I don't hold great pride in being Indian American however,

[La Lioness Priyanka]

despite what Nikki Haley or Bobbi Jindal may have you think Indian Americans are apparently an extremely strong Democratic voting bloc. Reading this gave considerable pride in being Indian-American

I don't mean that I am not happy being either indian or american or indian american, it's just not something i think about as much as i do about being a gay american, or a woman american or even a person of color american.

An impressive 84% of the 2.85 million-strong Indian-American community voted for Mr Obama in 2008, second perhaps only to African-Americans as a minority group.

Has he still got their love? It appears so.

According to a Pew Research Center survey released in June, 65% of Indian-Americans approve of the way Mr Obama is handling the presidency.

Of all the Asian American groups surveyed, Indian-Americans were the most Democratic-leaning, again at 65%. Only 18% favoured Republicans.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-19473368

[southernyankeebelle]

1. Be proud. I think you find good and bad in every nationality. Remember how do you

go forward without knowing where you came from. Your family background is important after all.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

2. i perfectly aware of where I am from but i find generally the notion

of being "proud" of your nation/country etc strange when you are part of the powerful majority, which in india, i am.

[southernyankeebelle]

5. Thanks that is good to hear. I just wanted to make sure. I have my mother and my dad's

father who were from Italy. My husband was born in Germany and adopted and brought here at the age of 4.

[kestrel91316]

3. My niece's husband is Indian-American, and he's a good liberal, even though they live in FL, lol.

I don't know about the rest of his very large extended family that lives in the US. The youngsters seem to be liberal, one of his cousins is an attorney who works with abused children.

[Starry Messenger]

4. That's great!