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Article: Congressional viewpoint: India's response to a family tragedy
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- India Abroad
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- September 11, 1998
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India Abroad
09-11-1998
Congressional viewpoint: India's response to a family tragedy
India's story, mystery, and above all, her people, have captured my family's collective imagination in recent years. This country has blessed our lives, and comforted us in recent tragedy.
My oldest son, Brian, is happily married to a woman from India, Nipa Gupta, who comes from a small city near Calcutta. They met and married at Yale University and are raising their daughters, my only grandchildren, in the ways of India. I have learned a great deal about the Indian culture through Nipa's gracious presence in our family. I remember the traditional Indian celebrations they held when granddaughters Tori and ...