Kalpen Suresh Modi, Associate Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement, who went by Kal Penn when he was an actor, uses his Blackberry as he helps organize an event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 14, 2009 to celebrate Diwali. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

Kalpen Suresh Modi, Associate Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement, who went by Kal Penn when he was an actor, uses his Blackberry as he helps organize an event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 14, 2009 to celebrate Diwali.

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