The recent elimination of the Hezbollah chief Nasarullah in Beirut appears to have paved the way for the Democratic Party nominee, Kamala Harris,a woman of Indian-African bloodline, to make history.
She is expected to be the first woman with a rare feline aggressive posture to become the American President, when next month the polls for POTUS, as of now the most powerful political office on the earth, take place. With the election campaign reaching to its peak, she appears to have successfully engaged her Republican Party nominee Donald Trump, perhaps,a trusted tomcat in the Battle for the political supremacy
It all began last month, when Kamala Harris, calling herself a childless cat, supported abortion as a woman’s right. has not only received attention from the American tomcats, but from many across the continents. India is no exception.
In recent weeks, the popularity gap between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump was decreasing, but her decision to support the woman’s right regarding abortion could have been supported by the conservative voters, but her support to Israel has improved her chances to be elected to the coveted office.
The opposition to abortion has been rooted in the American psychological mindset since the colonial era. The British wanted to increase their population to assert their presence in the New World. However, the non-white immigration has redefined the American dream. Kamala being an inheritor of the Indian genius from her mother appears to be the new standard bearers of the cherished American dream. She represents those who despite being a victim of both racial and gender biases could rescript the US as a land of the people having the merit overcoming the racial and gender biases.
Few in the US are aware of the fact that Indian women have been enjoying democratic rights since 1947, when the British finally left the Indian shores. On the other hand, the American women got their voting rights on August 26, 1920., while it became an independent country on July four, 1776. It took 244 years for the American women to be inducted in the system of governance as a voter. The American’s inability to elect even a brilliant woman like Hillary Clinton to become president speaks volumes of the American mindset.
The decision of the Biden administration to support Israel has had an impact on the geopolitics, but it might also usher in Kamala Harris, Vice President, to become the President. It is going to be a watershed not only in US politics, but also hit the traditional mindset of the discriminating women rooted or embedded in all the faiths having the Abrahaminic roots. In a few Islamic countries, women have the voting rights, but the value of their ballot is less than that of men. Pakistan and Bangladesh could be exceptions, where the brilliant women Muslim leaders took them to the path of political stability and prosperity, but they were either assassinated or toppled with the help of the Muslim clergy.
It cannot be denied that Kamala Harris has embarked upon a mission like Don Quixote, the outbursts of the American oligarchy even against allowing women to go for abortion.
However, it is difficult to predict the impact of her endorsement of abortion on the election prospects.
In a display of innocent humor, an Indian diplomat has jokingly remarked that Kamala’s commitment to a woman’s right to go for abortion, perhaps, could have been more forceful, if she could
consult India’s most cherished tomcat i.e. PM Narendra Modi.
Since Modi didn’t meet Trump, the American tomcat, in Indian politics, the feline presence has always been influencing politics as much prior to independence as in later years. For Indians, even those converted to any Abrahaminic faith believe in the theory of karma, and respect for the daughters. Their beauty has to be admired and respected.
In the Indian politics,
Kamala’s relentless pursuit for changing the mindset of the Americans, is indeed a formidable task. It is yet to be known how the Americans will react to her observation as a childless cat, but in India the abusive language against the then PM Indira Gandhi, used by none other but the President Richard Nixon is well archived in her elephantine memory.
He and his security advisor, Henry Kissinger, called her a bitch. It may be a little embarrassing for a country famous for Hollywood and fashion shows to admire the beauty God has given to mankind, not to commit the sin of procreation, but to lead a meaningful life on the earth. The pregnancy heralds the arrival of spring in life, but the American mindset has to be emancipated.
Kamala Harris, who shares Indian genes being daughter of a highly accomplished woman, should have also supported the right of an American woman to choose a partner for giving birth to a child only from an accomplished person. It is hoped that the childless cat would dare to induct reforms if she is allowed to occupy the Whitehouse.
Gopal Misra has been associated with national and international media. His books on journalism and geo-politics have been well-appreciated. Views are personal.
