India is a very important part of my life.

"India is a very important part of my  life." : Kamala Harris 

      The U.S. presidential election is set to take place on November 5th, and the whole world is watching this power-packed election of the superpower, America. In this highly contested race, Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party’s candidate for the presidency, is considered to have a strong advantage. Kamala Harris has roots in India, and she still holds deep affection for India in her heart. In a public address, she nostalgically recalled some touching memories from her childhood.  Kamala Harris's words from her public address were as follows:

      "So as many of you know India is a very important part of my  life. When my sister Maya and I were growing up, our mother would take us from bay area to India pretty much every other year. And the purpose of those trips were many,including that we would well understandwhere she came from, what produced her; so we coud spend time with our grantperants, with my uncle and our chittis, and to really understand the love of good idli. you see by the time that we were going there as children, my grandfather was retired from his career as a civil servant, and his morning routine every morning consisted of taking long walks on the beach with his retired buddies. and they,as retired civil servant, would debate the issue of the day. 

     "So, I  would hold my grandfather's hand on these and listen intently to him and his friends. and I will tell you, as a young girl, I don't think I fully appreciated the essennce and the import of the debates that they would have. But I did clearly understand and do recall stories about the freedom fighters and the nation founding heroes and about the independence of India. 

   "I remember them talking about the importanceof fighting corruption and fighting for equality, regardless of one's belief or cast. Throughout these walks,I recall my grandfather teaching me lessons about not just what it means to have a democracy but to keep a democracy. And I do belive it is these lessons that I learned at a very young age, that first inspired my interest in public service. And I look back now and I do fully realise how much these conversations influenced me and my thinking, and how they have guided me ever since.

      "In fact, it is a large part of who I am today these lesson I learned from my grandfather, P. V. Gopalan and from the dedication, determination, and courage of his daughter, my mother shyamala. And it is that being the lesson that I stand before you today as Vice President of the United States."

- Ishwar Prajapati