“Reflecting On Previous 74 Years”: Kamala Harris Tweets On Independence Day

New Delhi:

US Senator Kamala Harris, the Democratic Get together’s vice presidential nominee, as we speak prolonged her needs on India’s Independence Day, which was celebrated yesterday, on August 15. Ms Harris, 55, is the primary particular person of Indian descent and the primary Black girl on a serious ticket in a US presidential election.

“Comfortable Indian Independence Day! Reflecting on the previous 74 years, it is outstanding how a lot progress our individuals have made within the combat for justice. I hope you may be part of me as we speak in celebrating after which decide to constructing a good higher future,” Ms Harris tweeted.

Comfortable Indian Independence Day! Reflecting on the previous 74 years, it is outstanding how a lot progress our individuals have made within the combat for justice. I hope you may be part of me as we speak in celebrating after which decide to constructing a good higher future.

– Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) August 16, 2020

Kamala Harris has typically mirrored on her proud Indian heritage. 

Throughout her maiden handle to the Indian-American neighborhood, the Democratic vice-presidential nominee talked about her “long walks” in Madras (now Chennai) along with her grandfather who would inform her concerning the “heroes” liable for the beginning of the world’s largest democracy.

“Immediately on August 15, 2020. I stand earlier than you as the primary candidate for vp of america of South Asian descent,” Ms Harris mentioned in her handle organised by Indians for Biden Nationwide Council.

“Rising up, my mom would take my sister Maya and me again to what was then referred to as Madras as a result of she needed us to grasp the place she had come from and the place we had ancestry. And, after all, she at all times needed to instil in us, a love of excellent Idli,” she mentioned, reflecting on her Indian heritage.

Joined by Democratic occasion presidential nominee Joe Biden, she greeted Indian Individuals on the event of India’s Independence Day.

“To the individuals of India and to Indian Individuals all throughout the US, I wish to want you a contented Indian Independence Day. On August 15, 1947, women and men throughout India rejoiced within the declaration of the independence of the nation of India,” Ms Harris mentioned through the digital inaugural meet of the council.

Joe Biden had on Tuesday named 55-year-old Harris as his vice presidential working mate. Her nomination had sparked a frenzy on social media with customers making an attempt to trace down her connections to Chennai, the place her mom was born.

On Twitter and Fb, a flurry of customers posted updates on her grandparents’ residence within the Besant Nagar neighborhood, from the place her mom set off to pursue a doctoral diploma within the US. 

The 55-year-old California senator is simply the third girl to be chosen because the vp on a serious occasion ticket. Then-Alaska Governor Sarah Palin in 2008 and New York Consultant Geraldine Ferraro in 1984 have been the opposite two.

Born to a Jamaican father and an Indian mom, California senator Harris, if elected, can be second in line of succession after Joe Biden.

Ms Harris was born on October 20 in 1964, at Oakland in California. Her mom Shyamala Gopalan migrated to the US from Tamil Nadu in India, whereas her father, Donald J Harris, moved to the US from Jamaica.

With inputs from businesses