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Basharat Peer Height, Age, Wife, Biography

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Age: 29 Years
Wife: Ananya Vajpeyi
Hometown: Seer Hamdan, Jammu And Kashmir, India

 

Bashrat Peer

Bio/Wiki
Profession(s)Writer, Journalist
Physical Stats
Height (approx.)5' 7" (171 cm)
Eye ColourBlack
Hair ColourBlack
Personal Life
Date of BirthYear, 1977
Age (as of 2025) 49 Years
BirthplaceSeer Hamdan, Jammu and Kashmir, India
NationalityIndian
HometownSeer Hamdan, Jammu and Kashmir, India
SchoolJawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Anantnag
College/University• Aligarh Muslim University, Uttar Pradesh
• University of Delhi
• Columbia University, United States
Educational QualificationMaster's of Arts in Journalism from Columbia University, United States
ReligionHinduism
HobbiesReading, Writing
Social Media• Instagram
• Twitter
Relationships & More
Marital StatusMarried
Family
Wife/SpouseAnanya Vajpeyi (Writer)

Bashrat Peer

Some Lesser Known Facts About Basharat Peer

  • Peer began his career as a reporter with Rediff and Tehelka channels. Initially in his career he was based in Delhi.
  • He worked as an Assistant Editor at Foreign Affairs and was a Fellow at Open Society Institute, New York.
  • He was a Roving Editor at The Hindu.
  • He has written extensively on South Asian politics for Granta, Foreign Affairs, The Guardian, FT Magazine, The New Yorker, The National and The Caravan.
  • He is the author of Curfewed Night, which is an eyewitness account of the Kashmir conflict, it won the Crossword Prize for Non-Fiction and was it was chosen among the Books of the Year by The Economist and The New Yorker.
  • Peer ran the “India Ink” blog on the digital edition of The New York Times.
  • He was the writer int the Bollywood film Haider (2014), he also made a special appearance in the film.
  • In 2025, Peer’s report on migrant workers during the COVID-19 pandemic was adapted into the Bollywood film Homebound, which was directed by Neeraj Ghaywan. The film premiered at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival.