Mamdani represents a different era — one less interested in fitting in, and more in standing firm. Obama deflected when his middle name became a slur in the mouths of opponents. Mamdani pronounces his own name slowly until others get it right. Obama avoided being read through a Muslim lens. Mamdani says being Muslim, African-born, and South Asian is the story — not a liability.
Mamdani’s performance becomes even more striking when the kind of coalition he built in the world’s most multicultural and multilingual city is brought into consideration. Early analysis shows that apart from South Asian American voters, including Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Afghan, Sri Lankan and Nepalese, he also won over White, Black and Latino voters in excess of expectations. He did particularly well in the demographic below 45 years in age
With barely five days to go for New York’s mayoral election, it is remarkable that whether or not its Indian American candidate, 34-year-old Zohran Mamdani, wins has become a sort of a litmus test for the Democratic Party
Trinidad and Tobago’s Republican Constitution guarantees freedom of religion and the right to worship. This freedom must never be surrendered to any authority or circumstance. The celebration of Diwali, deeply rooted in the history of East Indian indentured laborers who arrived 187 years ago from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, remains a testament to their enduring faith and contribution to our society.
Pakistan’s former Chief Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani on Thursday addressed a conference in at Israel’s Hebrew University of Jerusalem where he recalled his confrontational days of the judiciary with former military dictator General Pervez Musharraf
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday unanimously approved the nomination of Eric Garcetti to be the US ambassador to India and Donald Armin Blome to be the US envoy to Pakistan, positions that have been vacant for quite some time
US President Joe Biden's nominee as top official dealing with sanctions has clearly hinted that India, a “vital ally” against China, may be spared sanctions for buying the S400 Triumf anti-missile defence system from Russia
The Bangladesh government has roped in several lobbying groups and activated them to present the country’s case with top US politicians, influence groups, civil rights groups, and media
New York Police Department's (NYPD) Hate Crimes Unit has joined the investigation into the attack on a Sikh taxi driver at the city's main airports following a call for action by India's Consulate here
The 15th edition of the annual Global Healthcare Summit organized by the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) concluded in Hyderabad with a commitment to continue efforts towards improving preventive care in India, and to collaborate with the federal, state and local governments, healthcare and technological industries, as well as with several not for profit organizations, to help India make health delivery accessible, affordable and efficient
With internal wrangling in the Senate over nominations abating, the appointment of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti as the envoy to India could finally get moving nearly six months after President Joe Biden nominated him even as New Delhi has gone for almost a year without an ambassadorial US representation
When his appointment to the United Kingdom’s House of Lords was announced in 1998, it was hailed as a historic moment in two countries: the UK and Pakistan. Lord Ahmed Nazir, a Pakistani-origin politician, became the UK’s first Muslim to be appointed as a peer
Indian Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu praised Indian origin medical professionals for “making their mark in every corner of the world” and being the “personification of our nation’s civilizational value of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam (world is one family).”
Gayani Senevirathne, a young Sri Lankan-born scientist, is gaining prominence in the scientific community in the United States for her recent research finding answers to a human abnormality
The last group of Afghan refugees temporarily housed at the US Marine base at Quantico, Virginia has been dispersed to settle more permanently elsewhere in the United States, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said on Thursday
The arc of history sometimes bends in unexpected ways as seen in the Portuguese leadership 60 years after the liberation of Goa from Portuguese rule. Portugal is now led by people of Indian descent with family ties to the former colony - Prime Minister António Luís Santos da Costa, Finance Minister Joao Leao and Planning Minister Nelson de Sousa.
Prof Chennupati Jagadish, a nanotechnology pioneer and physics researcher at the Australian National University (ANU) whose early years in India were spent studying before a kerosene lamp, has been named as the next president of the Australian Academy of Science (AAS), the country’s premier science body
At least 66 identified Indian-origin terrorists were operating abroad with the global terrorist organisation Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), which has sprouted new branches in Pakistan and India and also marked its presence in Bangladesh and the Maldives through affiliates, according to the US State Department
After making their mark as corporate heads in the United States, Indian-origin CEOs are now moving on to Europe
