Author

Author details

HUMRA 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
Trending

2023: NOT SO MANY REASONS TO CELEBRATE!

 

In her final column of 2023, Humra Quraishi looks back at the year for events we s...

Read More
Business and Politics

FAR FROM HONEST, SAY VOTERS - DEMAND TRANSPARENCY

Humra  Quraishi comments on the dissatisfaction of Indian voters with EVMs and explains how transparency can be achieved ...

Read More
Business and Politics

CLOSE TO THE GARDEN OF BROKEN SHADOWS

Humra Quraishi traces the events from 6th December 1992 to the recently concluded assembly elections, bring to fore...

Read More
Business and Politics

WHICH ROAD SHALL WE TAKE…IT IS THAT TIME AGAIN

We are going through difficult times, where the voice of academics is being stifled and snuffed, writes Humra Quraishi. &...

Read More
Trending

VERSE OF MOSAB ABU TOHA AND HUMAN RIGHTS

Humra Quraishi wants to know why The World Human Rights Day should be observed this year, and questions the intentions of the ...

Read More
Business and Politics

A WORLD SCARRED BY BULLETS

I realize that for over five weeks now I’ve commented only about Palestinians and the ground realities of Gaza, writes Humra...

Read More
Business and Politics

NO WATER, NO FOOD, NO MEDICINE, NO LIGHT

The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that the raging Israel-Hamas conflict completed a month on November 7th and more than 10,000 people...

Read More
Trending

WHO SOLD MY HOMELAND! WHO PAID THE PRICE!

Humra Quraishi addresses the trauma and abuse that children face in a hate-filled and warring world as Children’s Day on...

Read More
Business and Politics

WHEN WILL THE DARK GIVE RISE TO THE MOON?

Humra Quraishi recalls the days of New Delhi’s past when the cultural hub was celebrated by envoys, especially from Arab...

Read More
Business and Politics

WIPING THE DIRT FROM THEIR HANDS AS THEY WALK FROM THE GRAVE

“All that ordinary people across the globe want is peace and dignity, the right to live in their homeland,” writes Humra Qu...

Read More