New Delhi, Nov. 5 -- Zohran Mamdani was 13 when the song 'Dhoom Machale' composed by Pritam, sung by Sunidhi Chauhan and written by Sameer for the Bollywood movie 'Dhoom' was released in 2004. Twenty-one years later it became his victory song on Tuesday night after he notched up an improbable electoral triumph and will be New York's first mayor of Indian and South Asian descent.

The song begins with "Ishq Ishq Karna Hai Kar Le, Ishq Ishq Mein Jeele Marle, Ishq Ishq Hai Sab Se Pyara' (Fall in love if you want, Live and die in love, Love is the loveliest.) Of course, the hook phrase of the song 'Dhoom Machale' means "Make a splash" or "Raise the roof".

Considering that in just one year the 34-year-old Mamdani, son of Mumbai-born parents w...