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Indian village cheers for Kamala Harris before her swearing in as US vice-president
Residents of a tiny Indian village surrounded by rice paddies were beaming with joy hours before a famous descendant, Kamala Harris, takes her oath of office and becomes the US vice-president.
Key points:
- Ms Harris’ grandfather moved to Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu state, decades ago.
- Her late mother was also born in India, before moving to the US to study
- Ahead of the inauguration, special prayers for her success were held at ta town temple
Ms Harris is set to make history as the first woman, first woman of colour and first person of South Asian descent to hold the vice presidency.
In her maternal grandfather’s hometown of Thulasendrapuram, about 350 kilometres from the southern Indian coastal city of Chennai, people were jubilant…
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