An Indian Women Making Country Pride in USA. Raja Rajeswari, assistant district attorney in Staten Island, New York City., will be sworn in as a criminal court judge April 14. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio nominated her and among the many recommendations on her behalf, the South Asian Bar Association of New York gave her a ringing endorsement. She will be the first female judge of South Asian and Indian-American descent ever to become a judge in New York City.
An accomplished Bharatnatyam and Kucchipudi dancer will become a judge in a matter of few days, creating history not just in New York but also in the country. Rajeswari heads the Padmalaya Dance Academy named after her mother, and her troupe performs at many community functions and Hindu temples for free. “My mother was my guru,” she said. She told Desi Talk she was with her mother when the accident happened, and at the age of 18, she was suddenly left bereft and broken.
It was the kindness of Indian-Americans and Sri Lankan-Americans in Staten Island who surrounded her with love and supported her, that she is what she is today, she noted.
