What does a socialist like New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, rejoicing across seven seas, have in common with Gujarat-based Indian corporates like Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani? The second names, Mamdani, Ambani and Adani, hold the clue, and reveal a civilisational and trans-continental immigrational pattern.
On Wednesday, Mamdani won the NewYork City mayor polls after defeating former Governor Andrew Cuomo, setting him on course to become the city's first Muslim, first Indian-origin mayor, and youngest in over a century. His campaign centred on affordable housing, free public transit, rent freezes and other socialist economic pledges.
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