A goddess has been elected vice president of the U.S.A. Kamala Harris triumphed over vile racism and misogyny as she campaigned alongside presidential candidate Joe Biden. Her bravery and perseverance in the face of extreme asperity is nothing less than heroic.
Kamala means lotus in Hindi, the language of her Indian-born mother. The lotus is a sacred flower in Hinduism and Buddhism because it grows and blooms out of muddy, murky waters.
Kamala Harris is the perfect embodiment of the lotus. She emerged victorious after The U.S. - and indeed the entire world - endured four years of living in the muddy trenches of Trump's lies, ill will, and ignorance. And she survived a mud-slinging campaign with grace and dignity, attributes which have been seriously missing in the outgoing president. Kamala represents all women, race and religion notwithstanding. She is the daughter of a Black father and Asian mother and married to a Jew. She is Everywoman. Her perceived privilege of class is the result of being educated - a right which should be available to everyone.
What celestial committee consorted to elect this woman of divine proportions? The mere facts of her remarkable story are mythic. She is beautiful, brilliant, accomplished, and compassionate. Kamala moves me and makes me proud to be a woman.
For four years the world has been forced to watch a shit show in which Trump played the villain. Enter our heroine Kamala Harris, dea ex machina and the stuff of Trump's nightmares - an educated woman of colour in a position of power. Like the fierce Hindu goddess Kali, she is a destroyer of demons.
The lotus has risen to the top of the mud heap while the world breathes a collective sigh of relief. A new era is at hand. It won't be easy for her, but Kamala has proven that's she's got what it takes to surmount whatever challenges come her way. Her story is a reminder of that pithy maxim - No mud, no lotus.
