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Bollywood hails Zohran Mamdani's historic win as NYC Mayor
Hindustan Times Jaipur
|November 06, 2025
At 34, Zohran Mamdani, son of Indian-American filmmaker Mira Nair and Ugandan scholar Mahmood Mamdani, has become New York's youngest, first Muslim, and first person of South Asian descent Mayor.
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A GLOBAL DESI MOMENT
In his victory speech, Zohran quoted India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru’s Independence speech, Tryst with Destiny: “A moment comes, but rarely in history.” As he concluded his own speech, Dhoom Machale (Dhoom, 2004) played in the background, a clip of which went viral on social media.
BOLLYWOOD'S SHOUT OUT
This story is from the November 06, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Jaipur.
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