Mamdani seeking Nehru in a divided world
The overall vision of the NYC Mayor-elect forces us to reflect historically on the immigrant experience in the West and the status of minorities in the global south
Updated At : 07:01 AM Nov 18, 2025 IST
Insight: Mamdani's vision forces us to reflect historically on the immigrant experience in the West. Reuters
ZOHRAN Mamdani's election as Mayor of New York City (NYC) has evoked worldwide responses, ranging from idealistic expectations of radical reforms for "affordability" to fearmongering about his supposed "communist" and "jihadist" goals. To what extent he will be successful as the Mayor in fulfilling his mandate of economic fairness and social justice only time will tell. Central to his speech, however, was his evocation of the lives and identities of immigrants, mostly people from the Global South, in NYC and other American cities.
