, what we used to call “Home Missionaries” now are called “Church Planters”. Basically, it’s starting new local churches in areas where there aren’t any.

[HokieMom]

This is why the Trump campaign is reaching out to the Indian-American voters:

John Whitbeck ‏@JohnWhitbeck 9h9 hours ago
Capping off the night with @BarbaraComstock in Leesburg with good friends #VA10 [Whitbeck is Va GOP Chairman and Comstock is running for re-election Va #10.]

This is new the dot.com part of Virginia.

70 Percent of the World’s Web Traffic Flows Through Loudoun County

Over the past two decades, server farms have devoured the farmland of Loudoun County—so much that vast portions of our online lives are now transacted via their fiber and cables.

An Amazon data center in Ashburn, photographed in July. According to a Loudoun official, the company is the largest server-farm tenant in the county, operating 26 facilities. Photograph by Evy Mages.

[NonResidentAlien]

Tamil Tigers had no religious basis - that’s why the Hindu nationalists from India refused to support them in principle even and worked to defeat them.

Their situation was different as the Sri Lankan government was indiscriminately bombing them (their own citizens) - no 2nd amendment rights in Sri Lanka.

[jmacusa]

One is ither an American or an Indian. One can’t be both.

[HokieMom]

I see the “Indian” part as a descriptor of what kind of cultural heritage and childhood background the now-current American has.

[entropy12]

Religious prohibitions are based on FEAR that the people will switch their religion. It smacks of religious bigotry. I was born a Hindu, but living in America for 55 years, have lot more Christian friends than Hindu friends, even my wife is Christian. But my religion has no qualms if I attend Christian or any other religious festivals. May be Hindu religion feels confident in it’s adherents.

[entropy12]

I agree with you whole heartedly. However United States has this tradition of categorizing people such as White-Americans, Black-Americans, Native-Americans, and that continues into calling even 2nd & 3rd generation Americans with a prefix such as Italian-Americans, Hispanic-Americans etc.

In my honest opinion, when one becomes a US citizen, one takes the oath to be a loyal citizen of US and then becomes simply an “American”. The sooner we stop classifying people into categories, the better.

[jmacusa]

Yup.

[jmacusa]

Leave your culture behind. You want to take a day and celebrate, fine. I'm sick of things like an entire month of ethnic and gender chauvinism as we have now.

[HokieMom]

Diwali is just a celebration like Irish-Americans have St. Patrick’s day and Italian-Americans have Columbus day.

[jmacusa]

My people left Ireland in two shifts. One side left in the 1850s and the other at the turn of the century. I don't consider my self to be “Irish-American’’. I'm an American of Irish heritage. Someone at work asked me just the other day what nationality I was. I answered “American’’.

[Mr. M.J.B.]

Speak only for your religion(s).

[entropy12]

Stop being fearful and petrified. Hindu’s do not proselytize!

[HokieMom]

Asian American Rally for Trump, Northern Virginia

[Mr. M.J.B.]

Your brain isn’t tracking. Fix it before you tell others how to behave.

[entropy12]

My brain is fine...I drink beet juice everyday and do shirshasan everyday!