US VP Kamala Harris Emotional About Her 'Indian Mother' In PM Modi's Presence| Hails Roots

India is a very important part of my life to really understand the love for good Italy. My grandfather was one of the favorite people in my life and I was the oldest male child and as I'm sure many of you know culturally, the oldest has a certain meaning and so I took full advantage of that status. I held my grandfather's hand over them and listened attentively to him and his friends. I clearly understood and remember stories about the Freedom Fighters and Founding Heroes of the nation and about India's independence. I believe it was these lessons that I learned at a very young age that first inspired my interest in public service.

It's a big part of who I am today. I learned these lessons from my grandfather P Vigil Palmer and the dedication, determination and courage of his daughter, my Shyamalek

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, and that is why I stand before you today as Vice President of the United States. Now I look back and fully realize how much these conversations influenced me and my thinking, and how they have guided me since the services when my sister Maya and I were children, our

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would take us from the Bay to India almost every two years and the purpose of those trips was many, including so that we understood well where he came from. which produced it so that we could spend time with our grandparents with my uncle and our kidneys and really understand the love of good Italy on those visits.

I was the only member of our family that my grandfather allowed to join him in his morning routine. You see, when we went there as children, my grandfather was already retired from his career as a civil servant and his morning routine every morning consisted of taking long walks on the beach with his retired friends and they, as retired civil servants, would debate the situation . topics of the day, so I would hold my grandfather's hand on his wall and listen intently to him and his friends, and I will tell you that as a child I don't think I fully appreciated the essence and importance of debates that they would have understood clearly and I remember stories about the Freedom Fighters and founding Heroes of the nation and about the independence of India.

I remember them talking about the importance of fighting corruption and fighting for equality regardless of one's beliefs or cast throughout these walks. I remember my grandfather teaching me less about not only what it means to have a democracy but also how to maintain it and I believe it was these lessons I learned at a very young age that first inspired my interests in public service and now I look forward to back. and I fully realize how much these conversations influenced me and my thinking and how they have guided me since in fact it is a big part of who I am today these lessons that I learned from my grandfather, the pollen of the vehicle and of dedication , determination and courage of your daughter my mother shyamala and that is the reason why I stand before you today as Vice President of the United States.