Smart on Crime, by Kamala Harris: on Principles & Values


Grandfather served as high-level diplomat in India

Every two years we traveled to India, where my earliest memories are of walking along the beach where my grandfather and his friends, retired public servants who had spent their careers in the government, working to solve public problems. I would listen to them talk about politics, corruption, and reform. My grandfather would talk to me about the importance of doing the right thing, the just thing. He was part of the movement for India to gain independence, and later became Joint Secretary for the Indian government, a post akin to our Deputy Secretary of State. He had numerous foreign service assignments, including several years as an advisor to the newly independent government of Zambia in Africa. My grandmother was betrothed to him at age twelve and began living with him at sixteen, and she was quite a force in her own right. After they were married, she would sometimes take to the streets with a bullhorn to talk to poor women about how they could get birth control.
Source: Smart on Crime, by Kamala Harris, "Preface" Oct 7, 2009

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