Kshama Sawant (/ k ə ˈ ʃ ʌ m ɑː s ɑː ˈ w ʌ n t / kə-SHUM-ah sah-WUNT; born October 17, 1973) [1] is an Indian-American politician and economist who served on the Seattle City Council from 2014 to 2024.

14 hours ago · Kshama Sawant, Indian-American politician and a critic of India’s Hindu Right has currently been in the news after being denied an emergency visa by India to visit her ailing mother in Bengaluru ...

12 hours ago · Kshama Sawant is the former City Council Member of Seattle. Seattle, US: The Indian Consulate in Seattle was faced with a law and order situation over the emergency visa denial to Indian-American ...

12 hours ago · Seattle-based politician and activist Kshama Sawant has been denied an emergency visa by the Indian consulate in Seattle, US, preventing her from visiting her ailing mother in Bengaluru. However, her husband, Calvin Priest, was granted a visa for the same trip, according to a report by Reuters.

14 hours ago · The incident happened over the visa denial to Indian-American politician Kshama Sawant. The Indian Consulate in Seattle on Friday said that the Consulate faced a law and order situation after certain individuals tried to enter the Consulate premises without authorization after office hours. The incident happened over the visa denial to Indian ...

17 hours ago · Indian-American politician and former Seattle City Council member Kshama Sawant has alleged that the Indian government has denied her an emergency visa to visit her ailing mother in India.

15 hours ago · Kshama Sawant has accused the Indian government of politically motivated retaliation and unjustly denying her a visa, as her struggle to visit her ailing mother in India continues. Sawant, an ...

14 hours ago · Kshama Sawant, an Indian-origin Seattle City Council member, has alleged that she was denied an Indian visa to visit her ailing mother. She claimed to be on a "visa reject" list for having passed ...

Seattle’s most famous and controversial elected official, Kshama Sawant, is headed for the exits in January after a decade on the City Council. In that time, she’s managed to win three...

Feb 23, 2023 · The Seattle city council’s law against discrimination based on caste — the first such law passed by a city in the United States — was written and piloted by Councilwoman Kshama Sawant, the only Indian American member of the council.