Interesting...S. R. Sidarth's father is new co-chair of DNC Indo-American Council.

[madfloridian]

I was reading this in the Calcutta Telegraph, lost the site, and found it at the DNC. I just thought it was interesting.

DNC Announces New Indo-American Leadership Council Co-Chairs

Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean today announced the appointment of the new Co-Chairs for the DNC’s Indo-American Leadership Council.

Dr. Mahinder Tak of Bethesda, MD, and Shekar Narasimhan, of Dunn Loring, VA, will serve as National Co-Chairs, while Sunita Gupta Leeds, of Washington, DC, will serve as Advisory Board Chair. All three have been appointed by Chairman Dean to lead the Council through the 2008 election cycle.

...."Shekar Narasimhan, Co-Chair
Shekar Narasimhan is a banker and CEO of a public company based out of Dunn Loring, VA. An active Democrat for years, Shekar became particularly involved in 2006 after the incident with his son, S.R. Sidarth, a staffer with the Webb for Senate campaign, and former Senator George Allen. Following the incident, Shekar helped mobilize the Indian-American community, both in Virginia and nationally, to help elect Jim Webb and secure a Democratic majority in the Senate. Shekar is also actively involved with the Sri Siva Vishnu Temple, one of the largest Hindu temples in the country, and is the Founding Chair of the Campaign for Affordable Housing.

Sounds like Shekar was a little cross, and he became active in mobilizing. It would have made me cross as well. I wonder how George Allen survived as long as he did, and was as popular as he was.