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Sikh Inaugural Ball in Washington
on January 20
WSN Network
Washington: The
Sikh community in the US will celebrate the historic swearing-in of
Barack Obama as the US President with the first-ever Sikh Inaugural
Ball in
Washington
on January 20.
Being held a few
blocks away from White House, Sikh Inaugural Ball would honour
several Indian-Americans who played an important role in the victory
of Obama in the November 4 presidential election. “This is the only
community event happening for Obama. This is an occasion for the
Sikh community to celebrate the victory of Barack Obama,” Gurveen
Vohra, main organiser of the event, said.
Among those to
be felicitated on the occasion are Sonal Shah, who serves on the
15-member Presidential Transition Team; Nick Rathod, National
Outreach Director of South Asians for Obama and one of its founding
members; and Arti Rai, a professor of patent law at the Duke
University and a classmate of Obama at Harvard Law School. The event
would also honour Charmaine Manansala, a Filipina-American
immigrant, serves on the Presidential Inaugural Committee. She
served as the National Director of the Obama for American AAPI Vote
Team.
7 January 2009
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