Kamala beyond the stereotype

Book review of Kamala's Way: An American Life

All the Mylapore mamis and Chetpet chitties who rushed through their kolam (rangoli) and put their arachu-vitta sambar  (sambar with coconut) to simmer on the back burner, hoping to catch US Vice President Kamala Harris flash some sign of her Tam-Brahm origins at her inauguration last month must have sighed in disappointment. There was no sign of kanjivaram on her person, no vaira thodu (seven-diamond earrings), not even a mookkutti (nose pin)!

But then, Kamala Harris shouldn’t be blamed for stereotyping Kamala Harris, as Dan Morain points out. She may say she likes idlis. But from the book it seems her favourite food