Breaking News
- Trending
AUCTION OF VINTAGE POSTERS OF BENGALI CINEMA, RAY
0 - Bollywood
COMMITTED TO PROTECTING MY IDENTITY SAYS ANIL KAPOOR
0 - Thought Factory
FROM…PHOOLON KI RAANI, BAHARON KI MALLIKA…TO CHOLI KE PEECHE KYA HAI?!
0 - Bollywood
BOLLYWOOD TIK-TALK: AUTUMN OF SPECTACULAR STORIES
0 - Alternative Entertainment
AMIT KHANNA’S JOURNEY AS A LYRICIST
0 - Business and Politics
ABOUT FACING CHALLENGES AND STAYING STRONG!
0 - Thought Factory
LOOK WHAT HAPPENED UNDER OUR WATCH!
0 - Kaleidoscope
TORN BETWEEN TWO IDEOLOGIES – RAM RAJYA AND RAVAN RAJ
0 - Thought Factory
BADHTI KA NAAM DADHI: THE NEW TREND OF FACE FUZZ!
0 - Trending
‘JADUNAMA’ - A RAY OF LIGHT IN IMMENSE DARKNESS
0
Author
Author detailsHUMRA QURAISHI
Humra Quraishi is a writer, columnist and journalist.
She has authored Kashmir: The Unending tragedy, Reports From the Frontlines, Kashmir: The Untold Story, Views: Yours and Mine, Bad Time Tales, More Bad Time Tales, Divine Legacy: Dagars & Dhrupad and Meer.
She has co- authored The Good The Bad and The Ridiculous: Profiles, Absolute Khushwant and a series of writings with the late Khushwant Singh.
Her take on what's it like to be a singleton in today's turbulent times, is part of the Penguin published anthology, Chasing the Good Life: On Being Single.
And, one of her essays, The State Can't Snatch Away our Children is part of the Zubaan published anthology, Of Mothers And Others.
Her essay in the volume on the 1984 Sikh riots, 1984: In Memory and Imagination is titled, Why not a Collective Cry for Justice!
Related Articles
ABOUT FACING CHALLENGES AND STAYING STRONG!
Humra Quraishi comments on the deceptive times that we live in, and harks back to the encouraging and motivating words of Khus...
Read More‘JADUNAMA’ - A RAY OF LIGHT IN IMMENSE DARKNESS
Humra Quraishi comments on the truth lurking behind green curtains in the capital city especially decked up for the G20 ...
Read MoreTHE OTHERNESS OF BELONGING
Let me start this column, on this Teacher’s Day, by saying that the teachers of the likes of Uttar Pradesh’s Tripti Tyagi ought to ...
Read MoreCOME SEPTEMBER: IT IS TIME TO REMEMBER TEACHERS
Come September, two significant days stand out. Teachers Day on 5th September and the World Alzheimer’s Day on 21st September,...
Read MorePUNISHED FOR BEING BORN TO TIMES OF DIVISIVE POLITICS
Humra Quraishi writes, “Before I focus on the ground realities in the Mewat region of Haryana, it is important for...
Read MoreIDENTITY, IDENTIFICATION AND THE FUEL OF TIME’S FURNACE
Humra Quraishi writes, “It’s August and focus is on Kashmir. On 5 August 2019, the status of Jammu and Kashmir was altered by revok...
Read MoreHOW CAN YOU CELEBRATE WHEN YOUR COUNTRY BURNS?
The video surfacing reveals the torture and humiliation that not just the two women faced but thousands in Manipur have while the government re...
Read MoreLOVE AND SURVIVAL IN THE WAR ZONE
Humra Quraishi observes the events over the last week and asks this question: Where’s the so-called development when ent...
Read MoreLIMERICS AND THE TROUBLED TIMES OF FASCISM
Humra Quraishi writes about Khushwant Singh, who was far sighted and told her, before he passed away in 2014, that he wa...
Read MorePREJUDICE, DISCRIMINATION, HATE, ELECTIONS, VOTES…
I cannot dare describe the poisonous propaganda unleashed by the Hindutva lobbies, the myths, misconceptions and twisted lies that are in circu...
Read More