For the first time, an American President will be the Chief Guest at India’s national day parade on Monday, January 26, 2015 (known as Republic Day in India). It will also be the first time in history that a sitting American President will have visited India twice. (President Clinton has...
President Obama congratulates India's Prime Minister Designate, Narendra Modi
According to the White House, the President called Prime Ministerial candidate and Chief Minister of Gujarat Narendra Modi today to congratulate him on the Bharatiya Janata Party’s success in India’s historic election. The President noted he looks forward to working closely with Mr. Modi to fulfill the extraordinary promise of...
Goddess Saraswati in Washington DC – but not from India
The Embassy of Indonesia, the country which is home to the largest number of Muslims in the world, has erected a 15 foot high statue of Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of education and wisdom, on Embassy Row (Massachusetts Avenue) Washington DC. Indonesian Ambassador Dino Patti Djalal says the goal was...