Ismat Ara

Ismat Ara is a New Delhi-based journalist. She covers politics, crime, gender, culture and environment.

Recent Articles

A Modi Win Will Only Mean More Trouble for Indian Muslims

As India's election comes to a close, journalist Ismat Ara explores how the Indian Muslim community will be affected if Modi wins again.

By Ismat Ara

Inside the Electric Race to Clean Up New Delhi’s Air

New Delhi has replaced Beijing as the city with the world’s worst air pollution. Could the adoption of electric vehicles change that?

By Ismat Ara/New Delhii

This Is What a Radical Plastic Ban Looks Like

India is set to implement from July 1 a ban on single-use plastics

By Ismat Ara / New Delhi, India

How It Feels to Be a Muslim Woman Sold by India's Right Wing

Ismat Ara woke on New Year's Day to find that she and others had been "auctioned" in India's latest outrage against Muslim women

By Ismat Ara
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