As Harris eyes US presidency, reaction in her mother's native India is muted but tinged with pride
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Art teacher Prithvi Raj Kambli paints portraits of U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris as passers-by look on, in Mumbai, India, July 22, 2024. FILE- Ahead of Kamala Harris' inauguration as U.S. vice president, children hold portraits of her at a Hindu temple in Thulasendrapuram, the hometown of Harris' maternal grandfather, south of Chennai, Tamil Nadu state, India, Jan. 20, 2021. FILE - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris offers a toast to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the Indian leader's state visit to Washington, June 23, 2023.
When Kamala Harris was sworn in as vice president in the U.S., residents in her maternal family's ancestral village in southern India watched in real time, setting off fireworks, holding up portraits of her and wishing her a long life.
