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Dear NRI Hindus Of New York, ‘Hindus For Zohran’ Is Akin To Chicken For KFC

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The Commune
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In the grand theater of New York City politics, a deeply nauseating spectacle is unfolding. A segment of the city’s Non-Resident Indian (NRI) Hindu community, draped in the vestments of progressive chic, is falling over itself to endorse and campaign for Zohran Mamdani, a ‘democratic socialist’ running for mayor. This political simping is not just a misjudgment; it is a profound act of civilizational betrayal, a display of such staggering political naivete that it threatens to undermine the very community the belong to.

It is clear as crystal who Zohran Mamdani is. He is a politician who has built his brand on a platform that is openly hostile to the interests of law-abiding, tax-paying, small-business-owning Hindus. He champions the defunding of the police in a city where many Hindu-owned shops and temples have been victims of crime. He advocates for radical housing policies (read jizya) that would dismantle the property market, a key source of generational wealth for immigrant families. His entire ideology is a direct assault on your country of origin, your culture and the pluralistic value systems that you share.

He participated in a protest where slogans of “Hindus are bastards” were echoing. He demonized the construction of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. He branded one of the most significant spiritual moments for millions of Hindus a “fascist atrocity.” And who were his allies? Not progressive idealists, but Khalistani separatists! Nice company he keeps.

Yet, what is most galling is Mamdani’s recent, transparently cynical “temple run.” Suddenly, the candidate who has spent his career in the company of anti-capitalist agitators and who has been a vocal critic of the Indian government is now showing up at our places of worship, folding his hands in a show of faux reverence and saying he is “proud” of his Hindu and Indian roots? Really? That too he was found wearing his shoes within the temple premises.

Mamdani is just following the well-worn playbook of the left: patronize the Hindus for a photo-op while advancing policies that would cripple them.

This is a man who has publicly labeled India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, a “war criminal.”

This is not a policy disagreement; it is a vicious slander against the elected leader of the world’s largest democracy, a nation that is the homeland and spiritual center for every Hindu in that temple. To then welcome this same man with marigold garlands and seek his blessings is an act of such profound self-abasement it defies belief. It is the political equivalent of inviting a fox into the henhouse and then complimenting him on his manners.

The organizers of groups like “Hindus for Zohran” are not savvy political operators; some are useful idiots, while others are scheming opportunists working to undermine Hindu interests from within.

The likes of anti-India, anti-Hindu Sunita Vishwanath have also campaigned for Mamdani. In a video on Instagram, she wrote, “Im proud to be part of a group coming together as #HindusforZohran, especially because some of the attacks against Zohran are coming from hateful divisive forces in the Hindu community.”

They seem to be so desperate for a seat at the progressive table that they are willing to endorse a candidate whose allies routinely dismiss Hindu concerns and whose political movement often views our faith as an inconvenient appendage of “Brahminical patriarchy” or, worse, conflates it with the very nationalism they claim to oppose. They cheer for a man who stands with forces that have consistently undermined India’s standing on the global stage, all for a sliver of recognition from a political machine that sees them as pawns, not partners.

Hindus for Zohran is akin to Chicken for KFC. You get the drift?

This is not about political pragmatism; it is about a crippling cultural cringe. It is the belief that to be accepted in elite New York circles, one must disavow one’s heritage and embrace a politics of self-flagellation. They are so intoxicated by the promise of “representation” that they fail to see the candidate does not represent them; he represents the dismantling of everything their parents and grandparents built through sacrifice and sweat.

The true test of a community’s political maturity is not in how quickly it jumps on a trendy bandwagon, but in its ability to see through hollow symbolism and demand substance. The substance of Mamdani’s platform is a direct threat to their safety, their prosperity, and their cultural dignity.

To see our community’s aunties, uncles, and the next generation – the seniors are the very generation that endured immense hardship to build a future in the USA, being used as props in this cynical political theater is not just disappointing. It is disgusting. It is a betrayal of their struggle. The money raised at those glitzy “Hindus for Zohran” fundraisers in Brooklyn art galleries will be used to fund a political movement that, at its core, holds their values in contempt.

The banners flown by Hindu groups over the Hudson River, urging voters to reject Mamdani, were not an act of bigotry; they were an act of clarity. They understood the stakes. It is a tragedy that a vocal few, blinded by the glow of progressive validation, are so eager to sell out the rest. When Mamdani’s policies lead to more crime on the streets where our temples stand and more economic strain on our community, these “Hindus for Zohran” will have no one to blame but themselves for championing their own demise.

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