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
When reading leads to self-improvement
The popularity of self-help books has been on the rise over the years. Many people claim to have been helped by the genre. Patriot interacts with those who have been helped to understand their feelings and resolve their internal conflicts
Defying all odds, bodybuilder Harmeet Singh proves age is just a number
Forty-two-year-old Singh has won Mister World 2021, held in Uzbekistan by Indian Body Builders Federation. Today, he owns a gym and trains young bodybuilders.
Jamia’s ‘obscure’ department of fine arts
Founded in 1951 as Art Institute by Abul Kalam, the department ‘was envisaged as an integral part of the life for the post-independent citizens of the country.’
Time travel through Delhi’s rustic doors
The doorways of old Delhi serve as a portal to the times of architectural beauty. Some of them remain intact, some are ruined, while others are replaced by modern doors
In loving memory of those who lived with us
‘Dedicate a Bench’ is a programme at Sunder Nursery that raises public memorial for people to commit a bench to honour the passing of a cherished person
A river runs through their homes
For those who call the Yamuna river bank home, life is never easy. They have no access to clean drinking water or electricity and are frequently visited by bulldozers. This monsoon, the moderate flooding has made life even harder
Where Sufi saints and djinns are believed to answer prayers
Be it a severe problem or a petty one, people flock to dargahs to seek help from Sufi saints and djinns using wish slips, threads, and even clay pots. Patriot interacts with such supplicants and the caretakers of these places to understand the significance of such prayers and beliefs
Killer string: Not Chinese at all but sourced from UP, MP despite ban
Why does glass-coated manjha, banned five years ago by the National Green Tribunal, continue to be bought and sold, taking the lives of animals and humans? That’s because it no longer comes from China but is Made in India, and the police are not serious about striking at the roots of this trade