The Israel-Palestine question appeared to be the one area where he apparently refused to soften his views. And that refusal is now colliding with the realities of governing.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
I am sympathetic to you Debdutta. I know you describe yourself as a fan-girl of Mamdani and you have cheered him on ever since he announced his candidature for NYC mayoral race.
I too was such a supporter of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) when it started out initially. Don’t you see the similarities between the first days of AAP/Kejriwal/Yogendra and the Mamdani brigade?
We all know how the AAP story played out – right now, it’s just another political party. The same will happen to Mamdani too.
But I do wish to caution about one thing. Just like AAP played with fire by courting Khalistanis in Punjab, Mamdani too courted Islamist radicals during his campaign. He played to the gallery and got in bed with all kinds of hardline and radical elements – the most ‘reprehensible’ lot. And it will come back to bite him.
Your sympathy for the Palestinians is well founded. But your description of Israeli military action as ‘genocide’ is grossly misplaced. Israel never ever committed any kind of genocide in Gaza (or even elsewhere). Look around the middle-east and you will observe that Israel is the only liberal democracy – a place where LGBTQIA+ and others of every kind and belief systems are free to do as they please. There is no point in vilifying Israel and making a devil out of it.
Mamdani is from the privileged class – what does he know of suffering and deprivation? He did whatever he needed to do to win the votes.
I am sympathetic to you Debdutta. I know you describe yourself as a fan-girl of Mamdani and you have cheered him on ever since he announced his candidature for NYC mayoral race.
I too was such a supporter of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) when it started out initially. Don’t you see the similarities between the first days of AAP/Kejriwal/Yogendra and the Mamdani brigade?
We all know how the AAP story played out – right now, it’s just another political party. The same will happen to Mamdani too.
But I do wish to caution about one thing. Just like AAP played with fire by courting Khalistanis in Punjab, Mamdani too courted Islamist radicals during his campaign. He played to the gallery and got in bed with all kinds of hardline and radical elements – the most ‘reprehensible’ lot. And it will come back to bite him.
Your sympathy for the Palestinians is well founded. But your description of Israeli military action as ‘genocide’ is grossly misplaced. Israel never ever committed any kind of genocide in Gaza (or even elsewhere). Look around the middle-east and you will observe that Israel is the only liberal democracy – a place where LGBTQIA+ and others of every kind and belief systems are free to do as they please. There is no point in vilifying Israel and making a devil out of it.
Mamdani is from the privileged class – what does he know of suffering and deprivation? He did whatever he needed to do to win the votes.