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Reshma Saujani - Rising Indian Origin Politicain in US

Twenty-eight-year-old Reshma M Saujani, a Yale Law School graduate, has the distinction of having single-handedly raised a million dollars for the John Kerry presidential campaign through South Asians. An aspiring politician herself, Reshma was handpicked by John Kerry's office to vote at the Democratic National Convention in Boston. Her first chance to walk down the corridors of power came in 1996 when she interned at the White House, at the same time as Monica Lewinsky. In March last year, Reshma approached the Kerry office with her plan to bring all South Asians under one umbrella. Ever since there has been no turning back for Reshma, who was born to Gujarati parents. An associate in Davis Polk & Wardwell’s Litigation Department, she hopes to run for senator someday. She is the author of 'Plea Bargaining and Convicting the Innocent: The Role of the Prosecutor, the Defense Counsel and the Judge', and 'The Implicit Association Test: A Measure of Unconscious Racism in Legislative Decision-Making'.

Read excerpts from an exclusive interview to Sify.com @ Kerry sees India as a valued friend: Reshma Saujani - Sify.com