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Hindustan Times
22 minutes ago
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
Randeep Hooda buys an apartment worth ₹5.63 crore in Mumbai's Andheri West
Randeep Hooda has purchased an apartment in Mumbai's Versova area in Andheri West for ₹ 5.63 crore, according to property registration documents reviewed by Square Yards. Mumbai real estate update: Randeep Hooda has purchased an apartment in Mumbai's Versova area in Andheri West for ₹ 5.63 crore, according to property registration documents.(HT Files) The documents show that the apartment was purchased in a building named Bianca CHS, which has a built-up area of 1,530 sq ft and is on the 8th floor. Documents show that the transaction was registered on June 10, 2025, and a stamp duty of ₹ 33.78 lakh and registration fee of ₹ 30,000 were paid. The apartment was purchased from Esha Chandra. Chandra and Hooda could not be reached for a comment. According to SquareYards, Andheri West is strategically positioned between Mumbai's prominent business districts and entertainment zones. Over the years, it has evolved into a dynamic commercial and residential destination, featuring modern office complexes, co-working spaces, upscale retail outlets, entertainment centres, and premium residential developments. Randeep Hooda is an Indian actor who made his film debut with Mira Nair's critically acclaimed Monsoon Wedding (2001). He gained recognition with the gangster film Once Upon a Time in Mumbai (2010). He has since appeared in notable films such as Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster (2011), Jannat 2 (2012), Highway (2014), Sarbjit (2016), and blockbuster hits like Kick (2014) and Sultan (2016). He also ventured into Hollywood with the film Extraction (2020) and starred in the TV series CAT (2022). Recent transactions in Andheri West At least three notable real estate transactions involving public figures were registered in Andheri West over the past month. Actor Jaideep Ahlawat purchased two apartments for ₹ 20 crore, while Indian cricketer Shivam Dube bought an apartment for ₹ 27 crore in the same building that houses comedian Kapil Sharma and singer Mika Singh.
Daily Maverick
a day ago
- Politics
- Daily Maverick
Meet New York City's likely next mayor — a former SA schoolboy
New York City's probable next mayor will be the first in history to have attended St George's Grammar School in Cape Town, an Anglican school in Mowbray. He is being hailed as the potential saviour of left-wing politics in the US — and he spent some of his formative years in Cape Town's southern suburbs. Zohran Mamdani (33), who on Tuesday won the race for the Democratic nomination as the mayor of New York City in an extraordinary upset over establishment politicians, was raised in Uganda and South Africa before his parents moved to the US. Mamdani's father is well-known Ugandan academic Mahmood Mamdani, who arrived at the University of Cape Town shortly after the transition to democracy and tried to spearhead a process of academic decolonisation that was so intensely resisted by the UCT old guard that the episode is known to this day in academic circles as the 'Mamdani Affair'. His mother is the director Mira Nair, renowned for films including Monsoon Wedding and Mississippi Masala. At the age of five, Zohran was enrolled at the co-ed St George's Grammar School in Little Mowbray, Cape Town. 'We can place Zohran Kwame Mamdani at St George's Grammar School during the years 1996, 1997 and 1998, corresponding to Sub A, Sub B and potentially Standard 1 as the grades were known then,' St George's Grammar head Julian Cameron told Daily Maverick on Wednesday. 'We wish Mr Mamdani well in the contest to be mayor. In terms of thoughts from the school around his potential new role, our school motto is ' Virtute et Valore ', which we translate to 'The courage to do what is right'. I hope that through his brief time at St George's he was able to internalise this way of being in the world and that he will be steadfast in working for what is right and just for the citizens of New York City.' Mamdani v Cuomo The New York City mayoral election takes place in November. What Mamdani has won is the nod to be the Democratic candidate in an overwhelmingly Democrat-supporting city. Betting website Polymarket is now giving him 73.6% odds of taking the mayoral chain — meaning that bar an all-out dirty tricks campaign against Mamdani, which is possible given the stakes, he is all but guaranteed to be New York City's next mayor. If elected, Mamdani would become the first Muslim and first millennial mayor in New York City's history. Some have also pointed out that, appropriately enough for a millennial, he would also be the first mayor to have met his wife on the dating app Hinge. The nature of Mamdani's upset cannot be overstated. He was running against 10 other candidates, of whom the clear frontrunner was Democratic household name Andrew Cuomo, who, despite having to resign as governor of New York in 2021 following a flood of sexual harassment accusations, was initially expected to stroll to victory. Cuomo is a centrist of the kind the Democratic Party has increasingly favoured, and his campaign was rolling in money: almost $24-million, much of it from corporations. Mamdani's funding vehicle, The New York Times reported in June, had 1/50th of the funds. Why were businesspeople so keen to pour money into Cuomo's campaign? Because of the 'dangerous', 'radical' nature of Mamdani's promises to the electorate. A proud socialist in a country where that is a dirty word, Mamdani pledged to freeze rent, provide free buses, and raise taxes on corporations and the rich. Mamdani had to fight Islamophobic smears Initial polls earlier this year predicted Mamdani taking just 1% of the vote, but he ran an astonishing campaign: joyful, hopeful, inclusive and authentic. The good-looking and charismatic former councilman was able to harness popular support in a manner that saw a startling 50,000 volunteers ultimately sign up to canvass door-to-door for him. He tirelessly criss-crossed the city for weeks on end, recording campaign ads in Urdu and leafleting Orthodox Jewish neighbourhoods in Hebrew. On the final Friday before the election, Mamdani walked the entire length of Manhattan to talk to ordinary New Yorkers. He also broke new ground in forging partnerships with his rivals, producing a campaign ad in collaboration with New York City Comptroller Brad Lander — also running for the mayoral nomination — which encouraged each other's supporters to vote for both Lander and Mamdani, possible in terms of the ranked choice voting system. Analysts are quick to note that New York City's politics are not representative of the wider country — but Mamdani's success has nonetheless exploded a number of shibboleths of US politics. One was that it was practically impossible to get elected without expressing support for Israel, and perhaps particularly in New York City, which is the world city home to the highest number of Jewish people outside Tel Aviv. Mamdani is openly in favour of Palestinian freedom and campaigned accordingly. This, together with his Muslim faith, inevitably became the central controversy of his candidacy, particularly when he was invited to condemn the phrase 'globalise the intifada' during a recent podcast interview, and declined to do so. As election day approached, attempts to smear Mamdani as 'anti-Semitic' picked up pace — but the charge was outlandish. Mamdani was campaigning alongside Lander, who is New York City's most highly ranked Jewish official; his record as a councilman revealed that he had fought to preserve a synagogue; and he affirmed Israel's right to exist and repeatedly spoke out against anti-Semitism. One of the groups that campaigned door-to-door for him was called 'Jews for Zohran'. Still, throughout his campaign he was consistently grilled about Israel in a way that was disproportionate to the other candidates and criticised for his responses. Cuomo's campaign was accused of growing Islamophobia in its handling of Mamdani, reaching a peak when it produced campaigning materials to smear Mamdani in which Mamdani's beard had been artificially lengthened and darkened to liken his resemblance to a mullah. These scare tactics didn't work. And astonishingly, Mamdani ended up winning several thousand votes in New York City's Orthodox Jewish neighbourhoods. Ordinary voters sick of establishment politics The second shibboleth Mamdani exploded was that you have to have the support of the US establishment to win elections. Mamdani was never endorsed by any of the Democratic Party's top brass. He was also subjected to unrelenting attacks by the city's most read tabloid, the New York Post, and The New York Times ran an editorial in mid-June advising New Yorkers not to vote for Mamdani on the grounds of his lack of experience and alleged want of 'political savvy' — a highly questionable charge given his astoundingly successful campaign. To Gen Zs, in particular, this was greeted as laughable evidence of how out of touch legacy media is with the desires and aspirations of ordinary people. The editorial may, in fact, have ended up helping Mamdani among voters sick of the political establishment — as may the last-minute endorsement of Cuomo by former president Bill Clinton. The fact that one of former president Barack Obama's top aides went on record to express his conviction that Mamdani's economic policies would bankrupt New York City was also taken gleefully by his supporters as evidence that the elites were quaking in their boots. Once the results of the vote were declared on Tuesday, there was no containing social media. Maga-ites warned of sharia law coming to Manhattan; one account advised every Jew in New York City to leave immediately. 'Why would we, when we've literally been canvassing for him,' responded an X user. Mamdani fans, meanwhile, mischievously played on the paranoia of his opponents. 'Tonight, we celebrate,' posted one. 'Tomorrow: the JIHAD.' DM
Time of India
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
New York City Mayoral race: Zohran Mamdani wins Democratic primary; NYC to get first Muslim Mayor?
In a stunning victory, Indian-American lawmaker Zohran Kwame Mamdani defeated former governor Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary race for New York City mayor. Mamdani, son of renowned Indian filmmaker Mira Nair and Mahmood Mamdani, a Ugandan author of Indian ancestry, was declared victorious in the Democratic mayoral primary Tuesday night. 'In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it's done. My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it. I am honoured to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City,' Mamdani said in a post on X. Mamdani was born in Kampla, Uganda, on October 18, 1991, and raised in New York City. He moved to New York with his parents when he was seven. His mother Mira Nair has won applause for films like 'Monsoon Wedding' and 'Salaam Bombay!'. Mamdani, a state assemblyman from Queens and a democratic socialist running for Mayor, is married to Brooklyn- based Syrian-born artist Rama Duwaji. Show more Show less
Time of India
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Zohran Mamdani wins NYC Mayor Democrat primary: How is he related to Mira Nair?
'Tis the time of turntables! In a stunning historic and political upset, 33‑year‑old Zohran Kwame Mamdani has emerged as the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor. On June 24, he led the first round of ranked‑choice voting with roughly 44%, outpacing former Governor Andrew Cuomo at nearly 36%. Cuomo decided to concede, saying, 'Tonight is his night,' with Brad Lander possibly ending in the third position. However, the final ranked‑choice tallies will be confirmed on July 1. M amdani's breakthrough isn't just a personal victory; it signals a seismic shift in city politics – a movement shaped by democratic socialist values, and energized by a progressive, youthful electorate demanding bold solutions. Carrying the legacy forward: Although Mamdani's win is historic and holds a certain amount of political shift, his meteoric rise isn't entirely unforeseen or overnight. Because, amid the political fireworks, lay a story of cultural depth: Zohran Mamdani is the son of acclaimed filmmaker Mira Nair and renowned academic Mahmood Mamdani. M by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Trending in in 2025: Local network access control [Click Here] Esseps Learn More Undo amdani, born in 1991 in Kampala, Uganda, moved with his family to South Africa and then to New York City by age seven. Nair, celebrated for Salaam Bombay!, Monsoon Wedding, and The Namesake, reportedly met his second husband, academic Mahmood Mamdani, in Uganda during the filming of Mississippi Masala; they married in 1991 – the same year Zohran was born. Quite expectedly, Zohran's upbringing was steeped in intellectual rigor and cultural exchange. In fact, in a delightfully impactful collaboration, Nair herself became a living campaign surrogate, canvassing for her son – consistently, but subtly. Nair's presence added human texture to a campaign already layered with cultural richness. However, she rarely introduced herself and put forth her own weightage of achievements and accolades. Being true to her spirit, Nair rather let Zohran's message and accomplishments speak first, and then disclosed her identity: 'I'm his mother. ' That authenticity – free from the chaotic shackles of nepotism – has not been telling, but far more grounding. Zohran stood on his own merits while honoring a rich family legacy of narrative, empathy, and social consciousness. The path, the policies Zohran's ascent is more than another political story – it's a continuation of Nair's artistic mission, reframed in policy and public service. Her films gave voice to global strivers and diasporic communities; his campaign brings those narratives to living room debates and city council chambers. The result isn't inherited fame, but an inherited ethos – a commitment to narrative, empathy, and systemic change. Mamdani's campaign unfolded with millennial vigor: viral social‑media content, over 20,000 volunteers canvassing across the boroughs, and progressive pledges – rent freezes, free bus rides, city‑owned grocery stores – that not only resonated deeply with working‑class New Yorkers but also paid homage to his socialist upbringing. As the first‑round results rolled in – with early voters overwhelmingly backing him – his message proved potent. And it is not an overstatement to say that Mamdani's achievement is set to be a remarkable first: New York's mayor would become the first Muslim, first South Asian, and first DSA‑affiliated leader of the city. Mira Nair's politician-rapper son Zohran Mamdani wins seat in New York State Assembly One step to a healthier you—join Times Health+ Yoga and feel the change
Time of India
2 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Who is Indian-origin Zohran Mamdani? Meet Mira Nayar's son and New York's mayor-in-waiting
Who is Indian-origin Zohran Mamdani? Meet Mira Nayar's son and New York's mayor-in-waiting A 33-year-old democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani, secured the Democratic nomination and the mayoralty of New York City on Tuesday night, defeating former governor Andrew Cuomo in a closely watched ranked-choice primary. With 89% of precincts reporting in the hour after polls closed at 9 pm on Tuesday (local time) , 44% ranked Mamdani as their first choice while 36% chose Cuomo first, and 11% city Comptroller Brad Lander. Andrew Cuomo conceded to him Tuesday night following the first round of ranked-choice primary votes. Born to Indian-origin parents, Mamdani's early life Born on October 18, 1991, in Kampala, Uganda, to Indian-origin parents Mira Nair, an acclaimed Indian‑American filmmaker known for her works such as 'Salaam Bombay!' and 'Monsoon Wedding', and his father, Mahmood Mamdani, an Indian‑born Ugandan academician. He spent ehis arly childhood years in Cape Town, attending St George's Grammar School, before moving to New York at age seven. He later graduated from Bank Street School of Children and the Bronx High School of Science, earning a bachelor's degree in Africana Studies from Bowdoin College in 2014. During his college years, Mamdani co-founded Students for Justice in Palestine. He volunteered for Khader El-Yateem's 2017 City Council bid, managed Ross Barkan's State Senate campaign, and organised for Tiffany Caban's Queens District Attorney run. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Tablet Android Pro 14, 16 GB + 1 TB lovetise Shop Now Undo His platform and identity attracted large numbers of younger, left-leaning voters, positioning him against Cuomo's moderate support base. Mamdani, a practising Shia Muslim, married Syrian artist Rama Duwaji earlier this year. Duwaji's illustrations have appeared in The New Yorker and The Washington Post. In 2019, Mamdani won a seat in the New York State Assembly from the 36th District, covering Astoria and Long Island City. His tenure there focused on housing, transit affordability, and immigrant rights, laying the groundwork for his citywide run.
