Can't Is Not an Option
My American Story
From the former United States Ambassador to the United Nations, an inspirational memoir of family, hope, and the power of the American Dream.
Decades before their daughter surprised the nation by becoming governor of South Carolina, Nikki Haley's parents had a dream. Ajit and Raj Randhawa were well-educated, well-off Sikhs in the Punjab region of India. But despite their high social status, the Randhawas wanted more for their family-the opportunities that only America could offer.
So they left behind all they had known and settled in Bamberg, South Carolina (population: 2,500). As the first Indian family in a small Southern town in the early 1970s, the Randhawas faced ignorance, prejudice,…
Nikki Haley is a US Ambassador to the United Nations and former governor of South Carolina. She was elected to the state's General Assembly in 2004 and re-elected in 2006 and 2008, before being elected governor in 2010. She and her husband, Michael, an officer in the South Carolina National Guard, have two children.
