This is how Tamil Nadu villages celebrated their daughter Kamala Harris swearing-in
Kamala Harris grandfather PV Gopalan had moved out of Thulasenthirapuram village in his young days and got a job under the British government. (Image Source: Reuters)
Updated: Jan 21, 2021, 06:12 AM IST
Even as Kamala Harris took oath as the first woman, black, South-Asian Vice-President of the United States, in far away two villages in Southern India celebrated the event as they saw their daughter being sworn-in to the second higest post, only next the the President.
Two villages in Tamil Nadu - Mannargudi and Thulasenthirapuram-Painganadu villages in Tiruvarur district were the places where 56-year-old Kamala Harris maternal grandparents once lived.
There s no message I can give, says Kamala Harris maternal uncle ahead of oath ceremony
Ahead of oath taking ceremony, as the first woman Vice-President of US, maternal uncle of Kamala Harris Gopalan Balachandran had a message for her. (Image Source: Reuters)
Updated: Jan 20, 2021, 05:56 PM IST
As Donald Trump paves the way for Joe Biden to take oath on Wednesday, as the 46th President of the United States of America, Indian origin Kamala Harris will take oath as the first woman Vice-President of the US, amidst tight security.
Ahead of the event, Gopalan Balachandran, the maternal uncle of Kamala Harris had a message for her. Speaking to news agency ANI, he said, There s no message I can give, I didn t help her become Vice-President. She did all on her own. All that I ll tell her is do whatever Shyamala (Kamala Harris s mother) taught you. You ve been doing fine so far, keep it up. It s all I can say.
Karma to haunt Donald Trump! Kamala Harris may preside over his impeachment trial Following Trump s impeachment in the US House of Representatives, indictment will now be sent to US Senate which has power to hold a trial & convict. (Image Source: File Photo)
Updated: Jan 14, 2021, 10:22 PM IST
If Karma had anything to do, then the outgoing US President Donald Trump is sure to have a tryst with it. Even as the President is facing an impeachment, news is that vice-president-elect Kamala Harris may preside over Trump trial.
Way back in 2020, when US was preparing for Presidential elections and Donald Trump was the unchallenged and sole Republican Party candidate for a second White House term, taunted Kamala Harris for dropping out of the Democratic nomination race, with a snarky We ll miss you! tweet. Kamala Harris had then shot back at him saying, Don’t worry, Mr. President. I’ll see you at your trial.
Kamala Harris skin tone lightened on magazine cover, social media erupts in fury
Vogue, in a tweet on Sunday, made public a photo of 56-year-old Harris wearing her trademark Converse sneakers and another in a powder blue suit. (Image Source: Twitter/@voguemagazine)
Updated: Jan 12, 2021, 06:23 PM IST
US Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris will be on Vogue s February cover. However even before the edition is released, it ran into a controversy. The magazine which released two photos of Harris from its February edition has sparked instant outrage for whitewashing or lightening the skin colour of America s future Vice-President.
Vogue, in a tweet on Sunday, 10 January, made public a photo of 56-year-old Harris wearing her trademark Converse sneakers, standing in front of a pink and green drape. The other, a more formal one, shows her in a powder blue suit, with her arms crossed in front of a gold background.