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Nikki Haley - governor of South Carolina. Haley was born Nimrata Nikki Randhawa[1][2] in Bamberg, South Carolina, on January 20, 1972, to an Indian Sikh family.[14] Haley converted to Christianity and sits on the board of the Mt. Horeb United Methodist Church.
Bobby Jindal - Governor of Louisiana Piyush Jindal was born on June 10, 1971, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.[1] He is the first of two sons of Raj (ne Gupta) and Amar Jindal, from Punjab, India. They came to the US for his birth to ensure his citizenship. He began attending Roman Catholic Church, and in the fall of 1989 he was baptized[21] in Providence.
Tulsi Gabbard - Member of the Hawaii House of Representatives. ulsi Gabbard was born on April 12, 1981 in Leloaloa, American Samoa, the fourth of five children. Her father, Mike Gabbard, was born in Fagatogo, American Samoa, and became a naturalized citizen at age one, while her mother, Carol (Porter) Gabbard, was born in Decatur, Indiana. her father is of Samoan and European ancestry and an active lector at his Catholic church, Her mother is of European descent and a practicing Hindu. Tulsi fully embraced Hinduism as a teenager.She is a vegetarian and a Hindu who follows Gaudiya Vaishnavism,[10] a religious movement founded by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. She especially appreciates theBhagavad Gita as a spiritual guide,[1] and used the Gita when she was ceremonially sworn in as a Representative.[
3 proflies.. Indians changing their religion to get into main stream in a nut shell. A woman of european descent going around as Hindu with Pride and on her terms.. All hindus who feel embarrassed to demonstrate their hindu religion should be ashamed!!!
Is it necessary to change religion to mingle with the main stream and get important political offices like haley and jindal? I am not sure how Tulsi carries off all this extra baggage of her unrelated identity and manages it!
