Yashica Dutt

This is SUCH a thoroughly reported story. Covers every aspect of the thing most reporters don't even know to write about.
Great job, @yashicadutt.bsky.social

Amba! High praise from you takes me back to 2016 when you were among the first big accounts to repost my Coming Out as Dalit essay! Thank you 🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽

What Zohran Mamdani’s Campaign Says About the Quiet Erasure of Caste in US Politics As temples become key sites for candidates’ visits, New York’s mayoral race has revealed broader tensions between Dalit advocates and the rising Hindu right

Despite Zohran Mamdani's coalition-building among South Asian New Yorkers, caste barely figured in the campaign. @yashicadutt.bsky.social spoke with Dalit canvassers and parsed his legislative record on an issue that animates both supporters and his critics on the Hindu right.

I’m extremely proud of this piece — an immigrant South Asian mayor’s campaign reported and written by an immigrant South Asian journalist 🫶🏽✨🌹

Read for everything you need to know about how Zohran Mamdani won this historic election 🗳️

How Zohran Mamdani Made History The election of New York City’s first Muslim and first South Asian mayor was built on record voter engagement, progressive promises — and a new idea of who could lead the city

Zohran Mamdani’s historic election as New York’s first Muslim and South Asian mayor has energized the city and could reshape progressive politics across America, writes @YashicaDutt.bsky.social for @newlinesmag.bsky.social in New York.

How Zohran Mamdani Made History The election of New York City’s first Muslim and first South Asian mayor was built on record voter engagement, progressive promises — and a new idea of who could lead the city

“Even though Mamdani is yet to take office (which will happen in January), his campaign seems to have already transformed the city’s political establishment.”

@YashicaDutt.bsky.social explores the reasons for Mamdani’s victory, for @newlinesmag.bsky.social

What Zohran Mamdani’s Campaign Says About the Quiet Erasure of Caste in US Politics As temples become key sites for candidates’ visits, New York’s mayoral race has revealed broader tensions between Dalit advocates and the rising Hindu right

From the excellent Yashica Dutt:

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What Zohran Mamdani’s Campaign Says About the Quiet Erasure of Caste in US Politics As temples become key sites for candidates’ visits, New York’s mayoral race has revealed broader tensions between Dalit advocates and the rising Hindu right

“The question of caste would ordinarily not come up in a local election in the United States.” As Hindu temples become key campaigning sites, @YashicaDutt.bsky.social covers tensions between Dalit advocates and the influential Hindu right in the U.S.

What Zohran Mamdani’s Campaign Says About the Quiet Erasure of Caste in US Politics As temples become key sites for candidates’ visits, New York’s mayoral race has revealed broader tensions between Dalit advocates and the rising Hindu right

“The question of caste would ordinarily not come up in a local election in the United States.” As Hindu temples become campaigning sites in New York, @YashicaDutt.bsky.social covers tensions between Dalit advocates and the influential Hindu right in the U.S.

How Zohran Mamdani Made History The election of New York City’s first Muslim and first South Asian mayor was built on record voter engagement, progressive promises — and a new idea of who could lead the city

NEW: Zohran Mamdani’s historic election as New York’s first Muslim and South Asian mayor has energized the city and could reshape progressive politics across America, writes @yashicadutt.bsky.social for @newlinesmag.bsky.social in New York.

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How Zohran Mamdani Made History The election of New York City’s first Muslim and first South Asian mayor was built on record voter engagement, progressive promises — and a new idea of who could lead the city

Zohran Mamdani has made history—in multiple ways—with his momentous victory. He has energized NYC & inspired young voters, but what might his juggernaut mean on a national level? @yashicadutt.bsky.social takes a look in this fabulous @newlinesmag.bsky.social piece.

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This piece is a culmination of sorts of over six months of reporting I did on this campaign ✨✨✨ so grateful to have collaborated with @newlinesmag.bsky.social so often to bring the sharpest South Asian perspectives on this race. Please read and share! (I finished filing it at 4.30 am today!) 😭

Inside the Battle To Win New York City’s Growing Hindu Bloc Since the mayoral primary, candidates have been visiting temples across the city and attending religious events, highlighting the community’s rising political influence

“Resistance to Mamdani’s agenda (and, in the case of some Hindu groups, to his identity as a Muslim person of Indian heritage) has created space for other candidates to align themselves with his opponents,” writes @YashicaDutt.bsky.social for @newlinesmag.bsky.social

Inside the Battle To Win New York City’s Growing Hindu Bloc Since the mayoral primary, candidates have been visiting temples across the city and attending religious events, highlighting the community’s rising political influence

NEW: Zohran Mamdani, a Muslim politician of Indian origin, faced attacks from right-wing Hindu groups during New York City’s mayoral primary. His rise has now pushed his rivals to court Hindu voters, writes @yashicadutt.bsky.social for @newlinesmag.bsky.social

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Inside the Battle To Win New York City’s Growing Hindu Bloc Since the mayoral primary, candidates have been visiting temples across the city and attending religious events, highlighting the community’s rising political influence

“Resistance to Mamdani’s agenda (and, in the case of some Hindu groups, to his identity as a Muslim person of Indian heritage) has created space for other candidates to align themselves with his opponents,” writes @YashicaDutt.bsky.social for @newlinesmag.bsky.social

Inside the Battle To Win New York City’s Growing Hindu Bloc Since the mayoral primary, candidates have been visiting temples across the city and attending religious events, highlighting the community’s rising political influence

“… right-wing Hindu groups attacked Zohran Mamdani, a Muslim of Indian origin, as “anti-Hindu.” Despite their mobilization for his opponent…, Mamdani won decisively. Now he faces renewed resistance as rivals court Hindu voters — an increasingly powerful political bloc.”

@yashicadutt.bsky.social

Inside the Battle To Win New York City’s Growing Hindu Bloc Since the mayoral primary, candidates have been visiting temples across the city and attending religious events, highlighting the community’s rising political influence

“Resistance to Mamdani’s agenda (and, in the case of some Hindu groups, to his identity as a Muslim person of Indian heritage) has created space for other candidates to align themselves with his opponents,” writes @YashicaDutt.bsky.social for @newlinesmag.bsky.social

Happy to see the big NYT piece about South Asian voters for Zohran

Hopefully this will make other editors out there more receptive of the same reporting I’ve been doing for months

Shoutout to @surbhigupta.bsky.social @dannypostel.bsky.social for recognizing this story before ANY OTHER pub.

Zohran Mamdani’s Stunning Upset Redefines New York Politics A grassroots movement and timely endorsements propelled the young politician’s historic win, signaling a new era for progressives in the Big Apple and beyond

Zohran Mamdani's victory in the Democratic mayoral primary has stunned New York and American politics, writes @yashicadutt.bsky.social for @newlinesmag.bsky.social.

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Here's an account of my reporting on this campaign and how it all came together.

Extremely proud of this piece. Even though it was published before the election, the reporting in here has taken new meaning since Zohran's win in the Mayoral Primary. Glad to see it get more eyeballs.

The South Asian Vote May Be Split for Zohran Mamdani in New York City Son of a prominent filmmaker and academic, the mayoral hopeful is gaining traction in progressive circles, but support for him is not unanimous within South Asian communities

Zohran Mamdani has support from South Asian groups in his NYC mayoral run, but the community is split. Some back his progressive platform, others don't and many remain unaware of his campaign, writes @YashicaDutt.bsky.social for @newlinesmag.bsky.social

Zohran Mamdani’s Stunning Upset Redefines New York Politics A grassroots movement and timely endorsements propelled the young politician’s historic win, signaling a new era for progressives in the Big Apple and beyond

NEW: Defying the poll leads of rival Andrew Cuomo, Zohran Mamdani clinched victory in the Democratic mayoral primary just 90 minutes after voting closed, stunning New York and American politics, writes @yashicadutt.bsky.social for @newlinesmag.bsky.social.

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I reported on this piece for months and traveled to South Asian neighborhoods (and Staten Island) to find out what desi voters are feeling around this election and about the possibility of electing the first South-Asian origin Mayor of New York @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social

The South Asian Vote May Be Split for Zohran Mamdani in New York City Son of a prominent filmmaker and academic, the mayoral hopeful is gaining traction in progressive circles, but support for him is not unanimous within South Asian communities

Zohran Mamdani has support from South Asian groups, but the community is split: some back his progressive platform, others worry about rent freezes—and many remain unaware of his campaign.

Textured reporting by @yashicadutt.bsky.social for @newlinesmag.bsky.social ⤵️

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I had the chance to go into the heart of desi communities in NYC & report on how local politics is shaped across caste, class & national lines. We're not a monolith & don't vote like one.

If you want to know how
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social campaign is doing among South Asians in NYC read👇🏽

The South Asian Vote May Be Split for Zohran Mamdani in New York City Son of a prominent filmmaker and academic, the mayoral hopeful is gaining traction in progressive circles, but support for him is not unanimous within South Asian communities

NEW: Zohran Mamdani has support from South Asian groups in his NYC mayoral run, but the community is split. Some back his progressive platform, others worry about rent freezes and many remain unaware of his campaign, writes Yashica Dutt for @newlinesmag.bsky.social.

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Never related to SATC until today when folks started stripping floors in the apartment right above us and I immediately understood why Carrie needed to run from Aidan to a hotel lobby and have an affair with Big

Inside Cuomo’s State-Funded Legal War Against the Women Who Accused Him of Sexual Harassment A review by THE CITY of thousands of pages of court documents paints the most complete picture of how intensely he is battling the women who stepped forward.

NEW: A review by THE CITY of thousands of pages of court documents paints the most complete picture of how intensely he is battling the women who stepped forward.

www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/02/c...

The Summer of George Floyd's Murder and The Season of Anti-Caste Politics in the United States An in-depth essay of where we stand five years since the 'moment of racial reckoning'

Just dropped a new essay on Substack about the promise of the anti-caste movement in the US, and where we are now.

This is something I've been thinking about for months, & there is no better time to examine it than five year mark since George Floyd's murder.

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