WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris invoked her familial ties to India as she gently pressed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on human rights during a history-making meeting Thursday ...

Harris' ties to India are a central part of her personal story, and she has often spoken fondly of her Indian heritage. She is named after the Sanskrit word "Kamala" for "lotus flower." ...

Residents of Thulasendrapuram, a small village in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, are excitedly preparing for the U.S. presidential election in which Kamala Harris, the granddaughter of ...

Kamala Harris’s ancestral village in India holds special prayer for her victory. Banners wishing Harris luck for US elections have sprung up in idyllic rural haven in Tamil Nadu .

Far away from voters casting their ballots, a village in India with family ties to Kamala Harris has high hopes for her success on Election Day 2024. Skip to content. All Sections.

Kamala Harris on the job ahead 09:16. New Delhi — None of Kamala Harris' relatives still live in her ancestral village in southern India, but that didn't dampen the festive mood there on ...

Senator Kamala Harris’ emergence on the American national scene has created a huge splash in the United States as well as in India. But her nomination as Democratic presidential candidate Joe ...

[Read our profile of Kamala Harris, the first woman elected U.S. vice president.] More than 8,000 miles from the White House, in a small Indian village ringed by lush green rice paddies, several ...

Harris’ late mother, Shyamala Gopalan, was born in India. After moving to the U.S. to study, she married a Jamaican man, and they named their daughter Kamala, a Sanskrit word for “lotus flower.” ...

Kamala Harris hails India’s vaccination drive in first meeting with Narendra Modi in Washington. First meeting between an Indian-American US vice president and Indian PM sees discussions of ...

Villagers tie a banner featuring Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris outside a temple in Thulasendrapuram, the ancestral village of Harris, in Tamil Nadu state, India, Nov ...

Kamala Harris’ Ancestral Village In India Celebrates Her Presidential Run With Prayers, Sweets And Cautious Excitement. Story by Siladitya Ray, Forbes Staff • 1mo. Topline.