NEW DELHI, Jan 20: It was a festive day for the people of the tiny Thulasenthirapuram village in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday.
Some women were making the traditional recipe of “murukku” as a good omen while many other villagers were busy decorating all streets and corners of the village with flowers. A large number of people also gathered in the village temple to offer prayers.
All this was to wish well for Kamala Harris who is due to be installed as the vice-president of the United States. The elation among the villagers is because the Indian American hailed from this tiny village in Nagpattinam district in the southern Indian state.
Media reports from the village said many people turned out in festive attire at the village temple to celebrate the day. Some women seen preparing “murukku” said, “Today all the people in the village are very happy as our Kamala di is all set to become the Vice President of the United States. We all are very excited. She has surely inspired many women in the village.”
Every nook and corner of the village was decorated to give a festive look.
An old man in the village told the media, “All the people of this village are very happy to know that our Kamala Harris who belongs to such a small village has won the US Vice President race. We are celebrating it like a festival. I have offered prayers to God for Kamala Harris at the nearby temple. All of us in the village are busy with preparations.”
Following the presidential elections in November 2020, Kamala Harris made history as she became the first woman of colour, Indian-American and first Asian American to occupy the second-highest in the office in the US.
(Manas Dasgupta)