A.R.Rahman will join Jennifer Hudson in providing entertainment for the Obama’s state dinner for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, First Lady Michelle Obama revealed just hours before the banquet.
Among the invitees for the bash — Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen, Pulitzer Prize winning writer Jhumpa Lahiri, Obama buddy Vinai Thummallapally, Film maker Steven Spielberg, journalist Fareed Zakaria. The full list of invitees is as follows…
The Honorable (Rep) Gary Ackerman, United States Representative Mr. Sant Singh Chatwal (Guest)
His Excellency Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of the Republic of India, Indian Delegation
Mr.Mukesh D Ambani
Mr.Tim Dutta (Spouse of Ms. Pia Awal)
The Honorable (Mr.) David Axelrod, White House Communications Mrs. Susan Axelrod
Ms Preeta Bansal, OMB – General Counsel
The Honorable (Ms.) Melody Barnes, Domestic Policy Council Mr. Marland E. Buckner
The Honorable (Rep.) Howard Berman, United States Representative (D/California) Mrs. Jane Berman, Spouse of United States Representative (D/California)
Mr.Om Prakash Bhatt
Mr. Hunter Biden, Mrs. Kathleen Biden
The Honorable (Vice President) Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Vice President of the United States Dr. Jill Biden
Mr. Robert O Blake, Jr., Assistant Sec for South and Central Asian Affairs, State Department Mrs. Sofia Blake
Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York, NY
Ms. Diana Taylor
The Honorable (Mr.) John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Deputy National Security Advisor for Counterterrorism, Homeland Security Council Mrs. Katherine Brennan
The Honorable (Ms.) Lisa Brown, Office of Staff Secretary Mr. Kevin Cullen
Mr. Donald Browne Ms. Maria Junqera
The Honorable (Ms.) Carol Browner, Energy and Climate Change The Honorable (Mr.) Tom Downey
Mr. William Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs, Department of State Ms. Lisa Carty
General James E Cartwright, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mrs. Sandee Cartwright
The Honorable (Senator) Bob Casey, United States Senator (D/Pennsylvania) Mrs. Terese Casey, United States Senate Spouse (D/Pennsylvania)
Mr. Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Mrs. Julie Chandrasekaran
Mr. I.S. Chaturvedi, Personal Secretary to the Prime Minister of the Republic of India, Indian Delegation
Senator Satveer Chaudhry, State Senator Colonel Ravi Chaudhry (Guest)
Ms. Rohini Chopra
Mr.Deepak Chopra, Mrs. Rita Chopra
The Honorable (Secretary) Steven Chu, Secretary of the Department of Energy Mrs. Jean Chu
The Honorable (Secretary) Hillary R. Clinton, Secretary of State
The Honorable (Rep.) James E. Clyburn, United States Representative (D/South Carolina)
Mrs. Emily Clyburn
The Honorable (Senator) Kent Conrad, United States Senator (D/North Dakota) Ms. Lucy Calutti, United States Senate Spouse (D/North Dakota)
Mr.
David Cote
Ms.Katie Couric
Mr. Brooks L Perlin
Mr.Greg Craig, Assistant to the President and Counsel to the President Mrs. Margaret D Craig
Mrs.Paula Crown, Mr. Jim Crown
The Honorable (Rep.) Elijah Cummings, United States Representative (D/Maryland) Mrs. Maya Rockeymoore
Senator Swati Dandekar, State Senator Mr. Arvind Dandekar
Mr. Rajesh De, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice
Nancy Ann DeParle, Office of Health Reform, Mr. Jason P DeParle
Ms. Bhairavi Desai, Javaid Tariq Dr.Vishakha N. Desai Robert Oxman
The Honorable (Senator) Chris Dodd, United States Senator (D/Connecticut) Mrs. Jackie Clegg Dodd
Mr. John Doerr
The Honorable (Mr.) Thomas Donilon, Assistant to the President, Deputy National Security Advisor, NSC Ms. Cathy Russell
The Honorable Anita Dunn, White House Communications Director Mr. Bob Bauer
Mr. Ari Emanuel, Mrs. Sarah Emanuel
The Honorable (Mr.) Rahm Emanuel, Chief of Staff to the President Ms. Amy Rule
The Honorable (Mr.) Jon Favreau, Assistant to the President and Director of Speechwriting
Ms. Sarah Feinberg, Office of the Chief of Staff
The Honorable (Mayor) Adrian Fenty, Mayor of the District of Columbia Mrs. Michelle Fenty
Ms.Michelle Flournoy
Mr.Thomas Friedman, Mrs. Ann Friedman
The Honorable (Mr.) Mike Froman, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs, NSC
Dr. Ashok S Ganguly
The Honorable (Mr.) Patrick Gaspard, Office of Political Affairs Mrs. Raina Washington
The Honorable Robert Gates
Ms. Charlene Gaynor,Mr. Richard Heiss
Mr. David Geffen, Mr. Jeremy Lingvall
The Honorable (Secretary) Timothy F. Geithner, Secretary of the Treasury Ms. Carole Sonnenfeld
The Honorable (Mr.) Robert Gibbs, White House Press Secretary
Mr. Anish Goel, Acting Senior Director, South Asia Affairs, NSC
Mr. Senapathy Gopalakrishnan
Mr.Mark Gorenberg, Ms. Wendy Wanderman
Mr.John Gorman, Mrs. Tamra Gorman
Representative Jay Goyal, State Representative, Kiran Goyal
Representative Raj Goyle, State Representative Mrs. Monica Arora t
The Honorable (Governor) Jennifer Granholm, Governor of Michigan (D) Mr. Daniel Mulhern, First Gentleman of Michigan
Mr.Earl G. Graves, Mrs. Barbara Graves, Ms.Geeta Rao Gupta, Mr. Arvind Gupta
Mr.Raj Gupta
Mr. Rajat Gupta, Mrs. Anita M Gupta
Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Mrs. Rebecca Olson Gupta
Mr. Lee Hamilton, Mrs. Nancy Hamilton
The Honorable (Ms.) Kamala Harris, Ms. Maya Harris
Mr. Kamil Hassan, Mrs. Talat Hassan
Mr. George Haywood, Mrs. Cheryl J Haywood
The Honorable Fred Hochberg, Export-Import Bank Thomas P Healy
The Honorable (Rep.) Paul Hodes, United States Representative (D/New Hampshire) Mrs. Margaret Hodes
The Honorable (Attorney General) Eric Holder, United States Attorney General, Department of Justice Dr. Sharon Malone, MD
Dr. John P. Holdren, Dr. Cheryl E Holdren
The Honorable (Rep.) Eleanor Holmes-Norton, United States of Representative (D/DC) Mr. John Norton
Mr. Robert D Hormats, Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs, State Department Ms. Camille Massey
The Honorable (Rep) Steny Hoyer, United States Representative (D/Maryland) Ms. Kathleen May
Mr. Chris Hughes, Mr. Sean S Eldridge, Mr. Jeff Immelt, The Honorable (Senator) Daniel Inouye, United States Senator (D/Hawaii) Ms. Irene Hirano, United States Senate Spouse (D/Hawaii)
Mrs. Deepa Iyer, Mr. Parag Khandhar, Mr. Vasudeva Iyer
The Honorable (Administrator) Lisa Jackson, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency
Mr. Kenneth Jackson
The Honorable (Ms.) Valerie Jarrett, Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor
The Honorable (Governor) Bobby Jindal, Governor of Louisiana, Mrs. Supriya Jindal, First Lady of Louisiana
The Honorable (General) James Jones, Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor Mrs. Diane Jones
Mrs.Ann Jordan
Mr. Vernon Jordan
Mr.Anil Kakani
Mr.Farooq Kathwari, Mrs. Farida Kathwari
Mr.Neal Katyal, Principal Deputy Solicitor General, Office of the Solicitor General
Mr.Jeffrey Katzenberg, Mrs. Marilyn Katzenberg
Ms.Maneesha Kelkar, Manavi Vinay Vaishampayan
The Honorable (Senator) John Kerry, United States Senator (D/Massachusetts)
Dr.Harish Khare, Media Advisor to the Prime Minister of India, Indian Delegation
The Honorable (Mr.) Bradley Kiley, Office of Management and Administration Mr. James Coley, Jr.
Ms.Gayle King
The Honorable (Ambassador) Ron Kirk, USTR Mrs. Matrice Ellis-Kirk
The Honorable (Mr.) Ronald Klain, Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to the Vice President, Office of the Vice President
Mrs.Chanda D Kochhar
His Excellency S.M. Krishna, Minister of External Affairs of the Republic of India, Indian Delegation
Ms.Gaitri Kumar, Joint Secretary (Americas), Ministry of External Affairs of the Republic of India, Indian Delegation
Mr.Vivek Kundra
Mrs.Jhumpa Lahiri,Mr. Alberto Vourvoulias
Mr.Marc Lasry,Cathy Lasry
Mr.Jacob Lew, Deputy Secretary, Department of State
The Honorable Gary Locke, Secretary of Commerce Mrs. Mona Locke
The Honorable (Mr.) Christopher Lu, Cabinet Affairs Ms. Kathryn Thomson
The Honorable (Senator) Richard Lugar, United States Senator (R/Indiana)
Mrs. Char Lugar, United States Senate Spouse (R/Indiana)
Mr.Michael Lynton
Ms. Elizabeth Jamie Alter
Mr.Surinder Malhotra
The Honorable (Chief of Protocol) Capricia Marshall
The Honorable (Ms.) Alyssa Mastromonaco, White House Office of Scheduling
Mr.Brian Mathis
Mrs. Tracey Kemble
Ms.Kiran Mazumda-Shaw
The Honorable (Senator) Claire McCaskill, United States Senator (D/Missouri)
Mr. Joseph Shepard, United States Senate Spouse
The Honorable (Rep) Jim McDermott, United States Representative (D/Washington)
Mrs. Therese Marie Hansen
Mr.Zarin Mehta
Ms. Carmen Lasky
The Honorable (Mr.) Jim Messina, Office of Chief of Staff
Mr.Judd Miner, Mrs. Linda Miner
Mr. Newt Minow, Mrs. Josephine Minow
Mr.Sunil Bharti Mittal
Kalpen Modi, Associate Director, Office of Public Engagement
AdmiralMichael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mrs. Deborah Mullen
The Honorable (Secretary) Janet Napolitano, Secretary, Department of Homeland Security
His Excellency M.K. Narayanan, National Security Adviser of the Republic of India, Indian Delegation
Mr.Shantanu Narayen, Mrs. Reni Narayen
Mr.Raju Narisetti, Durga Raghunath
Mr.Martin Nesbitt
Ms. Anita Blanchard
Mr.Konrad Ng,Dr. Maya Soetoro-Ng
Ms.Indra Nooyi
TheHonorable (Rep) David Obey, United States Representative (D/Wisconsin)
Mrs. Joan Obey
The Honorable (Mr.) Peter Orszag, Director, Office of Management & Budget
Mr.Jim Owens
Ms. Katie Owens
Mr.Deepak Parekh
Mr.Eboo Patel
Ms. Shehnez Mansuri
The Honorable (Governor) Deval Patrick, Governor of Massachusetts (D)
Mrs. Diane Patrick, First Lady of Massachusetts
The Honorable (Speaker) Nancy Pelosi, United States Representative (D/California) and Speaker of the House
Mr. Paul Pelosi
Mr. Dan Pfeiffer, White House Office of Communications
Mr.Sam Pitroda
Mrs. Anjana Pitroda
General Colin Powell
Ms. Alma Powell
Dr.Rachakonda D Prabhu, Dr. Lata Shete Prabhu
Mrs.Penny Pritzker
Dr. Brian Traubert
Ms.Kavita Ramdas
Her Excellency Nirupama Rao, Foreign Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs of the Republic of India, Indian Delegation
Ms.Preetha Reddy
The Honorable (Governor) Edward Rendell, Governor of Pennsylvania (D)
The Honorable (Judge) Marjorie Rendell, First Lady of Pennsylvania
Mr.Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications and Speechwriting
The Honorable (Ambassador) Susan Rice, United States Ambassador to the United Nations
Mr. Ian Cameron
The Honorable (Governor) Bill Richardson, Governor of New Mexico (D)
Mrs. Barbara Richardson, First Lady of New Mexico
Ms.Robin Roberts
Mrs.Marian Robinson
Ambassador Timothy Roemer, US Ambassador to India
Mrs. Mary Johnston
Ms.Desiree Rogers, Special Assistant to the President and White House Social Secretary
Mr. John Rogers
TheHonorable (Dr.) Christina Romer, Chair, Council of Economic Advisers
Mr.Dennis Ross, NSC
The Honorable (Rep) Edward Randall Royce, United States Representative
Marie Therese Royce
Mr.Michael Sacks
Mrs. Cari Sacks
The Honorable (Rep.) Linda Sanchez, United States Representative (D/California)
Mr. James Sullivan, Guest of Then Honorable Linda Sanchez
Mr.Pankaj Saran, Joint Secretary to the Prime Minister of the Republic of India, Indian Delegation
His Excellency Shyam Saran, Special Envoy to the Prime Minister on Climate Change, Indian Delegation
Mr.Jaideep Sarkar, Personal Secretary to the Prime Minister of the Republic of India, Indian Delegation
Mr.Parag Saxena
TheHonorable (Rep.) Jan Schakowsky, United States Representative (D/Illinois)
Mr. Robert Creamer
The Honorable (Mr.) Phil Schiliro, Assistant to the President for Legislative
Affairs
Mrs. Jody Schiliro
Ms.Annetta Seecharran
Seema Agnani
Mr.Stuart Seldowitz, Acting Director for South Asia, NSC
Dr.Amartya Sen
Ms. Emma Georgina Rothschild
Under Secretary Rajiv J Shah, Under Secretary for Research, Education & Economics, Department of Agriculture
The Honorable Sonal Shah, Deputy Assist to the President, Director Office of SICP, Domestic Policy Council
Mr.Vinod Shah
Her Excellency Meera SHANKAR, Ambassador, India
TheHonorable Susan Sher, Assistant to the President/Chief of Staff to the First Lady
The Honorable (Mr.) Neil Cohen
Mr.M. Night Shyamalan
Mrs. Bhavna Shyamalan
Ms.Amrit Singh, Mr. Analjit Singh
Mr.Arun K. Singh, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of the Republic of India, Indian Delegation
Mr.Balvinder Singh
Mr. Mohinder Singh
Mr.Lakhwinder Singh
Mrs. Sukhbir Kaur
Ms.Upinder Singh
Mr.Steven Spielberg
Mr.Sri Srinivasan
Ms. Carla Garrett
Ms.Srinija Srinivasan
TheHonorable (Mr.) Jim Steinberg, Deputy Secretary of State
Ms. Sherburne Bradstreet
Mrs.Semonti Stephens, Deputy Press Secretary, Office of the First Lady
Mr.Andy
Ms. Anna Burger
Mrs.Jane Stetson
Mr. Bill Stetson
Honorable(Dr.) Larry Summers, Director, National Economic Council
Dr. Elisa New
The Honorable (Ms.) Mona Sutphen, Office of Chief of Staff
Mr. Clyde Williams
Mr.Ratan Tata
TheHonorable (Ms.) Tina Tchen, Office of Public Liaison
Ambassador Vinai Thummalapally, Ambassador, Embassy of Belize
Mrs. Barbara Thummalapally
Mr.Jim Torrey
Ms. Rose P Lynch
Mr.Richard Trumka
Mr. Paul H Lemmon
Ms.Urvashi Vaid
Ms. Kate Clinton
Mr.Kirk Wagar
Ms. Crystal Connor
Dr.Eric E. Whitaker
Dr. Cheryl Whitaker
Mr.Brian Williams
Mrs. Jane Williams
Mr.Wellington Wilson
Mrs. Wilson
Mr.Neal Wolin, Deputy Secretary, Department of Treasury
Ms.Alfre Woodard
Mr. Blair E Underwood
Mr.Fareed Zakaria, Ms. Paula Throckmorton Zakaria
Expectedly, the menu had some Indian touches to it…..tomato chutney, green curry prawns, and coconut aged basmati to name some. Desserts included cashew brittle, which folks back home would call chikki.
Dinner Menu
Potato and Eggplant Salad
White House Arugula with Onion Seed Vinaigrette 2008 Sauvignon Blanc, Modus Operandi, Napa Valley, California
Red Lentil Soup with Fresh Cheese 2006 Riesling, Brooks “Ara”, Wilamette Valley, Oregon
Roasted Potato Dumplings with Tomato Chutney
Chick Peas and Okra
or
Green Curry Prawns
Caramelized Salsify with Smoked Collard Greens
and Coconut Aged Basmati 2007 Granache, Beckmen Vineyards, Santa Ynez, California
Pumpkin Pie Tart
Pear Tatin
Whipped Cream and Caramel Sauce
Sparkling Chardonnay, Thibaut Janisson Brut, Monticello, Virginia
Petits Fours and Coffee
Cashew Brittle
Pecan Pralines
Passion Fruit and Vanilla Gelees
Chocolate-Dipped Fruit
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