Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic nomination for vice president, making her the first black woman on a major party’s White House ticket.Donald Trump’s failure of leadership has cost lives and livelihoods,” the former California prosecutor charged in her acceptance speech.
But there was something else in her speech which stood out – especially to her Indian-American voters.
Harris used the Tamil word, ‘chithis.’ The word which translates to ‘aunt’ sent Americans Google-ing what it meant, and for Indian-Americans and Tamilians watching from around the world, it came as a pleasant surprise – the first time someone spoke Tamil during a US Democratic speech.
Harri’s ‘Chittis,’ her mother’s younger sister, and Harris’ aunt, Dr.Sarala Gopalan, told CNN-News18 that the entire family was ecstatic after they heard about her nomination.
“The entire family is so thrilled and happy after we heard the news.A friend of mine in the United States gave us the message at 4 am in the morning, and we have been up, since then,” Gopalan said.”If I send her a message right now saying Kamala I need you, the next day she will be there.She is very caring and kind to people, and that’s what I like about her most,” Gopalan said.
Earlier, when she was fighting the elections for California Attorney General, she called her aunt Sarala Gopalan in Chennai and asked her to break coconuts for good luck at a Hindu temple overlooking the beach at Besant Nagar where she used to walk with her grandfather.
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