"As an Indian American myself, I recognize the strategy here: this isn’t just political disagreement. It’s an effort to mark someone as foreign, out of place, and less American,” wrote New York based Kaivan Shroff in his weekly Substack newsletter that features his views on politics and culture. He was irked that Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City was being targeted by US President Donald Trump and members of his Republican party "in a coordinated effort to paint him as extreme, dangerous and un-American,” because of his Muslim lineage and leftist positions.
Kaivan Shroff: reaching......