In 1958, she established an institution of childcare and a Women's Industrial Home in Mumbai, that fulfilled the educational and healthcare needs of over 500 underprivileged children.
[4] In 1963, Zakaria began her career in journalism as a children's columnist in The Illustrated Weekly of India and worked as Khushwant Singh's assistant editor.
Tata, Jayaprakash Narayan, and then prime minister Morarji Desai, Charan Singh.
The elder, Tasneem Zakaria Mehta, is an art historian and writer, living in Mumbai.
The second is Mansoor Zakaria, a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur who is now a partner in a wealth management firm.