
Yashica Dutt
Journalist at Freelance
Author, Coming out as Dalit, Alum @ColumbiaJourn, Founder https://t.co/KFXdqW5ENI, Amazon link: https://t.co/k15fGNmj3h
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1 week ago |
newlinesmag.com | Yashica Dutt
In an Instagram video recently posted from his official account, New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani appears on screen with his arms outstretched, leaning into an open embrace as he strikes what is familiar to Bollywood fans everywhere as the “SRK pose,” named after the industry’s biggest star, Shah Rukh Khan.
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1 week ago |
asianamericans.einnews.com | Yashica Dutt
Vypočujte si tento článok In an Instagram video recently posted from his official account, New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani appears on screen with his arms outstretched, leaning into an open embrace as he strikes what is familiar to Bollywood fans everywhere as the “SRK pose,” named after the industry’s biggest star, Shah Rukh Khan.
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1 month ago |
open.substack.com | Yashica Dutt
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1 month ago |
yashicadutt.substack.com | Yashica Dutt
As I have teased in my previous posts, I’m working on an extensive piece on the NYC Mayoral Election. While it’s a departure from keeping an exclusive focus on caste, this reporting is crucial because it sheds a spotlight on the often overlooked South Asian communities in New York City that are frequently depicted through erroneous and mythical ideas around caste, class, regional and religious identities perpetuated in mainstream media narratives.
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1 month ago |
yashicadutt.substack.com | Yashica Dutt
Dalits, a self-identified term for the formerly untouchable ‘lower’ caste people who are mainly from South Asia, have never been featured in our own stories. There are at least 356 million of us in India, and in United States we form a significant but mostly excluded minority of the Indian American population. Caste is still a glaring reality, both in South Asia and among our communities across the world, especially in the America. Yet it is deemed an elusive fiction from a very long time ago.
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There are many pieces justly pointing out the beauty of @bradlander's campaign -- but on election night I was at his watch party & the enthusiasm and euphoria in the room did not indicate that was a candidate that hadn't won the race. Read more in my original reporting below. https://t.co/5Zs2C6vuR2

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. Fresh reporting by @YashicaDutt for @newlinesmag. https://t.co/JmU6eMN1iz

He represents the kind of politics that’s been missing from the national scene for far too long. But despite the challenges from Democratic establishment which is yet to fully fall in line behind Zohran Mamdani, it seems like politics of hope are due for a comeback. Read more 👇🏽

"If there is one takeaway from this race, it is that Mamdani represents a new kind of politician. He has stayed rooted in his connection with working-class voters and has not compromised on his stance on Gaza..." https://t.co/FQ50ls3vRl

RT @Chrysographer: "If there is one takeaway from this race, it is that Mamdani represents a new kind of politician. He has stayed rooted i…