As next gen of Indian-American politicians emerges, they hail India-US ties, Modi visit

Indian-American politicians are making their presence felt in state Houses and local politics in the mid-western and south-western United States.

Aftab Karma Singh Pureval’s mother was born in Tibet, fled to India after the Chinese conquest of her homeland, grew up in a refugee camp in Mysore, and studied in Delhi where she met his father.

Indian community members hold posters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during Unity rally, ahead of his visit to the US, in Washington. (PTI)

Pureval’s Sikh grandfather was a brigadier in the Indian army. His parents immigrated to Ohio in the US in 1979. While growing up, Pureval used to visit his maternal family in Kathmandu and paternal home in Delhi’s Vasant Vihar neighbourhood.