to be. discovered to. subscribe to. documentary. this is the wus a show coming up today a historic nomination in the united states with its roots in india. proud of their indian heritage. mother for guiding the course of our life and how this is indeed a connection to make a difference to india or us stars where is washington.

welcome to. glad you could join us. has accepted the democratic party's nomination for the post of vice president of the united states it is the 1st time a woman of black and indian american heritage has been nominated for such a position by any major u.s. political party besides the u.s. . also generating excitement in the country of how mothers above india a mission where common law still has family ties but the question really is if and how that will impact relations between the u.s. and india. banus of kaamelott harris not in the united states

but in india the possibility of an indian american becoming the next u.s. vice president is stoking national pride especially in her grandparents' native tonight in the south of the country what a break as me immense pride as a woman to learn that a woman with roots in this city is all set for the u.s. vice presidential election the thing that came to an issue. and. i want to finish your thought was just a brain drain easy to get to do it lawful voting all right if you want to come on the hair is invoked the indian heritage while accepting her nomination for the u.s. vice presidency and there's another woman whose name isn't known whose story isn't shared another woman whose shoulders i stand on. and that's my mother sam a lego power inherits. she came here from india at age 19 to pursue

her dream of curing cancer. many indians wonder what a winning biden harris ticket in november would mean for relations with the united states i love the are they. come on their hair is of indian decent she should win the election and she should also be in favor of india watch. your back. our america. is all here. i just want. a sentiment many in india will see as the true test of kamel harris's indian heritage . let's get more on this drive our version of good is director of the u.s. initiative of the didn't think tank the orbs overside foundation and he joins me now from washington d.c. observer great to have you on the program just straight off the bat what if make

any difference to us india ties if kaamelott harris were to be elected vice president of the united states. i mean i think the short answer is actually no that she's running for vice president of united states not of india she will be you know i think as a u.s. leader and she's shown this as a senator and other positions during her political career that you know she would be it's natural to be looking out for the best interests of the united states in its foreign relations. and so i mean i think that that's really at the key in some ways her story you know i mean it's quite it's quite natural that people in india will see in her story sort of a story of inspiration and be proud of what she and her family have achieved in. the middle who have as much of an impact on us in their relations as barack obama's presidency had for us kenya relations which is not very much but that's an

interesting amount of true then why does come how does keep bringing up her. for example in her speech as. well it is a remarkable story of her mother coming as a very young student to the united states by herself and meeting you know. some of her mother. raising 2 children as a single mother being becoming you know getting a ph d. it is quite a remarkable life story so it's interesting you know it is it makes sense for her to to hearken upon back a upon it but the other thing is i think there is definitely an attempt to appeal to indian american voters and people you know for women people who you know will find inspiration in come to harris's heritage and background so i think that a big reason why even in her speech last night where she you know she used the term a word. in the language word for. something like that will resonate very

positively with a lot of indian american voters and speaking of the didn't american border is it important only to get candidates elected or does it also somehow impact traditions between india and the u.s. . there is some relation of course i mean for a lot of indian american voters the relation in good relation to be in the united states and india does matter it is one of the issues on their policy agenda that they would like to see. to see materialized and so so i that sense we did see for example on saturday on aug 15th which is india's independence table joe joe biden and coming to harris. making a statement about the need american community on india's independence day so there is that connection but ultimately i think this is this is really about a minority community in the in the united states and they have a set of issues one of only one of which is relations with india that resonate and

that matter quite a lot for them i'd like to talk to the indian government surely there would be a preference potentially in the car bomb to government dealing either with a biden wire tie was on a trump watertown's which do you think they preferred and why. well you know i don't think there's a strong preference either way i think each candidacy in each platform offers certain advantages from an indian point of view and certain disadvantages as well so for example with you know trump has taken competition with china quite seriously and sometimes to the benefit of the u.s. india strategic relationship it's always india has been a major beneficiary of crimes free and open into the pacific policies at the same time i think they are deep in abiding concerns about trump's approach to trade his approach to immigration and those 2 things in particular and i expect if it should he be reelected that he would take a much stronger position especially on an immigration which will have some negative

impact for india on the other hand you know abided ministration i think will be much much more open to partnering with india on issues like trade and climate change particularly the latter being something that has been off the agenda and you know will offer some relief from an indian point of view on immigration but there are concerns about how seriously they will take the geo political approach to china and to pakistan and to 2 issues that india has serious concerns about so so i think each candidacy office certain upsides and downsides from it it was back to relieve it there for the time being but thank you so much for joining us through our durango speaking to us from washington d.c. . the fridays for future protests brought young people all over the world out onto the streets to demand political action on climate change going on about as destructions put 2 years of school strikes on hold but student activists are now eager to reactivate the figured out of fighters for future was

a bare lead today to meet with german chancellor angela merkel a high powered meeting for a 17 year old with a powerful global movement behind her. but in china the world's biggest polluter it's annoyingly brought in for climate activists bucking a system that takes a harsh view of criticism but one girl has found the cottage. every friday away stands alone on the street protesting she is china's only fridays for future activist passers by show some interest teenagers especially want to know what she's up to. demonstrations are a rarity in china and are generally frowned upon every street is patrolled by a neighborhood watch after half an hour she's asked to leave. at her next stop she's once again told to go elsewhere but only has grown used to it.

or she does that we need to. find. a missing street manager. you know or like and i am sure that into. our manager it is very hard to television she has convinced her parents to avoid single use plastics and to eat a vegetarian diet. or we has to take the fridge to make sure her parents are keeping their promise. it is song agreements. i wrote it's also my parents' promise to buy. the brothers. we must take. on really useable barracks or a country nurse and it will like find a home to run once for the past year and

a half to 17 year old has attended school only sporadically instead devoting more time to climate activism today she's visiting local farmers this man's field was completely flooded. in the last 3 decades floods have become much more frequent in china many people lose their life. like this farming family whose house was completely washed away he always is deeply concerned about their feet yeah i think. this responsibility for a car like this to. the people where they have already suffered this loss of all the public life but most people in china are not very interested in environmental issues or we holds regular film screenings on the topic we ask if she's ever gotten into trouble because of her activities my parents were caught by

the police like we were interrogated also like. my school currently they don't want me to continue to do some she adds that climate activists are targeted all over the world a statement possibly for her own protection she has to be careful to avoid criticizing her own government for climate activists in china it's a dangerous risk. that's if an obvious other stories on did other dot com fall slush show on facebook and twitter now the fukushima nuclear disaster in 27 forced many people from their homes and many still haven't for this fall my evacuees started planting sunflowers on abandoned farmland to bring color and life back to the countryside we leave you with those flaws in a full blown mirror back tomorrow at the same time and see that by.

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