10 Famous Americans You Didn't Know Were Indian

By siliconindia   |   Thursday, 12 July 2012, 23:57 IST   |    11 Comments
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Fareed Zakaria

Zakaria is the editor-at-large and columnist for TIME magazine, who also hosts 'Fareed Zakaria GPS' on CNN, one of the most intelligent shows on American TV.His interviews with some of the most prominent personalities such as Dalai Lama, Barack Obama, Manmohan Singh, King Abdullah II, Dmitry Medvedev, Moammad Gadhafi and Lula da Silva gained him a position as one of the most influential and powerful media persons in the U.S. His cover stories and columns discussing wide range of topics from globalization to America’s role in the world are read by more than 25 million readers weekly.  

Preet Bharara is the U.S. Attorney for the southern district of New York who was nominated to the post by Barack Obama in the year 2009.This Punjab born Indian-American Lawyer recently made it to the cover of Times magazine with a story about his movement against corruption and irregularities in Wall Street Magazine, getting recognized as the first Indian American to appear on the cover page of this prestigious magazine.