{"id":62063,"date":"2026-11-07T20:12:52","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T20:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/07\/nithya-raman-the-urban-planner\/"},"modified":"2026-11-07T20:12:52","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T20:12:52","slug":"nithya-raman-the-urban-planner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/07\/nithya-raman-the-urban-planner\/","title":{"rendered":"Nithya Raman | The urban planner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"picture verticle\"><picture><!--[if IE 9]><video style=\"display: none;\"><![endif]--><source media=\"(min-width: 1600px)\" sizes=\"960px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/news\/national\/rdjz1s\/article71679282.ece\/alternates\/LANDSCAPE_1200\/Nithya_Raman.jpg\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1599px)\" sizes=\"640px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/news\/national\/rdjz1s\/article71679282.ece\/alternates\/LANDSCAPE_1200\/Nithya_Raman.jpg\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 767px)\" sizes=\"400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/news\/national\/rdjz1s\/article71679282.ece\/alternates\/LANDSCAPE_660\/Nithya_Raman.jpg\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 320px)\" sizes=\"320px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/news\/national\/rdjz1s\/article71679282.ece\/alternates\/LANDSCAPE_320\/Nithya_Raman.jpg\"\/><!--[if IE 9]><\/video><![endif]--><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/theme\/images\/th-online\/1x1_spacer.png\" alt=\"Illustration: Sreejith R. Kumar\" title=\"Illustration: Sreejith R. Kumar\" data-original=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/theme\/images\/th-online\/1x1_spacer.png\" class=\"lead-img\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<p class=\"caption\">\n                    Illustration: Sreejith R. Kumar\n                                      <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"content-body-71679301\">\n<div class=\"schemaDiv\" id=\"schemaDiv\">\n<p>After defeating Karen Bass, the <a href=\"\" target=\"_self\">incumbent Mayor of the second most populous city of the U.S., Nithya Raman<\/a> wrote on X, \u201cLos Angeles, I am deeply honored to be your next mayor.\u201d A member of the city council since 2020, Ms. Raman has a track record of civic activism, advocating for affordable and increased housing. Entering the electoral race at the very last minute, she is now L.A.\u2019s the first South Asian Mayor-elect as well as the first candidate to defeat an incumbent Mayor of the city since 2005.<\/p>\n<p>Born in Keralam, Ms. Raman spent a part of her early childhood between Thiruvananthapuram and Thrissur. Her father, Venkataraman, used to work for Keltron, and her mother, Sudha, was a former employee of the Indian Overseas Bank. The family migrated to the U.S. when Ms. Raman was six. She graduated from Harvard University in 2003, and then got a master\u2019s degree in urban planning from MIT. She became a U.S. citizen at 22.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"update-publish-time article-published-time-end\">\n<p class=\"publish-time-new\"> Published <span>&#8211; November 08, 2026 01:20 am IST<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/international\/nithya-raman-the-urban-planner\/article71679301.ece\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Illustration: Sreejith R. Kumar After defeating Karen Bass, the incumbent Mayor of the second most populous city of the U.S., Nithya Raman wrote on X, \u201cLos Angeles, I am deeply honored to be your next mayor.\u201d A member of the city council since 2020, Ms. Raman has a track record of civic activism, advocating for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":62064,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62063\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}