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Danish Raza

Danish Raza

Danish Raza is a special correspondent with the Hindustan Times. He covers gender, identity politics, human rights, conflicts and online speech.

Articles by Danish Raza

Life in the times of lockdown: Is your new routine hurting you?

Play more music. its regular rhythms help create what is called cognitive ease.

Updated on Apr 11, 2020 03:36 IST

Let us make you a celebrity: Agencies are tapping into the talent of your favourite social media stars

Sonal Devraj, co-founder of YouTube channel Team Naach, promotes brands which are in sync with her lifestyle and profession.

Updated on Mar 19, 2020 12:59 IST

Cricket: The men in blue you don’t know

A still from the film.

Updated on Mar 13, 2020 14:27 IST

If Romeo and Juliet did the bhangra

Raunaq & Jassi

Updated on Feb 7, 2020 11:40 IST

Truck tales: Rajat Ubhaykar’s travelogue records his unique on-road experiences

A stranded truck driver wash his face as he stranded at Srinagar-Jammu national highway.

Updated on Jan 18, 2020 11:12 IST

How crowdsourced archives are making Indian history personal and accessible

This picture from 1918 shows Kuwait native Muhammad Salem al-Sudairawi, one of the wealthiest Arabs in Bombay. The photo was taken at his summer home in Poona.

Updated on Jan 10, 2020 12:53 IST

Hindu Raksha Dal claims responsibility for JNU violence, police launch probe

HT Image

Updated on Jan 7, 2020 16:11 IST

Abracadbra is history: Meet the new-age magicians

Mumbai based digital illusionist Rajesh Kumar is one of the youngest in the industry.

Updated on Jan 5, 2020 08:13 IST

The dying art of color painting black-and-white photos

An image Jaykumar Shankar painted for Paris based artist Vasantha Yoganathan.

Updated on Jul 24, 2020 20:18 IST

Punjabi by birth, Bhojpuri by nature

Amreek Singh’s first song, Jai Jai Bihar (2016), crossed 3,00,000 views on YouTube, impressive for a debut song. A Punjabi from Gurugram, he wants to “better” the image of the Bhojpuri music industry.

Updated on Mar 24, 2019 06:58 IST

The last show: The mujra dancers at Delhi’s GB Road struggle to keep alive the once thriving form of entertainment

The tinkling sound created by the ghungroos is distinctive to the mujra style of dancing.

Updated on Mar 9, 2019 08:20 IST

They aim to save: Meet India’s authorised hunters

Dehradun based dentist Prashant Singh is one of the authorised hunters in Uttarakhand. He also conducts workshops in areas affected by the human-animal conflict.

Updated on Feb 19, 2019 13:46 IST

‘Accountability is a must in democracy’

Nineteen-year-old Binish Humayun, an undergraduate student of Delhi University, will cast her first vote in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Updated on Mar 4, 2019 09:46 IST

Pishaach Sundari Ka Badla: Enter the dark, secret world of India’s horror writers

Purshuram Sharma’s Agiya Betal is one of the most successful Hindi horror novels. It has been reprinted and is available on Aamazon. His next is titled Darr Lagta Hai.

Updated on Jan 24, 2019 12:58 IST

The long and short of storytelling in India

Left to Right: Vicky Ahuja, Jeeva Raghunath and Syed Sahil Agha during their performances at Udaipur Tales International Storytelling Festival, 2018.

Updated on Dec 7, 2018 16:32 IST

The story of theatre’s coming-of-age in small town India

Danish Khan, a member of Rangviyanak Rangmandal theatre group in Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh) is seen rehearsing for his part in the play, Abhimanyu.

Updated on Nov 28, 2018 04:52 IST

Duty and loyalty on display in the First World War

Subedar Major Thakur Singh, who participated in World War-I. Picture clicked from an old photograph at his grandson’s residence, in Sector-04 in Panchkula, Haryana.

Updated on Nov 11, 2018 18:54 IST

Journey of music: How members of Dilli gharana are keeping up with changing times

The khalifa of the Dilli Gharana, Iqbal Ahmed Khan (right) with his cousins, vocalist Imran Khan and Tanveer Khan in Delhi.

Updated on Oct 27, 2018 06:42 IST

Nowhere’s child: A year after Sherin Mathews case, are Indian adoptees in foreign countries any safer?

A photograph of 3-year-old Sherin Mathews at a makeshift memorial, October 2017, in Richardson, Texas.

Updated on Oct 15, 2018 07:40 IST

The book keepers: How an Old Delhi neighbourhood rallied to save a library of rare reads

Mohammad Naeem, co-founder of Hazrat Shah Waliullah Library supervises the restocking of the new shelves, part of library’s renovation.

Updated on Sep 2, 2018 10:16 IST

Report: The Mountain Echoes Literature Festival in Bhutan

Usha Uthup, Naseeruddin Shah and Ajoy Bose launching into the Beatles!

Updated on Aug 31, 2018 15:51 IST

Search for salvation: In Varanasi, establishments offer moksha-seekers a place to await death

Hyderabad couple GVSP Kumar and his wife E Usha Bala at their room in Varanasi’s Kasivas Dham.

Updated on Aug 4, 2018 11:08 IST

In small towns, web and word of mouth help infertile couples

Kamla and Bishan Dev with Dr Latika Agarwal at her IVF centre in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh. The Devs are sugarcane farmers from a nearby village.

Updated on Jul 21, 2018 14:35 IST

Wake up, Delhi: Town crier gives voice to a fading Ramzan tradition

Peer Ji walking in the lanes of Old Delhi on a Ramzan night.

Updated on Jun 4, 2018 05:14 IST

How Muslim voices are breaking stereotypes online

Syed Zubair Ahmad, editor, muslimmirror.com.

Updated on May 26, 2018 06:45 IST

Meet the Dalits who are using online platforms to tell stories of their community

Arun Khote, executive editor, Justice News.

Updated on May 25, 2018 17:06 IST

Meet the IITians who quit jobs, businesses to enter politics for the Dalit cause

Members of Bahujan Azad Party at IIT Delhi campus.

Updated on May 20, 2018 04:09 IST

Manto on a poster, Tagore on a lamp: When literature meets pop-art

Writer Saadat Hasan Manto on a poster

Updated on May 12, 2018 04:16 IST

In the time of dating apps, meet the ‘love gurus’ who claim to have all the answers

Relationship coach Ashish Sehgal at his institute in Gurugram.

Updated on May 3, 2018 06:07 IST

‘We can’t trust anyone’: 8 months after Junaid’s killing, his family fights on

(L-R) Junaid’s mother Saira Bano, elder brother Mohammad Qasim and father Jalaluddin Khan at their home in Ballabhgarh, Faridabad on January 22, 2018.

Updated on Mar 20, 2018 05:54 IST

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