{"id":16298,"date":"2017-04-07T18:44:01","date_gmt":"2017-04-08T01:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/?p=16298"},"modified":"2017-04-07T18:44:01","modified_gmt":"2017-04-08T01:44:01","slug":"mother-was-denied-judgeship-in-india-claims-nikki-haley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/mother-was-denied-judgeship-in-india-claims-nikki-haley\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother was Denied Judgeship in India, Claims Nikki Haley"},"content":{"rendered":"

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley addresses the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference in Washington, D.C., March 27. (Nicholas Kamm\/AFP\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n

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U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley has claimed her mother, who had studied to be a lawyer in India, was not allowed to sit on the bench as a judge because she was a woman, writes Yoshita Singh.<\/b> \u2013 @Siliconeer #Siliconeer #NikkiHaley @NikkiHaley #UN #UnitedNations #IndianAmerican #Immigration<\/p>\n

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\u201cI am a big fan of women. I think there\u2019s nothing they can\u2019t do. And I think any democracy that has allowed themselves to really lift up women has benefited from it,\u201d Haley said when asked about the role of women following her speech to the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, March 29.<\/p>\n

She went on to briefly narrate the story of her mother\u2019s life in India where she was among the first female judges but was not allowed to sit on the bench as she was a woman.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd so I think, this is near and dear to my heart because my mother you know, when you didn\u2019t have a lot of education in India, my mother actually was able to go to law school. And she was actually put up to be one of the first female judges in India, but because of the situation with women she wasn\u2019t allowed to sit on the bench. But how amazing for her to watch her daughter become governor of South Carolina and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations,\u201d Haley said.<\/p>\n

Haley was born Nimrata Randhawa to Ajit Singh Randhawa and mother Raj Kaur Randhawa, who had emigrated from India to Canada and then to the U.S. in the 1960s.<\/p>\n

However, Justice Anna Chandy was the first female judge in India and also the first woman in India to become a High Court judge. She was appointed as a munsif<\/i> in Travancore in 1937.<\/p>\n

Haley added that nations\u2019 goal should always be to empower women and show how they can be fantastic leaders, \u201cand to help them get there and when they are successful, support them on it and encourage them on that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Underscoring that legal immigration is the fabric of America, Haley added that she is the \u201cproud daughter\u201d of Indian immigrants and stressed that people should not be banned from countries due to their religion.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m the proud daughter of Indian immigrants who reminded my brothers, my sister and me everyday how blessed we were to be in this country,\u201d Haley said responding to questions.<\/p>\n

She said she believes that the fabric of America is \u201clegal immigration. So from that standpoint that is something that is near and dear to my heart and I very much support.\u201d<\/p>\n

Haley was asked if Trump\u2019s immigration policies and vetting people coming in from Muslim majority nations carry the risk of alienating the three million Muslim Americans already in the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe should never ban based on religion. Period. I don\u2019t think that\u2019s what this is,\u201d she said adding that there are another dozen Muslim countries that could have been on the list of the seven countries on Trump\u2019s executive order but are not.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will never close our doors in the U.S. but what we did do is take a pause and say how are we going to keep our people safe,\u201d she said adding that she hopes the vetting process gets better and the administration moves forward with it.<\/p>\n

She said Trump\u2019s travel ban aimed to make sure that no danger comes into the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not about not wanting people in. This is about keeping the terrorists out,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Haley referred to the recent terror attack in London, saying \u201cwhen you look at situations like what happened in London, not just the president but everyone is trying to make sure we are keeping our people safe.\u201d<\/p>\n

The attack on the UK Parliament, however, was perpetrated by a man identified as Khalid Masood who, according to media reports, was not an immigrant but born in the county of Kent in southeast England.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley addresses the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference in Washington, D.C., March 27. (Nicholas Kamm\/AFP\/Getty Images) U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley has claimed her mother, who had studied to be a lawyer in India, was not allowed to sit on the bench as…<\/p>\n

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