Zohran Mamdani’s New York win shows socialist politics can be taken from college fantasy into real world. His campaign demonstrates that vibes and memes are now central to elections — even the ‘unglamorous’ work of canvassing buildings. In India, his welfare model would be seen as: “(M)amdani atthanni, kharcha rupaiya.”
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