Gopal Khanna, chief financial officer of the Peace Corps, will discuss peace in the 21st century



Gopal Khanna, chief financial officer of the Peace Corps, will discuss peace in the 21st century

Bringing Muslims, Hindus together
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Friday, November 19, 2004

By YUNG KIM
STAFF WRITER

Conflicts flare between India and Pakistan, but local leaders want to stress cooperation between the two communities in North Jersey, and teach students peaceful ways to build bridges.

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Gopal Khanna, chief financial officer of the Peace Corps, will discuss peace in the 21st century.

Khanna, the highest-ranking Indian-American in the Bush administration, said the Peace Corps represents the ideals that the celebration is trying to promote. He added that young people need to learn that ethnicity should not be a source for divisiveness.

"I am proud to be an Indian-American and [proud of] my Hindu upbringing," Khanna said. "But first and foremost, I am an American."

For more information on the event, Wadhwani can be e-mailed at info@aapcnj.org.

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