Hyderabad: As Donald Trump scripted a historic comeback to grow to be the forty seventh US President, celebrations erupted in Andhra Pradesh’s Vadluru village – the ancestral dwelling of Vice President-elect JD Vance’s spouse Usha Chilukuri Vance, who will grow to be the primary Indian-origin Second Woman.
Villagers in West Godavari burst crackers and distributed sweets after the Republican victory was confirmed. “A Telugu woman now has official entry to the White Home,” mentioned a Vadluru resident who spoke to native media.
The Chilukuris hail from Vadluru and Chilakaluripeta in Krishna district, recognized for his or her custom of Veda Avadhanis – students of Vedic literature and chanting. Many relations have held positions at prestigious establishments together with Andhra College and IIT Madras.
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“I’m joyful for my niece however I’ve nothing extra to say,” Dr Sharada Jandhyala, Usha’s paternal aunt in Chennai, advised HT.
A resident from Vadluru who spoke to a vernacular tv channel mentioned: “Whereas we’d be joyful even when Kamala Harris gained as a result of she is of Indian origin as properly, we’re particularly thrilled as a result of a Telugu woman has an official entry to the White Home now”.
Usha’s father and his two brothers went to the US to pursue greater research and have been there since. “Earlier than that, we had been in Chennai as little kids, we’ve stayed right here all alongside” Dr Sharada, advised HT earlier. Laborious work, intelligence, and grit are Usha’s attribute credentials that she is thought for in her household as a lot as her being a prime authorized skilled.
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Usha’s mother and father migrated to San Diego in 1980, the place she and her youthful sister Shreya had been born. Her father visited Vadluru about three years in the past.
“Usha isn’t just extremely educated and impartial, but in addition pleased with her Indian heritage,” mentioned Vijaya Oosuri of the Indo-American Affiliation and Bay Space Telugu Affiliation. “Her Telugu id holds particular significance for us.”
The information sparked celebrations throughout Telugu associations worldwide, with congratulatory messages flooding social media platforms.
Villagers expressed hope that the “America Ammayi” (American woman) would go to her ancestral village. Usha’s youthful sister Shreya works as a mechanical engineer at a semiconductor agency in San Diego.
