Ilma is the India editor based in New Delhi. Before pursuing a masters degree from Columbia Journalism School in New York City, she was a television correspondent and producer covering politics, policy and crime. Following her degree, Ilma completed a series of fellowships in New York and Washington D.C. including CNN Tonight with Don Lemon and the Center for Responsive Politics. Ilma's interests range from India's political economy to bad reality television.
Northern India’s air pollution crisis is reaching alarming levels of toxicity, and as the Supreme Courts raps state governments to take stricter measures to curb deteriorating conditions, the Uttar Pradesh (U.P.) government is claiming the...
Republican Glen Youngkin’s win in Virginia’s gubernatorial race in early November caught the attention of many in the GOP. Although he was lagging behind Democrat Terry McAuliffe, his campaign gained steam when he decided to add another issue to...
A dropped catch by Pakistani cricketer Hassan Ali during this year’s T20 cricket World Cup semifinals at a pivotal point in the game against Australia paved the way for vicious trolling against him. Or perhaps that is what Indian users on social...
When three SUVs rammed a group of protesters on October 3 in Uttar Pradesh – resulting in the death of four farmers, three Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers, and a journalist – right-wing accounts blamed the protesters for being extremists. As...
As millions of Indian football fans tuned into the UEFA Euros 2020 on online streaming platform Sony LIV, an advertisement from a major tournament sponsor that would usually not be aired – a Hindi ad for online bookmaker Betway – ran routinely...
In the first week of May, activists from various countries complained posts meant to amplify their causes had been removed by Instagram. For some first-timers in India using their social media accounts to help people procure urgent medicines and...
As India’s second wave of COVID-19 has the country reporting higher cases than any other country at any stage during the pandemic, the Indian government is clamping down on social media accounts that are critical of the administration or making...
Earlier this month, an Election Commission of India (ECI) sector officer in West Bengal’s Howrah district was suspended for staying the night at the home of a relative — a Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader — while carrying four spare Electronic...
Politicians with formidable grassroots following, often linked with Tamil cinema, have led most major electoral exercises in the state of Tamil Nadu for decades since the times one of it’s most successful actors and politicians Maruthur Gopalan...