Tahir Bhat

Tahir is the Chief Sub-Editor at Patriot and hails from north Kashmir's Kupwara district. He holds a postgraduate degree in Mass Communication and Journalism from the University of Kashmir. His previous stints in the field of journalism over the past eight years include serving as online editor at Kashmir Life, where he covered a range of political and human-interest stories. At Patriot, he has expanded his focus to encompass the lifestyle and arts scene in Delhi, even as he has taken on additional responsibilities at the desk. If there’s news about Kashmir in Delhi, Tahir is the person to turn to for perspective and reportage. Outside of journalism, he loves travelling and exploring new places.

Posts by: Tahir Bhat

Tahir Bhat -February 17, 2026

Actor Nyrraa M Banerji on resisting typecasting, reality television and choosing reinvention over visibility

Actor Nyrraa M Banerji on resisting typecasting, reality television and choosing reinvention over visibility

Actor Nyrraa M Banerji reflects on two decades across film, television and streaming, and why being selective now matters more

Tahir Bhat -February 12, 2026

Awadhi flavours take centre stage at Delhi Aerocity

Awadhi flavours take centre stage at Delhi Aerocity

Holiday Inn Aerocity hosts Daawat-e-Ishq, a curated culinary festival celebrating Lucknow’s royal food traditions

Tahir Bhat -February 11, 2026

Filmmaker Palash Vaswani on choosing emotional truth over spectacle

Filmmaker Palash Vaswani on choosing emotional truth over spectacle

From engineering detours to Gullak and beyond, the director reflects on storytelling rooted in lived experience

Tahir Bhat -February 10, 2026

India must prioritise community-based geriatric care as population ages

India must prioritise community-based geriatric care as population ages

Experts at the Illness to Wellness Conference call for home-led and inclusive ageing models

Tahir Bhat -February 7, 2026

Lava launches Blaze Duo 3 in India with dual AMOLED displays

Lava launches Blaze Duo 3 in India with dual AMOLED displays

It operates on with a clean Android 15, and will receive one Android OS upgrade and two years of security updates

Tahir Bhat -February 4, 2026

Kahaani: Dilli Ki — telling the many stories of the capital

Kahaani: Dilli Ki — telling the many stories of the capital

A two-day festival at Travancore Palace celebrates Delhi’s layered history through music, food, craft and conversation

Tahir Bhat -February 3, 2026

At Palette Art Gallery, Om Soorya reimagines landscape as a shifting inner terrain

At Palette Art Gallery, Om Soorya reimagines landscape as a shifting inner terrain

The exhibition explores memory, erasure, and impermanence through large-scale paintings that resist fixed geography

Tahir Bhat -February 1, 2026

‘If the work doesn’t challenge me, I walk away’, says Gullak actor Jameel Khan

‘If the work doesn’t challenge me, I walk away’, says Gullak actor Jameel Khan

Over 25 years across theatre, cinema and streaming — the Gullak actor on patience, destiny, invisible struggles, why comedy is the hardest genre and why fame was never the destination