Sahar Zaman is an independent political newscaster and journalist. She is the founder of a Web TV Channel on arts, food and travel called 'Hunar TV'. Sahar is also the Director of 'Home Decor' and famous Indian jewellery brand 'Chamak Patti'. She has also recently launched a unique tribute platform called "Jashn-e-Talat", in memory of her legendary grand-uncle Talat Mahmood. She has been a journalist for over 18 years. She currently is the face for Mirror Now Times Network. Sahar has often written Opinion Columns and articles for the Times of India, Tehelka, The Sunday Guardian, etc. She has spear headed campaigns on issues of social change through her journalism and her art curations. Indian journalist Sahar is at present working on a book that takes up as its subject the top 100 Indian works of art. At present, she does an art show for Bloomberg UTV called Art Wise.
Career
Sahar has been in television news for 18 years, as newscaster, filed journalist and show producer. When she entered to television journalism, continued tracking art and design apart from current affairs and politics.
As a journalist
She has been a journalist for over 18 years, closely tracking current affairs and the arts. She is one of the best known faces on Times Network. And has worked for CNN India, Bloomberg, Doordarhsan, TV Today. OPEN TV, Reuters Asia, Doordarshan News, Headlines Today as writer, news anchor, producer and reporter. In the honor of her responsibilities she has also been invited by Dawn News television in Pakistan and Young Asia TV in Sri Lanka to speak about the role of journalism in subcontinent. She has been invited to give talks on her unique work, including TEDx and Lalit Kala Academy. She uses up her spare time in giving lectures in Universities and art galleries on the art Indian market, television news and arts journalism. Having been in the thick of breaking news like the General Elections of India.
As a curator
As curator, Sahar is involved in curating art shows with politically and socially relevant issues. As an art curator, Sahar wants to bring awareness and focus on great works created by Modern Masters like Souza, Raza and Tyeb Mehta. Sahar believes art curation is no good unless it has a social or political relevance.
Hunar TV
She is the founder of Asia first web TV called Hunar TV. The first web television channel focuses on the need for niche consumption of viewers through art and music, food and travel and all the things that make life more interesting, more meaningful. On this web television channel you can carry with you and watch it on the go.
Music Tribute
Jashn-e-Talat is a unique multi-performance platform created by Sahar, in memory of her legendary grand-uncle, film star Talat Mahmood. This includes performances by both young and established artists as singers, dancers, theatre actors and visual artists. A unique solo curated show of Indian artist Dhiraj Singh of his installations made of X-rays and lights held in Art Chill Gallery, Jaipur, India. First time in Indian and Australian art history, artists from both countries joined hands together to address the recent souring of Indo-Oz relations in the wake of the alleged racist attacks Down under at Art Konsult, New Delhi, India. In this conference international artists come together to address world conflicts like the Palestine struggle, Iraq war, Naxal attacks, Kashmir, Afghanistan, Africa. The conference was held at Open Eyed Dreams Gallery, Cochin, Kerala in India.
