'Names like Tulsi and Kamala will increase awareness, especially among South Asian women, who are constantly discounted.'
“There were a few things going against him. One, he was a Republican and most Indian Americans in the U.S. are Democrats. On top of that, he was very conservative on a range of issues,” Ramakrishnan said. “If someone like Nikki Haley had run, she might have had more support because she’s a moderate Republican.”
The fact that neither candidate had sought to westernize their names, was brought up time and time again in the more than 20 interviews conducted for this article. Most took it as a sign that Harris and Gabbard were taking pride in their culture. Last year, Raj, Pratham chairman and founder of the New Jersey-based investment firm Raj Associates, and Raj Goyle, a former two-term member of the Kansas State Assembly, founded the Indian American Impact Project, a nonprofit initiative aimed at increasing political participation in the community.
While as a nonprofit the group couldn’t make political contributions, the network of individuals rallied around and raised funds for Indian American candidates running throughout the country.
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