Washington: President Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States January 20, ushering in a new era of calm and comity to Washington after four divisive and tumultuous years under former President Donald Trump. Standing at the Capitol just two weeks after a mob ofContinue Reading
By AXJ Bosco Vijayawada: “Kamala Harris’ journey from ‘Brahmin’ to Blackhood is rarest of the rare,” writes Kanch Ilaia Shepherd, one of the outspoken professors of politics and a persistent voice of the marginalized. It is indeed a moment of pride for Indians that Kamala Harris, a woman with IndianContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru: Now that the election results are almost clear in the US, there is a big talk about Kamala Harris. Indians celebrate her victory saying that she is an Indian. Can we call Kamala Harris an Indian in a true sense? Is she an Indian orContinue Reading
Thulasendrapuram: A big banner of U.S. vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris welcomes visitors to Thulasendrapuram, a lush, green south Indian village that is praying for her Democratic Party’s victory in the Nov. 3 presidential election. The village, located about 320 km (200 miles) south of the city of Chennai, isContinue Reading
By Rita Joseph New Delhi: As the United States’ Presidential poll heats up, many Indians are keenly watching the run-up to the battle of ballots. The increased interest in the US elections is attributed to the fact that vice-presidential hopeful Kamala Harris is of Indian-American descent. Indian hearts swelled upContinue Reading
By Jeffrey Gettleman and Suhasini Raj Chennai, Aug. 18, 2020: One of Senator Kamala Harris’s brightest childhood memories was walking down the beach hand in hand with her Indian grandfather. Her grandfather, P.V. Gopalan, had served for decades in the Indian government, and his ritual, nearly every morning, was toContinue Reading
New York, Aug 12, 2020: Few, if any, vice presidential candidates have had as much exposure to the world’s religions as Kamala Harris, the 55-year-old senator from California whom Joe Biden just picked as his running mate. Harris’ ethnic, racial and cultural biography represents a slice of the U.S. populationContinue Reading
New York, Aug 11, 2020: White House hopeful Joe Biden on August 11 named Kamala Harris, a high-profile senator from California, as his vice presidential choice, capping a months-long search for a Democratic partner to challenge President Donald Trump in November. Biden believes the historic choice will bolster his chancesContinue Reading
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, the first Indian-American woman to run for the White House, dropped out of the race on Tuesday, citing lack of financial resources. In an email to supporters which was also published on medium.com, Kamala said her campaign “simply doesn’t have the financial resources we needContinue Reading
New York: California Attorney General Kamala Harris is set to become the first Indian American elected to the US Senate in next week’s election, having built up a commanding lead over her rival, according to polls. Indian Americans also appear to be heading for a breakthrough in the House ofContinue Reading