Bigger India
The Indian-American Underachiever
Replete with sparky, second-generation Americans, who have deeper ties to India than their children will have, they are at a point of maximum potential influence.
Indian-Americans are enjoying a dazzling coming-out party. For years they were stereotyped as convenience-store owners and overachieving children. Yet in American politics, media, entertainment and the arts, they are suddenly everywhere.
Until 2016 only four Indian-Americans had served in Congress. At least 30 stood for this year’s congressional primaries. The first Indian-American of cabinet rank, Nikki Haley, President Donald Trump’s envoy to the UN, is a favourite to succeed him.