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States & Cities

The lists of states and cities where Indians reside keeps on changing and is becoming more meaningless. States such as North Carolina, Georgia, etc are coming up on the lists even though the last census statistics show that these states do not have significant amount of Indian Americans. Similarly cities like Charlotte are appearing on this list. Lets uniformly decide to only have a certain number of states or cities on these lists based on the highest population (indian embassy statistics) to about 5-7.

= Millionaires =

The article says: Merrill Lynch recently revealed that there are nearly 200,000 Indian American millionaires. One in every nine Indians in the United States is a millionaire It also says there are 2,319,000 Indian Americans. That doesn't equate 1 in 9. I realize the study was in 2003. Is there a more recent study? Akubhai 17:19, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Politics of Picture Politics

Theres been some disagreement on whose pics to show for the politics section. Religion seems to be the dividing line. Religion shouldn't come into play as no one religion defines the Indian American identity. The highest ranking indian right now in politics is Bobby Jindal. Due to him being a christian, especially one who has voluntarily become a christian, not being born as such, there has been opposition and attempts to remove his picture (very childish). On the other hand there is support for a pretty much unknown politician's picture Upendra Chivukula(an Assemblyman from New Jersey?) to be put up for the only thing I can see is that somehow is more identifiably Hindu. Anyway someone removed his pic, which is also very childish, but I have another solution. Why don't we just put up the pics of the highest ranking, most identifiable indian politicians, one of which is Bobby Jindal. I've also added a pic of Kumar P. Barve (a Hindu) who is the Head Legislator of the Maryland House which I feel is the next highest. Plus I think he has the distinction being the first state legislator of Indian origin. I've put the pics on a equal level on the left and right so no one thinks ones being favored. When religion is relevant it should be discussed or cited, but in this case its ridiculous.--Kathanar 14:50, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

No picture is better.--D-Boy 08:46, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
Whichever picture is used in the end it is a fairly minor issue. I would prefer one and don't really care as long as they are Indian American and notable. If there is a politician that stands out more than the rest, I suggest adding a photo that person. Religion should have nothing to do with who's chosen. After all, the article is called Indian American, not Hindu American or Indian Christian American. I hope that when each section has a pic, it would reflect the wide range of religions present in India. It is a shame that there aren't as many images floating around for notable people in areas other than politics. Gizza 06:08, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
I put a muslim indian in the poltics sections but someone removed it.--D-Boy 06:49, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
How about Dalip Singh Saund, Nikki Haley or Zach Zacharias?Bakaman 16:10, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
I'm cool with it.--D-Boy 17:30, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
Dalip seems to be the most notable because he was the first Indian to be elected onto the U.S. Congress. Gizza 21:48, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Thats a good idea, I have no problem with that. It was childish to remove Jindal's pic, a more than legitimate pic for that section, and replace it with some minor almost unknown politician Upendra Chivukula who is only a Assemblyman for his state. It was obvious from some of the statements made, it was Jindal's religion that seemed to cause these actions. I am re-adding Jindal's pic, but will leave Kumar Barve's pic to be fair, until someone can replace both with a decent pic of Dalip Saund. Until the replacement do not remove Jindal's pic, you can remove Barve's if you really only want one pic. Thanks--Kathanar 02:20, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Excuse me but where do you go off stating it was religion that had to do with the removal of bobby's picture. I didn't state that. you did. Dalip is the most notable since he's the first. Dalip shall be the only be pic there. From there, we should have a concensus on which should be there.--D-Boy 03:39, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Cleanup of lists - listing of famous personalities, media, etc.

I would like to suggest that we move lists of famous personalities (in different fields) to some place like List of famous Indian Americans. Also lists in the "Media" section would soon grow large, and it seems like moving that to a different page and linking it from the media portrayal sub-section (in current social issues) would be more relevant. What say? ImmortallyTranquil 22:25, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

go for it.--D-Boy 07:24, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
Done. I moved some of the lists (politicians, media references, and sports personalities) over to other pages and linked them here. Hope it helps. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by ImmortallyTranquil (talk • contribs) 00:18, 17 January 2007 (UTC).

shouldn't there be something about the scripps howard national spelling bee, considering a large group of the contestants, winners, and finalists are indians? just a suggestion.

Discrepancy with population figures in South Asian American

There is an issue I would like to raise in regard to the population figures. In this article, it says there are some ~2.4 million "Indian Americans". However, the South Asian American article says there are some ~1.9 million South Asian Americans. This does not make sense to me. Correct me if I am wrong, but wouldn't the term "South Asian American" include ALL Indian Americans? If so, then one of the two population figures would have to be wrong, no? Thanks for the help! JeffreyN 20:05, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Median Household Income for 2004

Why are there two figures for median household income in 2004? Can someone please resolve this? 89.243.78.232 16:35, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Picture

Is the picture of Kalpana Chawla really necessary? I don't think this article really needs a picture, at least not of a person. Insertclevernamehere 22:54, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

me too.--D-Boy 20:35, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
Yes, no pics would be best, especially if there are always disagreements about them--Kathanar 19:17, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
I think a picture could be helpful. What if someone didn't know what an Indian American looked like (I doubt that would be the case, but isn't that the point of an encyclopedia)? Akubhai 21:09, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Hotels

Here is an article from USA Today if anyone thinks the article needs any more hotel stuff in it. Akubhai 15:24, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Discrimination

The article says: "On April 5, 2006, the Hindu Mandir of Minnesota was vandalised on the basis of religious discrimination"

But the sources cited with it say:

"Maple Grove police said there were no suspects and the vandalism, which occurred last Wednesday and caused several thousand dollars' damage, does not appear to be a hate crime."

and

"Police Capt. Tracy Stille said the vandalism was not classified as a hate crime because police and temple officials agreed it appeared to be random."


Is there any proof it was vandalized based on "religious discrimination"? I've added a fact tag but if there is no proof, it needs to be removed from the article. Akubhai 13:01, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

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