Modified On November 13, 2008
A Washington Post story, “In India, a World of Hurt Over a Perceived Obama Slight,” is all about how the president-elect has spoken to 15 world leaders since Wednesday morning… but not India.
What caught our eye was paragraph four:
“You found time to call Pakistan,” chided Azhar Usman, a visiting Indian American stand-up comic performing at a New Delhi college campus Sunday. “Why not call India?” he said, wagging his finger. “We are waiting.”
Apparently, it doesn’t take long for a country (a U.S. ally in this case) to get huffy when the new pres doesn’t pick up the blower and chat for a few minutes– especially if a similar call was placed to the next door neighbor (and sometimes enemy) Pakistan!
Usman is one of three comics on the Allah Made Me Funny tour and, according to Wikipedia:
His parents are originally from India. He graduated from Niles West High School in Skokie, Illinois in 1993. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in communication from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Minnesota Law School.