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{{short description|Indian television journalist}}
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'''Mahrukh Inayet''' is a journalist, news anchor, and a Managing Partner at Studio Talk, a media training, research, and production company.<ref name="ST profile">{{cite web |title=About Us |url=http://www.thestudiotalk.com/about-us/ |website=Studio Talk |access-date=4 April 2021}}</ref> Her work as a journalist includes coverage of the [[Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces|Taj hotel]] attacks during the [[2008 Mumbai attacks|26/11 Mumbai terror attacks]] for [[Times Now]], a 24-hour Indian news channel. 

==Early life and education==
Inayet was born and raised in Kashmir,<ref name="Talati-Parikh 2009">{{cite news |last1=Talati-Parikh |first1=Sitanshi |title=Off The Beat… On The Job |url=https://www.vervemagazine.in/people/off-the-beat-on-the-job |access-date=4 April 2021 |work=[[Verve (Indian magazine)|Verve Magazine]] |date=January 12, 2009}}</ref> India. She has a Master's degree in journalism from [[American University]].<ref name="Talati-Parikh 2009"/> In 2012, she completed the [[Georgetown Leadership Seminar]] at the [[Walsh School of Foreign Service]] at [[Georgetown University]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Alumni Network |url=https://gls.georgetown.edu/alumni/network/ |website=Georgetown Leadership Seminar |publisher=Georgetown University |access-date=5 April 2021}}</ref>

==Career==
Her journalism career began during the [[September 11 attacks]] in the United States.<ref name="Talati-Parikh 2009"/> She previously worked for ''[[National Geographic]]'' and ''[[India Today (TV channel)|Headlines Today]]'' before her work for ''[[Times Now]]'' in Mumbai.<ref name="Talati-Parikh 2009"/> After the Mumbai 26/11 attacks, Mahrukh was in the field for nearly 62 hours.<ref name="Talati-Parikh 2009"/> ''[[The Quint]]'' described her as reporting "at the centre of it all."<ref name="Virk 2015">{{cite news |last1=Virk |first1=Aviral |title=In Gurdaspur, Did the Indian Media Repeat Its 26/11 Mistakes? |url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/in-gurdaspur-did-the-indian-media-repeat-its-2611-mistakes#read-more |access-date=4 April 2021 |work=The Quint |date=July 27, 2015}}</ref> She was praised in the ''[[Hindustan Times]]'' for doing "a fine job" during the crisis, as compared to other reporters.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/tv/oye-it-s-saturday-and-new-shows/story-QJol5SqjCiVojkpQJgg1OJ.html |title=Oye! It’s Saturday...and new shows |work=Hindustan Times |date=2008-12-19|last=Saxena |first=Poonam |accessdate=2021-04-04 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090814221931/http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=a3ce1570-d15d-4499-9228-5fe2e26c1308 |archivedate=2009-08-14 }}</ref>
 
Inayet also co-anchored the prime time news show The Newshour with the ''Times Now'' editor-in-chief [[Arnab Goswami]]. In 2010, ''[[The Hindu]]'' reported on social networks, and the responses of some users to ''Times Now'', including "Ethnic-Kashmiri anchor Mahrukh Inayet comes in for unprintable abuse targeting her gender."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Swami |first1=Praveen |title=The ugly world of Kashmir's online rebels |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/The-ugly-world-of-Kashmirs-online-rebels/article16207490.ece |access-date=4 April 2021 |work=The Hindu |date=July 24, 2010}}</ref>

In 2012, Inayet resigned from her position as senior editor at ''Times Now'' and began work at Studio Talk.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wagle |first1=Archita |title=Mahrukh Inayet quits Times Now, starts school for anchors |url=https://www.mxmindia.com/2012/03/mahrukh-inayet-quits-times-now-starts-school-for-anchors/ |access-date=5 April 2021 |work=MXM India |date=March 30, 2012}}</ref>

In 2014, she used her Twitter account to help authorities find areas in need of rescue during the massive [[2014 India–Pakistan floods|flooding in Jammu and Kashmir]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=FP Staff |title=J&K floods: How Twitter, Facebook are helping the military in their rescue ops |url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/jammu-and-kashmir-floods-how-twitter-facebook-are-helping-in-relief-ops-1701551.html |access-date=4 April 2021 |work=FirstPost |date=September 9, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Borges |first1=Andre |title=How Twitter Users Are Lending A Helping Hand To Victims Of The #KashmirFloods |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/andreborges/twitter-is-lending-a-helping-hand-to-victims-of-kashmir-floo |access-date=4 April 2021 |work=Buzzfeed India |date=September 8, 2014}}</ref>

==Commentary==
In addition to her work as a journalist, Inayet has engaged in public commentary, such as to ''[[SheThePeople.TV]]'' in 2017 about sexism in the media, where she stated that male journalists do not experience the same intensity of "trolling" as female journalists.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Khandelwal |first1=Tara |title=#SheLeadsIndia: How Sexist Is The Media? |url=https://www.shethepeople.tv/news/sheleadsindia-how-sexist-is-the-media/ |access-date=4 April 2021 |work=[[SheThePeople.TV]] |date=March 8, 2017}}</ref> 

In 2019, ''[[The Times of India]]'' reported that she repeatedly tweeted during the telephone and internet blackout after the Kashmir territory was designated, including, "How will Dogras & Kashmiris know it's a great day for them if their phones are not working? And how are we going to know that they are ok? Can I pls talk to my mother? #Kashmir" and "Day 5: No news from my mother. I pray she is fine but can I pls know that she is. How is this even being allowed? #Kashmir #OpenPhoneLines."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ajmal |first1=Anam |title=‘Communication cut, we don’t know what’s happening there’ |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/communication-cut-we-dont-know-whats-happening-there/articleshow/70613297.cms |access-date=4 April 2021 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=August 10, 2019}}</ref> ''[[Scroll.in]]'' also reported one her tweets during this time.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Subramanian |first1=Nithya |title=Apart from Kashmir, where else in the world have phone lines been snapped by the authorities? |url=https://scroll.in/article/933280/apart-from-kashmir-where-else-in-the-world-have-phone-lines-been-snapped-by-the-authorities |access-date=5 April 2021 |work=[[Scroll.in]] |date=August 9, 2019}}</ref>

In 2021, she provided commentary to ''[[The News Minute]]'' about independent media and democracy.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mantri |first1=Geetika |title=Independent media in the US and India are key to keeping democracy alive |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/independent-media-us-and-india-are-key-keeping-democracy-alive-141172 |access-date=5 April 2021 |work=[[The News Minute]] |date=January 9, 2021}}</ref>

==Honors and awards==
* 2009 Outstanding Achievement as a Media Personality, Government of Jammu and Kashmir<ref name="ST profile"/> 
* 2013 eNBA 'Best Spot News Reporting' award<ref>{{cite news |title=eNBA 2013: Mahrukh Inayet wins 'Best Spot News Reporting' award |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUGkmdEy-9Y  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/uUGkmdEy-9Y |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|access-date=4 April 2021 |work=[[Aaj Tak]] |publisher=YouTube |date=Dec 24, 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* 2014 Chief Guest at the [[Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues Memorial Debate]]

==Personal life==
Inayet is Muslim.<ref name="Chowhan 2015">{{cite news |last1=Chowhan |first1=Sanjana |title=No Flats to Let, No Friends to Keep: Mumbai Muslims |url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/no-flats-to-let-no-friends-to-keep-mumbai-muslims#read-more |access-date=4 April 2021 |work=The Quint |date=June 5, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Goswami |first1=Seema |title=Let’s talk |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/brunch/taking-the-conversations-beyond-religious-identity/story-XEtJNshrlik5pnKJljgOxN.html |access-date=4 April 2021 |work=Hindustan Times |date=July 29, 2018}}</ref> She is divorced.<ref name="Inayet 2016">{{cite news |last1=Inayet |first1=Mahrukh |title=Ban 'Talaq, talaq, talaq' |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/column-ban-talaq-talaq-talaq-2205414 |access-date=4 April 2021 |work=[[Zee News|DNA]] |date=April 24, 2016}}</ref>

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