Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 10:14am on 09 Nov 2026,Monday International
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani celebrated Diwali with members of the Indian-American community and shared a festive video on social media on Sunday. The video shows people dressed in traditional Indian clothes decorating their surroundings with marigold flowers, creating colourful rangolis and lighting rows of diyas. Mamdani also joined the celebrations, with the group ending the video by wishing New Yorkers a happy Diwali. “Wishing you a very happy Diwali, New York City,” he wrote while sharing the video. The celebrations highlighted the city's cultural diversity and brought members of the community together for the festival.
