Dr. Balachandran Gopalan is Sen. Kamala Harris’ maternal uncle, and also you finest imagine that he watched his niece—who occurs to be the primary South Asian American vice presidential nominee in American historical past (in addition to the primary Black one)—as she debated the white-haired liar who presently holds the nation’s second-highest workplace.
Agence France-Presse (AFP) headed to New Delhi to see what Uncle Balachandran, 79, thought concerning the debate, and it’s principally the best factor ever. I’ve a slew of uncles and there’s a candy familiarity to Uncle Balachandran’s stoic reward of his cherished niece, coupled with a glimmer of ache that his older sister, Shyamala Gopalan Harris, isn’t right here to see her daughter shine.
