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Posted By Subhash Agrawal | | 17 August, 2020 | Kamala Harris

From all reports, there is unprecedented glee in the Indian diaspora in the US regarding Kamala Harris' nomination as VP on the Democratic ticket - and also some confusion, on whether she relates more to her "Indianness" or her "Blackness".  As a student of US politics & society, here are my early observations: 1. Despite the onslaught of political momentum/polls/economi...

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  1. Rakesh Ahuja

    This is an uber-insightful assessment. One digressional point: In the Age of Information, the strength of populism comes from appealing to cultural inheritances. In the flawed US Democracy, marked by hyper-partisanship, people overlook personal economic returns to vote for a party that represents their cultural interests. That, and that only is why Biden/Harris win cannot be a lay down misere.