'Her grandfather left the village more than 70 years ago. None of her family is here. Nobody from her gothram is here. The people who knew her grandfather are long dead. I cannot understand why people keep coming here and asking us questions about her.'

After Kamala Harris became the second woman to lose a presidential election to Donald J. Trump, some women wondered if the glass ceiling would ever break.

Donald Trump spoke with Kamala Harris by telephone Wednesday and agreed with his White House rival on the need to unify the nation after their contentious campaign, the president-elect's team said.