New York mayor-elect’s victory shows that a leader can neutralise the politics of hate while being unapologetic about his identity and stir the masses’ conscience by embodying the concept of unity in diversity

Among the many lessons India should learn from Zohran Mamdani’s rousingly successful campaign to become the new Mayor of New York City, perhaps the most significant is the strategy he adopted to neutralise the politics of hate. He chose to flaunt his religious identity even as it was vilified by his rivals. In his victory speech, Mamdani explained why he was seen as far from being the perfect candidate: “I am young… I am Muslim. I am a democratic socialist. And most damning of all, I refused to apologise for any of this.” Read More

In India, though, the opponents of Hindutva see

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