finding rickshaw.

Team AIF A’Bad (or r-ekta-ssia as I like to call us) has congregated to watch election coverage. 10 1/2 hours ahead of US eastern time, we will hear early Wednesday morning whether McCain or Obama will be our next President. Not being home for the elections has made me a bit homesick, but there has been sufficient media coverage and dialogue here in India. I learned that although Bush’s current polices and McCain’s proposed platform (US-India Nuclear deal, supportive of off-shoring and opposed to trade barriers) better serve India’s economy than Obama’s, most of the Indian citizens that I have spoken to support Obama, especially in light of the global financial crisis. I agree. I admire John McCain and would have liked him to be our President four years ago, but given the current environment, I think both America and the world need a “transformational” leader.

Rektassia.

*I read the following in Indian newspapers…amusing:
1) “USSR = United States Socialist Republic” (a newspaper heading after the US announced the financial bailout).
2) “If the US had never invaded Iraq, the financial crisis would have been avoided.”

**I spent last week in Kerala for our Diwali break. I saw in Kerala a side of India I have never seen before: lush green scenery and breathtaking views. I will write about the trip later, but a fellow fellow, Meera, wrote a post about our trip: http://meerasinha.wordpress.com/2008/11/03/kerala/

~ by findingrickshaw on November 4, 2008.

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