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.
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.