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Humra Quraishi

Columnist and Journalist

Humra is a Delhi-based writer, columnist, journalist. Her books include, ‘ Kashmir – The Unending Tragedy: Reports From The Front Lines’, ‘Kashmir- The Untold Story’, ‘Divine Legacy: Dagars &...

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Humra is a Delhi-based writer, columnist, journalist. Her books include, ‘ Kashmir – The Unending Tragedy: Reports From The Front Lines’, ‘Kashmir- The Untold Story’, ‘Divine Legacy: Dagars & Dhrupad’, a volume of her collective writings – ‘Views: Yours and Mine’, two short story collections – ‘Bad Time Tales’ and ‘More Bad Time Tales’ and the novel, ‘Meer’. She has written for several anthologies and journals, and has co-authored ‘Absolute Khushwant’ and a series of writings with the late Khushwant Singh.

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Changing world order and India’s changing stand

Changing world order and India’s changing stand

It was Jawaharlal Nehru’s vision and policies vis-a-vis West Asia that made the Arab world tilt towards India. He was...

12 Nov 2024 8:48 AM GMT

The pain of Wakeel Hasan – and of the county

The pain of Wakeel Hasan – and of the county

Even if one is told that demolitions are on because those structures were built on un-authorized lands, then one may...

13 March 2024 7:05 AM GMT

Unchallenged brutality

Unchallenged brutality

In their political speeches, these rulers should confine their preferences to themselves and to their governments. Why...

20 Oct 2023 10:20 AM GMT

The day Parliaments pillars lowered their heads

The day Parliament's pillars lowered their heads

The stark reality is that we do not wish to even talk nor discuss any of these ground realities! This is no sudden...

27 Sep 2023 7:17 AM GMT

Schools breeding hatred

Schools breeding hatred

As it is, the Muslim community in the country is lagging in the education sphere and these blatantly, outrageously...

14 Sep 2023 10:37 AM GMT

Cry of wrestlers for justice, deteriorating state of jails, plight of refugees

Cry of wrestlers for justice, deteriorating state of jails, plight of refugees

Humra Quraishi writes on the Central government's unresponsive stance towards the wrestlers' cry for justice amidst...

12 Jun 2023 7:14 AM GMT

Story, screenplay and direction: Hatred

Story, screenplay and direction: Hatred

Among the blatantly wrong, bizarre and lopsided portrayal of the Muslims, there seems to be no end to the myths and...

29 May 2023 8:07 AM GMT

Despite serious allegations against him, he is there as though unaffected

Despite serious allegations against him, he is there as though unaffected

Even today, in the summer of 2023, when women and men wrestlers have levelled serious allegations of sexual harassment...

6 May 2023 12:03 PM GMT

Dec 6 - a day made by greater lie and thousand dead bodies

Dec 6 - a day made by greater lie and thousand dead bodies

Professor Irfan Habib warns that such a post-facto rationalization of what was done on 6 December 1992, would place in...

15 Dec 2022 12:01 PM GMT

For the information of saviours of Muslim women

For the information of 'saviours' of Muslim women

Marriage is a contract in Islam and if it doesn't work well between the two partners, then instead of killing each...

16 Nov 2022 6:13 AM GMT

Heart-rending tales and spectacles

Heart-rending tales and spectacles

Every single day there are reported cases of human trafficking, theft of children, abuse of staff and domestic help. Not...

8 Sep 2022 6:12 AM GMT

Never-ending ordeals of women like Bilkis Bano, Muslim survivors of riots

Never-ending ordeals of women like Bilkis Bano, Muslim survivors of riots

The release of eleven rapists of Bilkis Bano suggests that there is more in stock for rape-surviving women to endure the...

20 Aug 2022 10:13 AM GMT

Why dont we focus on the tragedies of hunger, malnutrition and the dying?

Why don't we focus on the tragedies of hunger, malnutrition and the dying?

Where's the promised, so-called development? No signs of it, when hunger and malnutrition and poverty hold sway,...

15 July 2022 6:01 AM GMT

It seems the Govt listens only to the international pressure

It seems the Govt listens only to the international pressure

When the country’s Muslims protest against the undemocratic policies, their homes are razed, and targeted, when the...

13 Jun 2022 11:40 AM GMT

Yogis death knell for Madrasas is a wakeup call for community leaders

Yogi's death knell for Madrasas is a wakeup call for community leaders

Once, Madrasas were centres for education not just for Muslims, but for non-Muslims as well. Today, it is under threat...

1 Jun 2022 5:13 AM GMT

Double whammy when Right Wing unleashed, Triple it is when cops turn killers

Double whammy when Right Wing unleashed, Triple it is when cops turn killers

When Muslims' homes marked, targeted on running trains, bullied in schools, colleges and universities, we have got to...

7 May 2022 6:19 AM GMT