NEW DELHI/NEW YORK — When U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris rose to the top of the Democratic Party, it energized South Asian Americans who raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for her campaign and inspired author Salman Rushdie to support the first Indian-Americans and blacks. a woman to be nominated for president by a major political party.
But Harris faces challenges in recruiting Indian Americans to his cause. Many in the diaspora are gravitating toward his rival, Donald Trump, for reasons ranging from Republican support for tax cuts and small businesses to Trump's ties to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.