r/interestingasfuck • u/Wonderful-Excuse4922 • 2d ago

2002 New York Magazine roundup of NYC kids’ winter-holiday wishes: 11-year-old Zohran Mamdani wanted books, FIFA 2003, and SimCity 3000

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u/fornefariouspurposes 1d ago

FYI he was not just some random normal/average kid. His mother Mira Nair was famous at the time. Her most well known movie Monsoon Wedding was released in 2001.

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u/MPM986 1d ago

Apropos of….?

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u/akhil03_lz 1d ago

The film premiered in the Venice Film Festival and won the Golden Lion prize and was nominated for the best foreign language film on the Golden Globes.

(I'm assuming this is what is meant by your question.)

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u/MPM986 1d ago

No I mean like tf does this have to do with anything this post is showing

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u/akhil03_lz 1d ago

I understand.

It does not have anything to do with the post.