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Maura Moynihan was 13 when she first went to India, and her admiration and love for the country, which she says has grown deeper with each passing year, was evident last week at an event at the Indian Consulate here. Moynihan, 55, an author, actress, singer and fashion designer, is the daughter of late New York Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, who served as the United States Ambassador to India, from 1973 to 1975.
Speaking on “Inspiration India: What makes it a Superpower,” at the Media India Womanity Series, hosted by the consulate, Moynihan spoke about the ancient Vedic world, religion, culture, democracy and other social aspects of India that make it a super power. She took the audience on a personal journey and described how she felt that she belonged to India.
“I was just 13 when I went to India and instantly fell in love with the country and dived into it. I was drawn to everything Indian,” she told the audience. “I’m still madly in love with India.”
It is the rise of the vast middle class that makes India a real super power, she noted. Shah Rukh Khan, a middle class Muslim boy from Delhi,” who rules the world today is a symbol of India’s super power, she said.
Dr. Sudhir M. Parikh, publisher of Desi Talk and recipient of India’s Padma Shri award, who attended the April 21 talk, described it as “very enlightening.” Moynihan, a highly qualified and educated person, talked about how India is a superpower, and citied examples to support her theory, Dr. Parikh said. He said he completely agrees with Moynihan’s views, and believes that India will be an economic and political super power by 2030.
Earlier, Consul General Dnyaneshwar Mulay welcomed the audience and noted that this year’s lecture series was dedicated to women as a mark of respect and to recognize their pre-eminent role in the world, a consulate press release aid.
Moynihan has worked for many years as a refugee consultant in India and Nepal. Andy Warhol launched her musical career and placed her on the coveted cover of Interview magazine. She has previously worked as a reporter for the New York Post’s “Page Six” gossip column and has acted in films like “Broadcast News”(1987), “The Bostonians “(1984) and “Slaves of New York” (1989). Her first collection of fiction, Yoga Hotel, was a Washington Post bestseller, while “Cover Girl,” her first novel, blends reality and fiction that draws richly from the author’s own adventures as a Warhol Girl and from her many years of working with Tibetan refugees in Asia. Moynihan speaks fluent Hindi and Urdu as well as some Tibetan and Nepali.
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