Residents of Thulasendrapuram, a village in Tamil Nadu's Tiruvarur district, are rooting for the United States vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris’ and made 'rangolis' to show their support for her. The special colourful rangoli drawn by a few women in the village sports the message ‘We Wish Kamala Harris’ along with a thumbs-up sign. Not only that, flex boards and banners sporting photographs of Harris and wishing her victory have been pasted all around the village.
All around the village are flex boards and banners sporting images of Harris and wishing her victory. Prior to this, special victory prayers were also held for her at a temple in the village, Free idli and sambhar were distributed to all and posters were decked on the roads, wishing her luck ahead of the elections.
Kamala Harris was born to a Jamaican father and an Indian mother Shyamala Gopalan, who was born in Chennai before she moved to the US for further study. Shyamala was a leading cancer researcher and activist. Harris's maternal grandfather was born in Thulasenthirapuram, located about 320 km south of the city of Chennai. Shyamala was the daughter of PV Gopalan, a high-ranking civil servant.
Kamala Harris commenced her career in the 1990s at the Alameda County District Attorney's Office in the city of Oakland and later became the first woman of colour in 2011 to serve as California's attorney general.
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