--- title: Ismat Ara | TIME description: Ismat Ara is a New Delhi-based journalist. She covers politics, crime, gender, culture and environment. canonical: https://time.com/author/ismat-ara/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/ismat-ara/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Ismat Ara ## Ismat Ara Ismat Ara is a New Delhi-based journalist. She covers politics, crime, gender, culture and environment. ## Ismat Ara *  Mar 15, 2025 ### [Why Some Indian Muslims Hide Their Identity](https://time.com/7268199/india-muslims-identity-hindu-nationalism/) Sometimes our safety depends on adopting an alias or taking other unfortunate steps. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 31, 2024 ### [A Modi Win Will Only Mean More Trouble for Indian Muslims](https://time.com/6984269/modi-election-indian-muslims-essay/) As India's election comes to a close, journalist Ismat Ara explores how the Indian Muslim community ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 28, 2022 ### [Inside the Electric Race to Clean Up New Delhi’s Air](https://time.com/6225935/india-pollution-electric-vehicles/) New Delhi has replaced Beijing as the city with the world’s worst air pollution. Could the adoption ... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Jun 30, 2022 ### [This Is What a Radical Plastic Ban Looks Like](https://time.com/6192165/india-plastic-ban/) India is set to implement from July 1 a ban on single-use plastics [CLIMATE](/section/climate/) *  Jan 26, 2022 ### [How It Feels to Be a Muslim Woman Sold by India's Right Wing](https://time.com/6140574/muslim-women-india/) Ismat Ara woke on New Year's Day to find that she and others had been "auctioned" in India's latest ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/ismat-ara/","name":"Ismat Ara"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/ismat-ara/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/ismat-ara/"},"name":"Ismat Ara","jobTitle":null,"description":"Ismat Ara is a New Delhi-based journalist. She covers politics, crime, gender, culture and environment.","url":"https://time.com/author/ismat-ara/","sameAs":["https://x.com/IsmatAraa"],"worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```