Furquan Ameen Siddiqui
Furquan Ameen Siddiqui was part of Hindustan Times’ nationwide network of correspondents that brings news, analysis and information to its readers. He no longer works with the Hindustan Times.
Articles by Furquan Ameen Siddiqui
A walk in Delhi that revisits the legacy of two Mughal princesses
Hindustan Times | By Furquan Ameen Siddiqui
UPDATED ON JUL 15, 2017 08:30 AM IST
A theatrical journey that explores the lives of Mughal princesses Roshanara and Jahanara Begum
A tale of friendship and growing up with a lifetime of memories
Hindustan Times | By Furquan Ameen Siddiqui
UPDATED ON JUL 08, 2017 08:24 AM IST
In the play Anand Express, three teenage protagonists embark on an exhilarating, comic, and emotional journey
Sacred places: A photo exhibition on the world heritage sites in Japan
Hindustan Times | By Furquan Ameen Siddiqui
UPDATED ON JUN 24, 2017 09:24 AM IST
An exhibition by the Japanese photographer, Kazuyoshi Miyoshi, explores the theme of paradise through photos of sacred heritage sites in Japan
Celebrating classics: NSD’s annual theatre festival
Hindustan Times | By Furquan Ameen Siddiqui
UPDATED ON JUN 10, 2017 09:24 AM IST
National School of Drama’s annual theatre festival this year showcases Hindi adaptations of popular classic plays
How a Manipur town finally buried its dead, 632 days after they were killed
Hindustan Times | By Furquan Ameen Siddiqui
UPDATED ON MAY 28, 2017 08:37 AM IST
Manipur’s Churachandpur became known as the ‘town that refused to bury its dead.’ Nine people were killed in 2015 in a protest for the rights of hill tribes. This month, after 632 days, the bodies were laid to rest. HT retraces the people’s movement in the state and the politics played over the deaths
Layoffs and shrinking job market: Is this the end of India’s engineering dream?
Hindustan Times | By Furquan Ameen Siddiqui and Jeevan Prakash Sharma
UPDATED ON JUL 13, 2017 01:57 PM IST
Even as the government targets the social sciences, it is encouraging the growth of engineering colleges – despite the fact that engineering jobs (particularly in IT) are shrinking, in India and abroad.
The day Mirza Ghalib was summoned to court...
Hindustan Times | By Furquan Ameen Siddiqui
UPDATED ON MAY 13, 2017 08:02 AM IST
A satirical play uses the work of the 19th century poet Mirza Ghalib to explore the theme of creative independence.
Delhi Book Fair: Feast of books, side order of stationery
Hindustan Times | By Furquan Ameen Siddiqui
UPDATED ON SEP 03, 2016 10:03 AM IST
From classic literary texts to popular fiction and educational books, the ongoing 22nd Delhi Book Fair is a worthy appetiser to the main course, the World Book Fair
Thumri Festival brings back the songs from the courts of Nawabs
Hindustan Times | By Furquan Ameen Siddiqui
UPDATED ON SEP 03, 2016 09:29 AM IST
Sahitya Kala Parishad’s seventh edition of the Thumri Festival will see performances by maestros such as Girija Devi, Pandits Rajan Sajan Mishra, Bholanath Mishra among others
Rajasthani folk music: Praising Krishna to the tune of Sindhi sarangi
Hindustan Times | By Furquan Ameen Siddiqui
UPDATED ON AUG 29, 2016 01:07 PM IST
Delhi will be treated to the melodies of Lakha Khan at the Janamasthmi celebrations with Krishna Bhajans at the next edition of Amarrass Nights
Krishna: Forty years of playing flute-player, charioteer in a ballet
Hindustan Times | By Furquan Ameen Siddiqui
UPDATED ON AUG 20, 2016 10:44 AM IST
Now in its fortieth year, a ballet on Krishna depicts the two major stages of his life
A Punjabi saga of timeless, tragic love: 250 years of Waris Shah’s Heer
Hindustan Times | By Furquan Ameen Siddiqui
UPDATED ON AUG 20, 2016 02:07 PM IST
Eighteenth century Sufi poet Waris Shah’s rendition of the legendary Heer-Ranjha story completes 250 years. Delhi pays tribute to an epic that’s inspired generations
Begum Hazrat Mahal: The unsung heroine of the first war of Independence
Hindustan Times | By Furquan Ameen Siddiqui
UPDATED ON AUG 13, 2016 09:17 AM IST
A documentary by filmmaker Mohi-ud-Din Mirza, Begum Hazrat Mahal: The Last Queen of Avadh, celebrates the legendary journey of one of the unsung heroines of the First war of Independence
Rani Laxmibai of Jhansi, through the eyes of a travelling priest
Hindustan Times | By Furquan Ameen Siddiqui
UPDATED ON AUG 13, 2016 09:18 AM IST
The play ‘1857 – India’s War of Independence’ is based on the travelogues of a young Brahmin priest Vishnu Bhatt
Reporting under duress: Journalists in India work amid increasing danger
Hindustan Times | By Furquan Ameen Siddiqui
UPDATED ON JUL 03, 2016 10:09 PM IST
Is India Asia’s deadliest country for journalists? From legal harassment and state repression to murder, scribes now work amid increasing danger
Every journalist isn’t killed for his writing, as the media projects: PCI chairman
Hindustan Times | By Furquan Ameen Siddiqui, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUL 03, 2016 11:58 AM IST
He may not be as blunt as his predecessor but Justice CK Prasad, who took over the chairmanship of PCI in November 2014, has strong opinions about journalism in India. In an interview, Prasad talks about threats to journalists, the state of Indian media and freedom of press.
A series of film screenings in Delhi captures the horrors of a city
Hindustan Times | By Furquan Ameen Siddiqui, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUL 02, 2016 09:58 AM IST
Horror in the Bylanes is a series of horror films set in the city, about the city, forged largely from the perspective of an outsider – a traveller, a visitor, an immigrant.
NSD’s theatre festival presents a mix of old classics and new dramas
Hindustan Times | By Furquan Ameen Siddiqui
UPDATED ON JUN 14, 2016 07:47 PM IST
National School of Drama’s annual theatre festival has a mix of old classics and new productions
Time for drama, music and comedy as Goan theatre comes to Delhi
Hindustan Times | By Furquan Ameen Siddiqui
PUBLISHED ON MAY 27, 2016 08:31 PM IST
Sunil Shanbag’s play Loretta revolves around the concepts of identity, chauvinistic pride and anxieties
Tales from India’s 1947 Partition refugee camps
Hindustan Times | By Furquan Ameen Siddiqui
UPDATED ON MAY 23, 2016 02:32 PM IST
Through photos, art, documents and personal stories, an exhibition on Partition evokes poignant memories of 1947
Inside Kota’s coaching factories: Pressure, anxiety prey on students
Hindustan Times | By Furquan Ameen Siddiqui
UPDATED ON MAY 15, 2016 07:55 AM IST
The recent spate of suicides in Kota, the heart of India’s coaching industry, has forced the country to confront the unrealistic expectations it imposes on the young. HT speaks to students in Kota about the pressures and the anxiety that cloud their lives
Revisiting Champaran: Place that transformed Mohandas into Mahatma
Hindustan Times | By Furquan Ameen Siddiqui
UPDATED ON MAY 03, 2016 07:22 PM IST
Gandhi fought for the indigo farmers in Champaran, but does he still survive in the region’s collective memory? HT visits Bihar as it celebrates 100 years of the Champaran satyagraha
A chequered history: Does alcohol prohibition really work in India?
Hindustan Times | By Furquan Ameen Siddiqui
UPDATED ON APR 17, 2016 02:03 PM IST
The liquor ban in Bihar adds another chapter to the chequered history of prohibition in India. But does prohibition really work?
Gardens of the mind: Nature depicted in 60 photographs
Hindustan Times | By Furquan Ameen Siddiqui
UPDATED ON APR 10, 2016 12:57 PM IST
Two photographers, an Indian and a Frenchman, inspired by Radha-Krishna and the beauty of flowers, bring new perspectives to the artistic depiction of the botanical world.
Brahmaputra threat creates no ripple in Assam’s election politics
Hindustan Times | By Furquan Ameen Siddiqui, Chhaygaon/guwahati
UPDATED ON APR 09, 2016 11:27 AM IST
In Assam, the river takes away acres of land every year but the displaced are yet to get the benefits of the rehabilitation scheme launched last year
Politics of identity: Assam voters who can’t prove citizenship
Hindustan Times | By Furquan Ameen Siddiqui, Barpeta/bogaingaon/goalpara
UPDATED ON APR 05, 2016 06:43 PM IST
Many people could not vote in the Assam assembly elections on April 11 because they are D-voters, people who can’t prove Indian citizenship and are barred from voting.
Assam rivals battle it out over incomplete bridges in poll season
Hindustan Times | By Furquan Ameen Siddiqui
PUBLISHED ON APR 04, 2016 07:16 PM IST
Locals’ discontent over the delayed construction of the Bogibeel bridge is being used by the BJP to target Congress in Assam, during assembly elections. Sanctioned in 1997, the bridge has missed several deadlines.
Assam polls: Plight of tea garden workers continues despite promises
Hindustan Times | By Furquan Ameen Siddiqui, Dibrugarh
UPDATED ON APR 04, 2016 06:54 PM IST
When in tea gardens, talk about selling tea. On March 25, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in Assam’s Tinsukia he did just that. Directed at the people living in the tea belt of upper Assam, his speech included a familiar tale of a chaiwallah. But the PM refrained from mentioning the plight of the Assam’s tea garden workers, the work force behind his favourite tea.
Spring Fever 2016: Looking forward to the ides of March
Hindustan Times | By Furquan Ameen Siddiqui, Delhi
UPDATED ON MAR 12, 2016 01:36 PM IST
With an open library and a healthy mix of high brow, popular, and celebrity writers, this year’s Spring Fever festival promises to be a stimulating event.
A Manipur town refuses to bury its dead, demanding tribal rights
Hindustan Times | By Furquan Ameen Siddiqui, Churachandpur, Manipur
UPDATED ON FEB 08, 2016 05:51 PM IST
More than 150 days after they died in alleged police firing, the bodies of nine people remain unburied in Manipur. They died during street protests by the state’s tribal population, against three bills which they claim will deprive them of their rights. But at the heart of the protest lies the crucial issue of ethnicity that continues to plague Manipur.