Saher Hiba Khan is a Delhi-based multimedia journalist who covers human rights, minority issues, and social injustice.
Saher Hiba Khan is a Delhi-based multimedia journalist who covers human rights, minority issues, and social injustice.
On August 21, 2025, 28-year-old Nikki Bhati succumbed to severe burn injuries after allegedly being set on fire by her husband and in-laws in Greater Noida. Her family claims years of dowry-related abuse, including demands for a luxury car and ₹36 lakh. Despite previous assaults, Nikki returned to the home, hoping for reconciliation. The incident has sparked outrage, with alleged videos of her final moments circulating online. All accused have been arrested, and investigations are ongoing.
The jailed activist tells Outlook in a hand-written response from prison why he is contesting the Bihar Assembly election.
In Savda Ghevra and other informal settlements, even a simple glass of water comes at a huge cost. Families spend up to 15% of their tiny monthly incomes on buying canned water because taps rarely provide safe drinking water. Getting an RO system is simply unaffordable. Broken toilets, leaking roofs, damp walls, and unsafe homes make daily life even harder. Women are often forced to relieve themselves in nearby fields. Greenpeace India’s audit exposes these harsh realities and calls for urgent solutions, like water ATMs and tankers, to ensure residents have safe, reliable water.
Nikki Bhati dies after an alleged attack at home; her family claims years of dowry harassment, while videos and local accounts complicate the story. Do dowry deaths live in the stories we tell, or in the lives we lose?
Audit finds Delhi’s poorest families forced to spend up to 15% of their income on water, while broken toilets, unsafe homes, and collapsing sanitation systems deepen the crisis.
Seven decades after 1947, constitutional guarantees of equality remain unmet for Dalits. Outlook’s August 2023 issue urges reflection and action against persistent caste oppression.
Delhi’s JJ cluster residents wait for homes they’ve already paid for as policy promises crumble under administrative neglect and legal loopholes.
At a campus gathering demanding his release, speakers raised concerns over legal delays, political targeting, and institutional silence. Outlook spoke to advocate Ahmad Ibrahim and activist Harsh Mander at the event.
Over 800 Pakistani Hindu refugees face eviction from a decade old camp near Majnu Ka Tila, as Delhi High Court rules floodplain laws override their plea for protection.
The deferral of Nimisha Priya’s execution abroad brings home difficult questions about how India uses, and misuses, the death penalty.
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