NEW YORK (The Thursday Times) — New York City ke mayor Zohran Mamdani ne itwar ko Diwali ke mauqe par aik do minute ki film jari ki, jis mein New York ke shehri aik dehleez ko rangoli aur gainde ke phoolon se sajate aur shaam dhalte hi matti ke diyon ki qataarein roshan karte nazar aate hain.
Video jari karte hue mayor ne apne sarkari account par likha: “New York City, aap sab ko Diwali bohat bohat mubarak ho.”
Film mein kya dikhaya gaya: is mein koi bayan nahin, sirf mausiqi hai. Aaghaz gulabi saree mein malboos aik khatoon se hota hai jo mom battiyon aur chalk ke naqsh-o-nigar se saji eenton ki seerhiyon par gainde ke phool rakh rahi hain. Haath aik bari rangoli mein peela aur narangi rang bharte hain jis ke beech mein aik safed shankh rakha hai, jabke sareeyon aur shalwar qameez mein malboos khawateen, pagriyon wale Sikh mard aur kurton mein naujawan us ke gird ghutnon ke bal baithe hain. Woh aik aik kar ke lambi battiyon se matti ke diye jalate hain yahan tak ke poora naqsh jagmaga uthta hai. Aakhri manzar mein yeh group mukammal rangoli ke peechhe haath jore khara hota hai aur film ke wahid alfaz kehta hai: “Happy Diwali, New York!”
35 sala Mamdani ne January mein New York ke pehle Musalman aur Junoobi Asiyai nazhad pehle mayor ke tor par ohda sambhala tha. Film saz Mira Nair aur maahir-e-taleem Mahmood Mamdani ke bete Mamdani shehar ki mukhtalif biradariyon ke tehwar manane ka khaas ehtimam karte hain, May mein Bronx mein Eid ki namaz se le kar is hafte Diwali tak. Pichhle maheene aik survey mein un ki maqbooliyat 69 feesad thi, aur is maheene ke aaghaz mein unhon ne Movember ke liye apni darhi mundwa di.
Pakistan mein Karachi se Tharparkar tak Hindu biradariyan pichhle kai dinon se diyon, mithaiyon aur taweel weekend ke saath tehwar ki tayyari kar rahi hain. Mamdani taweel arse se Pakistan mein ghair mamooli dilchaspi ka markaz rahe hain, jaisa ke hum ne Pakistan aur Zohran Mamdani ke darmiyan ajeeb qurbat mein jaiza liya tha.
