August 23, 2004
"The Iron Girl" in the Kerry CampPolitics
The Times of India has, what I consider, a very poorly written article about Kerry fundraiser Reshma Saujani, who is active in South Asians for Kerry in 2004. She is a friend of mine, and I have a feeling she is not going to be happy with this article.
She’s the iron girl in the Kerry camp. The shrewd strategist, who finds John Kerry, “an incredible leader, easy to talk to,” and Teresa Heinz Kerry “extraordinary, very spirited’. At 28, attorney Reshma M Saujani single-handedly raised $ 1 million at the ‘India Day Parade’ in New York last week for Kerry’s presidential campaign.
This article had several basic facts wrong, including the assertion that she rasied a million dollars at the India Day Parade. Why the article felt the need to point out the following fact, I have no idea:
“…says Reshma, who interned at the White House at the same time as Monica Lewinsky in 1996. ”
In any case, hopefully we will see Reshma run for office within the next several years.
abhi on August 23, 2004 08:50 AM in Politics · T·r·a·c·k·b·a·c·k address · Direct link · Email post
Hopefully Reshma can take some solace in that the Times of India botches nearly everything it touches.
My favorite blunder of all time is the one where they included a picture of a well-known Tamil comedian in a list of serial killers, because an earlier article in a Chennai newspaper had been titled "Serial Killer" (as in, he makes people laugh a lot).
It was a Jivha discovery.
Being a friend/colleague of Reshma's for 10 years dating back to college...I would be most surprised if she wasn't in office very soon...
of course, the TOI is a rag that continues to disappoint every time I read it...
...Bring on the NY Post! ;)
Another article on Reshma:
http://sify.com/news/nri/fullstory.php?id=13546747
She is a most childish, self-centered, and narrow-minded person I have ever known. It will not be good if she is in office one day. I hope not...