Mohd Shehwaaz Khan
Mohd Shehwaaz Khan is a journalist based in New Delhi. He won Laadli Media Award 2023 for best feature in print
Posts by: Mohd Shehwaaz Khan
Get set… elections!
From door-to-door campaigning and organising nukkad sabha to putting images of gods on pamphlets to keep them off trash, parties are going all out
Jamia Junction: The community in the cafe
Jamia Nagar was once a remote locality where only professors and students of Jamia Millia Islamia, cadres and activists of Muslim organisation Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, and migrants from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar lived. However, as middle-class population settled in with time, the area was gentrified gradually with cafes and restaurants springing up
When Purana Qila grooved to Asean music
With 15 bands from different ASEAN nations and performances by Papon and Sukhbir Randhawa of Bollywood, Delhi celebrated the second ASEAN-India music festival at the Purana Qila
Pleasing to eye, not to pocket
The main theme of the 41st edition of India International Trade Fair (IITF) is “Vocal for Local, Local to Global”. The artisans and manufacturers are pleased with the initiative but finding buyers in the fair remains a problem
A thousand flowers bloom
Early November may have been blemished by high levels of pollution but amid the foul air, the Ghazipur Flower Market blooms
Getting high after a low
Kaushal Pal was a drug addict who would snatch money and valuables to pay for his needs before finding solace and rehabilitation in dancing
Queer, but not inclusive: City’s gay spaces stonewall trans spirits
Since the Supreme Court’s landmark verdict decriminalising homosexuality in 2018, Delhi has witnessed a surge in queer-friendly restaurants, spas, clubs and bars. But for a large section of the community, such establishments still remain out of bounds
Upliftment with rhythm
Dance Out Of Poverty is an initiative that makes the underprivileged children of society tap their feet and make a living out of the skills they learn. It’s not seen as just a pastime, the initiative aims to develop the students professionally and creatively