The nomination of Kamala Harris for vice-president on the Democratic ticket in the US presidential elections has sent India into raptures. What will certainly not be discussed at all, or as much, are the home truths about India that Senator Harris’s nomination and her extraordinary journey serve to highlight. For one, a majoritarian democracy like the one India has become in the 21st century could not have produced a Kamala Harris. Black political representation is not a rarity. Editorial | Kamala Harris’ selection as Joe Biden’s running mate acknowledges change in America — and an imaginative political response to it.

Source: Indian Express August 25, 2020 22:31 UTC