Hyderabad, Nov. 11 -- Curtis Sliwa says, Mamdani's victory symbolises change and overcame a $22 million effort by 26 billionaires to block his path to becoming New York City's Mayor, inspiring hope in the power of democracy.

Zohran Mamdani's recent record-breaking achievement in New York as its Mayor is astonishing. Elected as the first Muslim South-Asian Mayor, he represents a unique mix of identities. Born in Africa with South Asian heritage and a practitioner of Shia Islam, he is also the son of renowned filmmaker Mira Nair.

Since his election, he has received considerable media attention. "A moment comes but rarely in history when we step from the old into the new," Mamdani told a cheering crowd in New York, quoting India's first Pr...