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Saeed Naqvi August 17, 2018August 23, 2018 0 Comments #AtalBihariVajpayee

The Best Prime Minister The Congress Never Had!

Aaney wali naslein hum par Fakhr kareingi, hum asaro, Jub unko yeh khayal aayega Humney Atal ko dekha thaa (By

Saeed Naqvi August 10, 2018August 14, 2018 0 Comments #AIADMK, #DMK, #JAYALALITHA, #KARUNANIDHI, #TamilNadu, #TNpolitics

Karunanidhi: Scratches On My Mind Firm Five Years In Chennai

Muthuvel Karunanidhi’s passing away has brought back disparate images of my five unlikely years in Chennai as regional editor of

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Saeed Naqvi August 8, 2018August 8, 2018 0 Comments #AshrafGhani, #China, #ImranKhan, #IndiaPak, #PMModi, #Taliban, #USPak, Afghanistan, US

Afghanistan, Not India, Will Be Imran Khan’s Priority Until 2019

Even before elections in Pakistan had taken place the media which articulates the western establishment point of view, like the

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Saeed Naqvi July 20, 2018 0 Comments #airtravel, #Hindu-Muslim, #HinduMeal, #Jainmeal, #nonvegmeal

“Muslim” Meal On Air India To Protect Hindus From “Halal”

On an Air India flight from London the hostess walked down the aisle taking orders for dinner. She leaned over

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Saeed Naqvi June 26, 2018 0 Comments #BJP, #Hapurlynching, #JammuandKashmir, #PDP

Meaning Of Latest Turn In Kashmir Lies Outside The State

Two policemen leading the mob which ultimately lynched a Muslim in Hapur is, ofcourse, part of familiar communalism which has

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Saeed Naqvi June 16, 2018 3 Comments #BritishPolitics, #Conservatives, #LabourParty, #Mayor, #MayorofLondon, #Membersofparliament, #Muslims, #SadiqKhan, #SajidJavid, #TheresaMay

“Two Muslims Near The Very Top In British Politics”

The three column, six inch deep headline on page 1 of the Daily Telegraph caught my eye: “Doors open to

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Saeed Naqvi June 2, 2018 0 Comments #Euro, #Europe, #Italy, #Spain

After Brexit, Itexit Looms, Spanish Order Caves In: God Help Europe

Pardon the postscript first. With the appointment of Giuseppe Conte, a lawyer, as a compromise Prime Minister of Italy, the

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Saeed Naqvi May 31, 2018 0 Comments #Dulat, #Durrani, #HDK, #India-Pakistan, #ISI, #JDS, #Karnatakaelections, #RAW

Entire Opposition Join Hands Even As Doves In RAW And ISI Coo

Two mutually reinforcing images from last week may well define the next phase in national affairs. It is too early

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Saeed Naqvi May 21, 2018May 21, 2018 0 Comments #Kashmirceasefire, #MehboobaMufti, #PMModi, #rajnathsingh, #Ramadan, kashmir

Ramadan Ceasefire In Kashmir Meaningless If Media War Continues

I have never seen the electronic media so totally defiant of the BJP government. Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s avowed intention

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Saeed Naqvi May 11, 2018 0 Comments #IranNucleardeal, #PresidentTrump, #Saudi, Israel, Syria, US

Record For US President: Tears Multilateral Deal Then Publicly Endorses Torture

In the Trump multiplex, three shows are on simultaneously. First, the stages between the announcement of withdrawal from the deal

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Saeed Naqvi May 4, 2018 0 Comments #BJP, #Congress, #Gowda, #JDS, #Karnatakaelections, #Karnatakapolls, #Kumaraswamy, #Siddaramaiah, #Yeddyurappa

Winners May Be Losers In Karnataka’s Catch 22 Endgame

It was what a film director would have described as a perfect take. “You are a beginner” says he, grinding

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Saeed Naqvi April 28, 2018 0 Comments #amitshah, #BJP, #Congress, #Karnatakapolls, #RahulGandhi, #Siddaramaiah, #Yedurappa

Book Ringside Seats For May 15 Post Poll Poker In Bengaluru

On May 15, when the Karnataka election results are announced, and the Congress, BJP and Deve Gowda’s JDS find themselves

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Saeed Naqvi April 19, 2018 0 Comments #Iran, #MiddleEast, #PresidentPutin, #PresidentTrump, #Russia, #UnitedStates, SaudiArabia, Syria

Syrian War Being Dragged On Basis Of Lies For Ulterior Reasons

If war begins in Syria, it will be on absolutely trumped up charges about the use of poison gas by

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Saeed Naqvi April 5, 2018May 1, 2024 0 Comments #HarshMander, #Hindu-Muslimharmony, #HinduMuslim, #RamchandraGuha

The Raging Guha-Mander Debate Deserves Wider Participation

You are Here: Tweet, Like, Share, Comment, Subscribe…be the Voice of Free Press! Copy Edited By Adam Rizvi, The India

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Saeed Naqvi March 27, 2018 0 Comments #Iran, #Iraq, #MiddleEast, #NikkiHaley, #PresidentTrump, #UN, #WMD, SaudiArabia

Can Saud And Israel Drag Trump Into War With Iran?

The New York Times Op-Ed page headline said it all: “I Helped Sell the False Choice of War Once. It’s

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Saeed Naqvi March 17, 2018 0 Comments #BiplabkumarDeb, #BJP, #CPM, #ManikSarkar, #Tripuraelections

Tripura Ends CPM Tedium By Trading Decency For False Eldorado

The extraordinary feat the BJP has pulled off leaves one breathless. Which other Chief Minister in the country will have

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Saeed Naqvi March 17, 2018 0 Comments #Hashimpura, #HinduMuslim, #RohingyaMuslims, India

Hashimpura, Srebrenica And Rohingyas in Rakhine: Similar And So Different

Incidents, similar in their chilling monstrosity, came to mind when I saw photographs of a row of Rohingya Muslim young

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Saeed Naqvi February 17, 2018 0 Comments #Beatles, #Maharishi, #Mahirishimaheshyogi, #Miafarrow, #TheBeatles, Haridwar, Holi

Ashram Notebook 50 Years Ago: Beatles, Maharishi, Crows And Catapults

I received a call from an editor reminding me of my stay with the Beatles 50 years ago this February

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Saeed Naqvi January 21, 2018 0 Comments

India is a multi ethnic, multi linguistic, multi religious “pluralistic society” outside the cow belt

Image courtesy: Indiafacts.org I missed out on the “tumult” these past weeks in circumstances which remind me of Shah Sarmad,

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Saeed Naqvi December 30, 2017January 3, 2018 0 Comments #Congress, #Elections, #Gujarat, #HinduMuslim, #Muslims, #RahulGandhi

Mother Of All Paradoxes: Muslims Indispensable For The Hindutva Project

The Hindutva project would come down like melting ice cream if there were no Muslims, no Kashmir and no Pakistan

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Saeed Naqvi December 12, 2017 0 Comments #Ayodhya, #BabariMasjid, #defeatcommunalism, #Hindu-Muslimharmony, #Ramtemple

Three Mosques: “Muslim Generosity Would Electrify Hindu Masses”

The 25th anniversary of Babari Masjid demolition will rekindle debate: why was it demolished, historical wrongs, Mandal Commission inviting a

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Saeed Naqvi December 7, 2017 0 Comments #Elections, #left, #municipalelections, #Right, #Spain, AAP

How does AAP and movements like them go forward?

I probably move in the wrong circles, because nobody I know has a good word for the Aam Aadmi Party.

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Saeed Naqvi November 27, 2017 0 Comments #Akbar, #BHU, #DilipKumar, #Gujaratriots, #Jaisi, #Khwaja, #MFHussain, #Mohani, #Mustafabad, #Padmavati, #RanaPratap, #RasoolanBai, #TIO, #UstadFaiyyazKhan

Padmavati Controversy: Fair Is Foul And Foul Is Fair

Padmavati, in a sense, is a neighborhood story. My village, Mustafabad, happens to be in Rae Bareli, which embraces numerous

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Saeed Naqvi November 14, 2017November 14, 2017 0 Comments #Lynching, #MehboobaMufti, #sharma, #Terrorism, #TheIndiaObserver, #TipuSultan, kashmir, Srinagar

Pinned Against The Wall: Losing The Argument In Srinagar

The arrival of Dineshwar Sharma, formerly of the Intelligence Bureau, as the Centre’s interlocutor in the troubled state, has clearly

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Saeed Naqvi October 14, 2017June 15, 2019 0 Comments #ANI, #BJP, #Congress, #CPM, #gujrat, #Hidu, #Hindu Mahasabha, #Hindu Raj, #hinduraj, #hindurashtra, #Karunakaran, #Keralla, #Krishna Temple, #MumbaiRiots, #Muslims, #Pandit madan Mohan, #RSS, #Sachar Committee, #Saffron, #Srikrishna Commission, #The India Observer, #TIO, #UP CM, #V N Gadgil, #Yogi, Adam Rizvi, Hindutva, India, Mountbatten, Narendra Modi, PTI, Rahul Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, Saeed Naqvi

Is Hindu Rashtra Unnecessary? India Became Hindu Raj in 1947

LIKE, SHARE, COMMENT, SUBSCRIBE. Follow us on Instagram/FB, Thanks. Copy Edited By Adam Rizvi: How indistinguishable the Congress ideologically is from