India, April 20 -- Zohran Kwame Mamdani is best known as the 112th mayor of New York City. Born on October 18, 1991, in Kampala, Uganda, he is the son of Indo-Ugandan academic Mahmood Mamdani and Indian filmmaker Mira Nair. Mamdani moved with his family to the Big Apple at the age of seven.

After pursuing careers as a housing counsellor and a rapper, Mamdani first entered city politics as a campaign manager before being elected to the New York State Assembly in 2020. In 2024, he announced running for mayor of New York City as a Democratic Socialist, and the following year, won the election to become New York City's first Muslim and first Asian American mayor.

At a time when multiple states are in their election season, and politics seem...