A Kashmiri Pandit, Razdan Duggal was born in Haridwar and moved with her family to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at the age of two
US Senate cleared by voice vote Razdan Duggal’s name for the position of the country’s envoy to the Netherlands, news agency PTI reported.
Shefali Razdan Duggal, 50, is an Indian-American political activist.
Born in Haridwar, Duggal is a Kashmiri Pandit. She moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at the age of two. She moved to Cincinnati, Ohio at the age of five, where she grew up. She graduated from Miami University and earned her master’s from New York University, said the PTI report.
“I was born in India, but made in the United States.”
In her confirmation hearing in front of members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Duggal said, “I was born in India, but I was made in the United States.”
“I have full confidence that kindness, empathy, honesty and sweat equity mean something in our country. It is the reason why people from all over the world see us as a beacon of hope and freedom. While my story is not unique, it is one that represents the infinite possibilities of the American spirit and the American dream,” the news agency quoted her as saying.
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