By Namrata Roy and Soham Mukherjee

Rama Duwaji may be one of the most intriguing modern political wives precisely because she refuses to perform politics.

Even as Democratic Socialist leader and recently elected New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani hogged the pop culture spotlight, with his rap video campaigns, up-to-date Gen Z lingo and a recent White House visit, Duwaji has remained conspicuous by her absence from every ceremonial frame.

Duwaji, an animator, illustrator and ceramist by profession, has her Instagram page carefully curated with art and activism, and has steadfastly remained Rama Duwaji the artist and not the ostensible Gen Z First Lady, with no hint that she is married to the New York Mayor.

If Duwaji’s absence looks jarring, French President Emmanuel Macron’s wife, Br

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