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.
After violence erupted across multiple states on Ram Navami, a Hindu festival, Times Now editor-in-chief Rahul Shivshankar expressed disbelief over claims that the clashes had begun when saffron-clad processions marched outside mosques dancing to...
India's refusal to publicly disavow Moscow or show support for Ukraine has created a breeding ground for a variety of misinformation during Russia's invasion of Ukraine. A significant emerging narrative centers on how India's abstention from voting...
With additional reporting from Priyam Nayak and Dhriti Kamdar
On January 17, weeks ahead of the state assembly elections scheduled in the northern state of Punjab, the hashtag #Christianization_of_Punjab started trending on Twitter. Users claimed that Punjab’s Hindu population was disproportionately converting...
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 hazardous...
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 his...
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...