Kamala Harris: The American Story that Began on India’s Shores

Hansa Makhijani Jain

'Kamala, you may be the first to do many things, but make sure you are not the last.' – Shyamala Harris

When US presidential candidate Joe Biden chose Kamala Harris, senator and attorney, as his running mate in the race for the president's post, the world sat up in attention. For the first time in the history of the United States, a Black–Asian woman had emerged as a candidate for one of the most powerful offices in the land. And, when the Democratic Party won, Kamala Harris became the first woman vice president in the history of the United States.

Ever since Biden's announcement, the questions have buzzed on: What is it that makes Kamala Harris well-suited for the top job? Why does she attribute so much of her success to her Indian immigrant mother? And how did she manage to seize – and hold – the imagination of a nation in one of the most polarized and keenly contested elections in modern America?

Kamala Harris: The American Story that Began on India's Shores tells the extraordinary tale of a courageous and charismatic woman who beat the odds and stuck to her principles in the unforgiving milieu of today's politics. Harris is a pioneer in her own right, a symbol many look up to in the hope of a more inclusive world, and her inspirational rise as a leader promises that she will not be the last woman to conquer this mountain.