Nikki Haley

Another Republican party member has announced contesting for the Republican Party nomination to be President of USA in 2024. That is Nikki Haley. 

Nikki Haley was born Nimarata Nikki Randhawa. She was born in South Carolina to Ajit Singh Randhawa and Raj Kaur Randhawa. Her parents emigrated from Amritsar, India to South Carolina, USA. She graduated from Clemson University with a degree in Accounting.

Nikki became active in the Republican Party. She was elected Governor of South Carolina in 2011 and held that post until 2017. When Donald Trump became President of the USA, he nominated her to be the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. She held that post until December 2018. 

Nikki Haley at the U.N. Security Council

Since then Nikki has developed difference of policy opinion with Trump and has decided to challenge him for the Republican Party nomination for the President in 2024. 

Now Republican Party has 3 candidates. Donald Trump. Nikki Haley. The Unannounced but a major candidate Ron DeSantis, the current Governor of Florida. 

Here is my imagination. It certainly will not happen. In case Biden does not contest in 2024 due to his age, there is a chance for Kamala Harris to get the Democratic nomination. Just in the unlikely circumstances Nikki Haley gets the Republican Nomination, it will be a historic election. 

Both parties will have women candidates. Both will be of Indian origin. Kamala from Chennai, Tamil Nadu and Nikki from Amritsar, Punjab. 

Will that be a South vs North?

PS: Another Indian origin person Vivek Ramaswamy has announced his candidacy for Republican Party nomination. 

Ex-Googlers’ Rants

Google laid off 12,000 employees. I have seen newspaper reports some of the laid off employees telling their sad stories, particularly when they received the termination notice. Here are some of them: 

I was fired 4 days after attending my mom’s funeral. 

They sent the termination letter to my personal email address. Indecent people. 

I was driving to my work when I got the news. 

I was interviewing a candidate for job when I received my termination letter. 

I was feeding my daughter at 2 am when I received the dreaded email. 

(Just before I wrote this blog post, I read another news item where this guy says he was on a mental health vacation and "I got my termination letter during this time".  I have no idea what is meant by mental health vacation.)

These are only some of the published stories from the Google employees. I have some more stories that are yet to be published. Here they are: 

I live in Dallas. I got the sad news when the San Francisco 49ers were beating Dallas Cowboys. 

I live in the SF Bay Area. I was stunned when I got my termination letter when Philadelphia Eagles were beating the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship game. 

I live in India. I was terminated on January 24, 2023. It was not that bad. January 24th was the happiest day in my life because India beat New Zealand in the ODI on that day. 

I live in London. I got laid off on the day Rishi Sunak was fined for not wearing a seat belt in his car. 

I was having a good time with a fellow female Google employee. We both got the bad news same time. We were so upset that we.........

I was watching a YouTube video about Sundar Pichai’s annual salary and bonus. He was so happy he was showing his maxillary teeth (see below). At that exact moment I got my termination email.