THULASENDRAPURAM – After rooting for Kamala Harris as President-elect Joe Biden's running mate, people in her small ancestral Indian village woke up Sunday morning to the news of her making history.Most of them had gone to sleep by the time Biden clinched the winning threshold of 270 Electoral College votes. "Congratulations Kamala Harris.
Pride of our village. Vanakkam (Greetings) America,’’ one female resident wrote in color powder outside her residence.“We all have been waiting for this day.
Congratulations," Aulmozhi Sudhakar, a village councilor, said. The village of Thulasendrapuram, population 350, planned to celebrate Harris' success with singing, dancing and firecrackers at a temple later Sunday.