Monday, November 17, 2008

Election of Barack Obama and Bangalore

Barack Obama led the Democrats to a sweeping victory in the U.S. President elections recently. His victory was rejoiced in all parts of the world. As the world celebrated this historic victory, India was not far behind. Although the election was held at the United States, rallies by the Bangalore techies were conducted during weekends to induce awareness among people on the importance of Obama’s Victory. Obama supporters from India were found Texting, calling up, emailing friends and relatives in the U.S. to cast their vote for him.

The Chancery Pavillion at Bangalore witnessed Obama’s supporters eagerly waiting for the latest U.S. Presidential election updates. When the final results were telecast on the television, a loud cheer was heard and people were found hugging and congratulating each other at the Chancery Pavillion. The Barack Obama Bangalore Fan club has nominated volunteers to attend his oath taking ceremony to be conducted on Jan 20th of 2009 and have decided to donate $4, 100 to his election fund. Along with the World, Bangalore rejoices Obama’s Victory in the hope of better global economic and political stability.

2 comments:

Paula Williams said...

Hey Rajani-

Is this usual? Does the gathering at the Chancery Pavilion because of the close ties that many young people have to the U.S. (many having studied here, or having Facebook friends here) or do you attribute the interest to particular interest in this election?

Have there been any other political elections or issues in the U.S. that resulted in public gatherings in Bangalore?

You've got me curious.

-Paula

Anonymous said...

Paula, I would say both.

Most of us have our friends / relatives residing in the United States. This makes United States close to our heart and find us rejoice or grieve; just the way a local resident would react to any political issue of the country.

The whole world, including India, was looking forward to the US presidential elections this time, in the hope that it would make history.