{"id":5320,"date":"2023-11-09T09:29:51","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T09:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/?p=5320"},"modified":"2023-11-09T09:29:51","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T09:29:51","slug":"kamala-harris-celebrates-early-diwali-at-her-residence-says-the-world-is-facing-a-difficult-and-dark-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/kamala-harris-celebrates-early-diwali-at-her-residence-says-the-world-is-facing-a-difficult-and-dark-moment\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Harris celebrates early Diwali at her residence; says the world is facing a ‘difficult and dark moment’"},"content":{"rendered":"

NOV 09, 2023 : At\u00a0<\/span><\/span>her\u00a0<\/span><\/span>official\u00a0<\/span><\/span>residence,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>US\u00a0<\/span>Vice\u00a0<\/span>President\u00a0<\/span>Kamala\u00a0<\/span>Harris\u00a0<\/span><\/span>observed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Diwali<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>telling\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>guests\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>globe\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>currently\u00a0<\/span>going\u00a0<\/span><\/span>through\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“difficult\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>dark\u00a0<\/span><\/span>moment”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>result\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>conflict\u00a0<\/span><\/span>between\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Israel<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Hamas.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Harris,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>who\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Indian,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>celebrated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>early\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Diwali\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>her\u00a0<\/span>home\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Tuesday.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“Diwali\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>observed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>during\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>period\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>significant\u00a0<\/span>events\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>world.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span><\/span>her\u00a0<\/span>brief\u00a0<\/span><\/span>remarks,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Harris,59,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>addressed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>mostly\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Indian\u00a0<\/span>American\u00a0<\/span><\/span>guests.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“I\u00a0<\/span><\/span>think\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>important\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span>we\u00a0<\/span><\/span>celebrate\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Diwali,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>about\u00a0<\/span><\/span>celebrating\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>light,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>we\u00a0<\/span><\/span>understand\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>always\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>context\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>understanding\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>contrast\u00a0<\/span><\/span>between\u00a0<\/span><\/span>light\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>dark\u00a0<\/span><\/span>moments,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Harris\u00a0<\/span><\/span>said.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>“There’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>no\u00a0<\/span>denying\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>our\u00a0<\/span>globe\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>going\u00a0<\/span><\/span>through\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>trying\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>troubling\u00a0<\/span><\/span>time\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>many\u00a0<\/span>ways,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>but\u00a0<\/span><\/span>especially\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>light\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>pictures\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>news\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>emerging\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Gaza\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Israel.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>And\u00a0<\/span><\/span>I\u00a0<\/span>know\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tragic\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>devastating\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>all\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>us,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>including\u00a0<\/span><\/span>me\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>her\u00a0<\/span>husband\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Doug,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>she\u00a0<\/span><\/span>remarked.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“I\u00a0<\/span><\/span>just\u00a0<\/span>wanted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>make\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sure\u00a0<\/span><\/span>everyone\u00a0<\/span><\/span>knows\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>President\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(Joe)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Biden\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>I\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>fighting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Israel’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>right\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>self-defense.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>We\u00a0<\/span><\/span>agree\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>people\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Gaza\u00a0<\/span><\/span>must\u00a0<\/span>get\u00a0<\/span><\/span>humanitarian\u00a0<\/span>relief.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>We\u00a0<\/span><\/span>think\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>critical\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>recognise\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>distinction\u00a0<\/span><\/span>between\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Hamas\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Palestinian\u00a0<\/span>people.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“It\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>imperative\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>we\u00a0<\/span><\/span>prevent\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>situation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>region\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>getting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>worse\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>we\u00a0<\/span><\/span>return\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>American\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hostages\u00a0<\/span><\/span>home.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>I\u00a0<\/span><\/span>shall\u00a0<\/span><\/span>thus\u00a0<\/span><\/span>say\u00a0<\/span><\/span>those\u00a0<\/span>things\u00a0<\/span><\/span>knowing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>full\u00a0<\/span>well\u00a0<\/span><\/span>how\u00a0<\/span>crucial\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>we\u00a0<\/span><\/span>celebrate\u00a0<\/span><\/span>holidays\u00a0<\/span><\/span>like\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Diwali\u00a0<\/span><\/span>while\u00a0<\/span><\/span>simultaneously\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stating\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>truth\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>pouring\u00a0<\/span><\/span>light,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>she\u00a0<\/span><\/span>remarked.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“I\u00a0<\/span><\/span>also\u00a0<\/span><\/span>want\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>emphasise\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Palestinian\u00a0<\/span>people\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>right\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>deserve\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>opportunity\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>dignity\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>self-determination.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>I’ve\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span><\/span>many\u00a0<\/span>times\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>I’ll\u00a0<\/span>say\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>again.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>We’ll\u00a0<\/span><\/span>keep\u00a0<\/span>supporting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>well,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Harris\u00a0<\/span><\/span>declared.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>This\u00a0<\/span>year,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>contrast\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>previous,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Vice\u00a0<\/span>President\u00a0<\/span><\/span>did\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>engage\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span>any\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>invited\u00a0<\/span><\/span>guests\u2014aside\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>elected\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Indian\u00a0<\/span>American\u00a0<\/span><\/span>legislators,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Raja\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Krishnamoorthi,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Pramila\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jayapal,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Ro\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Khanna.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Numerous\u00a0<\/span><\/span>organisations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>issued\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>call\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>boycott\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Harris’\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Diwali\u00a0<\/span>celebrations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>advance.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>At\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Vice\u00a0<\/span>President’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>house,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>close\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>300\u00a0<\/span>people\u00a0<\/span><\/span>attended\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Diwali\u00a0<\/span><\/span>celebrations.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Community\u00a0<\/span><\/span>leader\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Ajay\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jain\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bhutoria\u00a0<\/span><\/span>remarked,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“This\u00a0<\/span>event\u00a0<\/span><\/span>beautifully\u00a0<\/span><\/span>exemplifies\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>spirit\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>unity,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>highlighting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>importance\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>harmony\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>compassion\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>times\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>adversity.”<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“Let\u00a0<\/span><\/span>us\u00a0<\/span><\/span>share\u00a0<\/span><\/span>happiness\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>love\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span>we\u00a0<\/span><\/span>get\u00a0<\/span><\/span>together\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>celebrate\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>keep\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Jain\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ideal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>‘Live\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Peace\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Let\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Others\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Live\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Peace’\u00a0<\/span><\/span>close\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>our\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hearts.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>delicious\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Indian\u00a0<\/span>cuisine\u00a0<\/span><\/span>provided\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>event\u00a0<\/span><\/span>gave\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>extra\u00a0<\/span>layer\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>happiness\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>lively\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cultural\u00a0<\/span><\/span>celebrations,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bringing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>us\u00a0<\/span><\/span>closer\u00a0<\/span>together\u00a0<\/span><\/span>through\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>tastes\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>customs\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>make\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Diwali\u00a0<\/span><\/span>so\u00a0<\/span>unique,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>speaker\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Bhutoria\u00a0<\/span><\/span>gave\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>book\u00a0<\/span><\/span>about\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>spiritual\u00a0<\/span>path\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jain\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Acharya\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Mahapragya,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>who\u00a0<\/span><\/span>preached\u00a0<\/span><\/span>nonviolence\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>peace,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Vice\u00a0<\/span>President\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Harris’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>staff.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Harris\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>born\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>an\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Indian\u00a0<\/span><\/span>mother\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>Black\u00a0<\/span><\/span>father,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>both\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>whom\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span><\/span>immigrants.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Her\u00a0<\/span>mother,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Shyamala\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Gopalan,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>cancer\u00a0<\/span><\/span>researcher\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>civil\u00a0<\/span>rights\u00a0<\/span><\/span>activist\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chennai,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>while\u00a0<\/span><\/span>her\u00a0<\/span>father,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Donald\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Harris,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>native\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jamaica.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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NOV 09, 2023 : At\u00a0her\u00a0official\u00a0residence,\u00a0US\u00a0Vice\u00a0President\u00a0Kamala\u00a0Harris\u00a0observed\u00a0Diwali,\u00a0telling\u00a0the\u00a0guests\u00a0that\u00a0the\u00a0globe\u00a0is\u00a0currently\u00a0going\u00a0through\u00a0a\u00a0“difficult\u00a0and\u00a0dark\u00a0moment”\u00a0as\u00a0a\u00a0result\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0conflict\u00a0between\u00a0Israel\u00a0and\u00a0Hamas. Harris,\u00a0who\u00a0is\u00a0Indian,\u00a0celebrated\u00a0early\u00a0Diwali\u00a0at\u00a0her\u00a0home\u00a0on\u00a0Tuesday. “Diwali\u00a0is\u00a0observed\u00a0during\u00a0a\u00a0period\u00a0of\u00a0significant\u00a0events\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0world. In\u00a0her\u00a0brief\u00a0remarks,\u00a0Harris,59,\u00a0addressed\u00a0the\u00a0mostly\u00a0Indian\u00a0American\u00a0guests.\u00a0“I\u00a0think\u00a0it’s\u00a0important\u00a0that\u00a0as\u00a0we\u00a0celebrate\u00a0Diwali,\u00a0which\u00a0is\u00a0about\u00a0celebrating\u00a0the\u00a0light,\u00a0we\u00a0understand\u00a0it\u00a0is\u00a0always\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0context\u00a0of\u00a0understanding\u00a0the\u00a0contrast\u00a0between\u00a0light\u00a0and\u00a0dark\u00a0moments,”\u00a0Harris\u00a0said.“There’s\u00a0no\u00a0denying\u00a0that\u00a0our\u00a0globe\u00a0is\u00a0going\u00a0through\u00a0a\u00a0trying\u00a0and\u00a0troubling\u00a0time\u00a0in\u00a0many\u00a0ways,\u00a0but\u00a0especially\u00a0in\u00a0light\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0pictures\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0news\u00a0that\u00a0are\u00a0emerging\u00a0from\u00a0Gaza\u00a0and\u00a0Israel. 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