Zehra Kazmi works for the Hindustan Times’ website. She writes on gender, literature and art, history and popular culture.
Articles by Zehra Kazmi
Kathua rape, murder exposes ‘India’s religious friction’, says foreign media
India’s terrible record in crimes against women is once again international headlines after the gang-rape, torture and death of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district.
Updated on Apr 13, 2018 01:34 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Zehra Kazmi
Delhi weekend: Exhibition on Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
An exhibition on Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay celebrates her role in the freedom struggle and India’s handloom revival
Updated on Apr 07, 2018 09:14 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Zehra Kazmi
Old Hindi songs are embedded in my soul, says pianist Brian Silas
The self-taught Delhi artiste celebrates two decades of performing, this year.
Updated on Mar 27, 2018 05:27 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Zehra Kazmi
This weekend in Delhi: Actor Pankaj Kapur’s dramatic reading of a poignant tale
Dopehri is the veteran actor’s dramatised reading of a novella he wrote more than 20 years ago,
Updated on Mar 10, 2018 08:44 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Zehra Kazmi
Haji Zahooruddin, who upheld the traditions of Karim’s, dies at 85
Karim’s had transformed from a local purveyor of aloo gosht into a monument. It was visited by princes and prime ministers, eulogised by journalists, studied by historians, and patronised by tourists.
Updated on Feb 01, 2018 06:58 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Alex Traub and Zehra Kazmi, New Delhi
Imperial Delhi: How the British built a ‘New Delhi’ at the cost of the old
In complete control of the Capital after savagely quelling the 1857 rebellion, the British built a new city with the seat of power on the Raisina Hill.
Updated on Jan 30, 2018 09:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Zehra Kazmi
Shahjahanabad: How a planned city came undone
Crowded roads, endless traffic snarls, unauthorised construction and crumbling infrastructure show how Shah Jahan’s meticulously planned city, once known for its grandeur, has fallen apart due to years of apathy.
Updated on Jan 29, 2018 03:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Zehra Kazmi and Saudamini Jain
Feroze Shah Kotla: A Tughlaq king’s citadel now ruled by djinns
Firoz Shah was the third ruler from the Tughlaq dynasty. He was considered a people’s king and a committed conservationist. He built 30 palaces, 30 towns, 100 bridges and 200 sarais
Updated on Jan 25, 2018 03:04 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Zehra Kazmi
Tughlaqabad Fort: Of a monarch and a revered Sufi
Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq, the first ruler of the Tughlaq dynasty, chose the rocky site of Tughlaqabad to build the city so that it could be defended easily. It was built in four years but never fully populated and abandoned in 15 years.
Updated on Feb 08, 2018 05:45 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Saudamini Jain and Zehra Kazmi
The cities of Delhi: How the sultans built citadels of Qutub and Siri
The Delhi Sultanate, founded by Qutubuddin Aibak, built five cities in its over 300 years of rule. In Part 2 of our series, we looks at the remnants of these structures
Updated on Jan 23, 2018 06:10 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Saudamini Jain and Zehra Kazmi
‘Do your parents make bombs?’: Muslim students become targets of prejudice, hate in Delhi schools
Terror attacks and America’s wars in West Asia have fuelled a global backlash against ordinary Muslims.
Updated on Jan 21, 2018 08:49 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | A Mariyam Alavi and Zehra Kazmi
No cub reporter: Meet the 11-year-old US journalist who runs her own newspaper
Hilde Lysiak edits Orange Street News. She can report about murder or a school drug racket, or a missing zombie decoration.
Updated on Dec 05, 2017 02:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Zehra Kazmi
#MeToo: Does it take a Twitter trend to know women are harassed every day?
Over 34,600 rape cases were reported in India in 2015. Are men finding just now how bad it’s for women in India?
Updated on Oct 17, 2017 06:03 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Zehra Kazmi
It was molestation at BHU and not ‘eve-teasing’: Mind your language, Mr vice chancellor
BHU vice chancellor GC Tripathi’s defence of the clashes and police action leaves much to be desired.
Updated on Sep 26, 2017 06:59 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Zehra Kazmi
Delhi weekend: The Delhi International Jazz fest is here
Seventh Delhi international jazz festival has an interesting line-up of Indian and international jazz bands.
Updated on Sep 23, 2017 01:07 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Zehra Kazmi
Aunty ki Ghanti: How a Quint reporter was targeted by online mobs for calling out song’s misogyny
Omprakash Mishra’s viral rap song has created a furore.
Updated on Sep 17, 2017 10:31 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Zehra Kazmi
Who are the Rohingya, why are they called ‘security threat’ and ‘nowhere people’
Human rights organizations describe the systematic targeting of Rohingyas by the Myanmar government and Buddhist nationalists as ‘ethnic cleansing’.
Updated on Sep 18, 2017 03:35 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Zehra Kazmi
No cover for Trump: Time, Economist, New Yorker open fire over white supremacy defence
The cover art criticises Donald Trump’s defence of far-right rally.
Updated on Aug 18, 2017 08:20 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Zehra Kazmi
Delhi accident victim: Why don’t people step forward to help? It’s the ‘bystander effect’
Is there a psychological explanation behind why people don’t come to the aid of accident victims?
Updated on Aug 18, 2017 08:27 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Zehra Kazmi
Review: Jasmine and Jinns by Sadia Dehlvi
Sadia Dehlvi’s book brings alive the saalans, imamdastas and mehmannawazi of Delhi
Updated on Aug 19, 2017 11:46 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Zehra Kazmi
Advertising India: How companies pitched themselves to citizens of independent nation
A look at the art of luring customers with words and images from the archives of Hindustan Times on August 15,1947.
Updated on Aug 14, 2017 12:06 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Zehra Kazmi and Sujoy Das, New Delhi
Hollow tokenism or Dalit empowerment: How media reported Ram Nath Kovind’s path to presidency
In the run up to the presidential election, media analysis and opinion focused on Ram Nath Kovind’s caste.
Updated on Apr 25, 2018 02:46 PM IST
Humour is the weapon of mystery man behind Facebook’s Humans of Hindutva page
In a world of fake news and right-wing propaganda, a parody Facebook page called Humans of Hindutva is taking on the saffron brigade with satire and gallows humour.
Updated on Jul 17, 2017 11:27 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Zehra Kazmi
Indian Muslim woman: She is looking within and stepping out
The recent debate on triple talaq has put Muslim women at the centre of the mainstream discourse. But what are the concerns and challenges before Indian Muslim women today?
Updated on Apr 25, 2018 01:18 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Zehra Kazmi
‘India didn’t win’: How Pakistan media reacted to ICJ order on Kulbhushan Jadhav
Here’s how leading Pakistani media outlets such as Dawn, Express Tribune reacted to ICJ order on Kulbhushan Jadhav.
Updated on May 19, 2017 04:35 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Zehra Kazmi
Ek Mulaqat: The unfinished love story of Amrita Pritam and Sahir Ludhianvi
With the Delhi Theatre Festival kicking off, Deepti Naval and Shekhar Suman talk about the beauty and challenge of playing the two celebrated poets on stage in a play called Ek Mulaqat.
Updated on Apr 29, 2017 04:42 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Zehra Kazmi
Remember Mile Sur Mera Tumhara? Here’s why it is trending on Twitter
Twitter used #MileSurMeraTumhara to celebrate India’s diversity and syncretic tradition.
Updated on Apr 18, 2017 01:26 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Zehra Kazmi
India to fix portion sizes in hotels, here’s how the world curbs food wastage
From France to UK, countries have devised different ways to tackle food wastage at retail and consumer level.
Updated on Apr 11, 2017 08:05 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Zehra Kazmi
‘What’s your salary?’ Why New York banned employers from asking this question
Equal pay advocates have long argued that this question should be struck off the interview checklist.
Updated on Apr 07, 2017 06:15 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Zehra Kazmi
‘Yes, Muslims condemn terror’: This woman proves it with 712-page Google doc
Bihar-born Heraa Hashmi is behind Muslimscondemn.com, a database that records Muslims denouncing terror.
Updated on Apr 01, 2017 06:24 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Zehra Kazmi