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August 19, 2017 Saeed Naqvi #amitshah, #Ayodha, #hindutava, #iushratjehan#ahmadpatel, #modi, #RahulGandhi, #TheIndiaObserver

Ahmad Patel Barely Survives To Keep Sonia’s Rahul Hopes Alive

It would be rank bad form to describe Ahmad Patel as a form of life under Sonia Gandhi’s furniture, because

India Opinion sports

August 12, 2017 Saeed Naqvi #cricket, #keshavmaharaj, #moeenali, #ranjitsinghji, India

From Moeen Ali to Ranji: Hindu-Muslim In Cricketing Diaspora

When he completed his hat-trick by trapping South Africa’s Morne Morkel Leg Before wicket in the third test match at

India Opinion

August 4, 2017 Saeed Naqvi #Bhutan, AjitDoval, Doklam, Indi0-China, Morarji Desai, ZiaulHaq

China Briefing Diplomats On Doklam: Doval Must Follow Up For India

It reflects on the delicate diplomacy involved that the principal issue in the China-India standoff at Doklam is being mentioned

News

July 26, 2017 Saeed Naqvi #Bhutan, #ImranKhan, #Pakistan, #Qaddafi, #RajivGandhi, #Reagan, #SalmanRushdie, Israel

Should Journalists Protect National Interest Or Publish And Be Damned?

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s fate hangs in the balance on unexplained finances, most specifically for apartments he acquired on

Editorial

July 13, 2017 Saeed Naqvi Israel, Narendra Modi

Modi’s Israel Visit: Memories Of A Journalist’s Visits To Jewish State

Israel has been in the news in the context of the Prime Minister’s visit and I may be forgiven for

Editorial

July 3, 2017 Saeed Naqvi Jeremy Corbyn, Labor Party UK, Theresa May

Corbyn And Sanders Most Popular Politicians In Britain And US

The recent rise in the electability of Labor Party leader Jeremy Corbyn as Britain’s next Prime Minister, according to the

Editorial

June 27, 2017 Saeed Naqvi Mohammed bin Salman, Qatar Iran relations, Qatar Shaikh, Saudi king Salman, Saudi Qatar tension

Origin Of Saudi-Qatar Spat: What Lies In The Future

The western media, which was shy of mentioning the Muslim Brotherhood as a threat to the Saudi regime, has now

Editorial

June 18, 2017 Saeed Naqvi Islamic extremism

Western Arms and Islamic Terrorism: An Endless Spiral

“Udhar rakeeb, idhar hum bulaye jaat hain Ki daana daal ke murghe laraye jaate hain” (I am invited, so is

Editorial

June 6, 2017 Saeed Naqvi Brexit, Jeremy Corbyn, Theresa May

Corbyn Closes Gap: Will He Go Past?

Prime Minister Theresa May and leader of the opposition Labor Party, Jeremy Corbyn, have been pitted against each other on

Editorial

May 20, 2017 Saeed Naqvi

Tips For Trump As He Meets Muslim Leaders in Riyadh

On May 21, Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammad bin Sultan has organized a Muslim Jamboree for President Trump. He will

Editorial

May 17, 2017 Saeed Naqvi Barack Obama, Bashar al assad, Syria, Syrian Outrage

Fair Is Foul And Foul Is Fair In Syria

Like Henry Kissinger, New York Times columnist, Thomas L Friedman, belongs to a growing tribe of strategists who insist that

Editorial

May 8, 2017 Saeed Naqvi Brexit, Donald Trump, France, France elections, Kim Jong Un

Is Global Establishment In For Surprise In France Too?

Accustomed either to isolation or global dominance, the US has in recent years been playing the third role. Ever since

Editorial

May 1, 2017 Saeed Naqvi AAP Delhi, Arvind kejriwal, Kejriwal AAP

Kejriwal A Dangerous Idea: No Establishment Will Let Him Survive

The wag has a point. The 2017 Delhi Municipal Corporation elections, we are being persistently reminded, were won by the

Editorial

April 24, 2017 Saeed Naqvi Tayyip erdagon, Turkey PM, Turkey Referendum

Turning Ataturk’s Turkey Upside Down, Powerful Erdogan Arrives In Delhi

When Turkish strongman Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrives in New Delhi onApril 30, he will find in his host, Prime Minister

Editorial

April 16, 2017 Saeed Naqvi Afghanistan, Mother of all bomb, Syrian Outrage, US

US Fireworks: Awaiting Details From Afghanistan, A Look At Syrian Outrage

President Trump has furnished proof that the leader of the Free World, which dropped the first nuclear bomb on Hiroshima,

Editorial

April 11, 2017 Saeed Naqvi Kishori Amonkar, Kishori Amonkar poems, Kishori Amonkar's death, Saeed Naqvi, Ustad Amir Khan

Kishori Amonkar Soared Despite Media Neglect Of Classical Music

As soon as I read that Kishori Amonkar was no more, I called up Raghu Rai, the pioneering photographer. Raghu

Editorial

April 3, 2017 Saeed Naqvi Ahmed Kathrada, Nelson Mandela, Nelson Mandela movement, South Africa Aparthied

Why Did Mandela’s Closest Comrade End Up As Tour Guide?

In Ahmed Kathrada’s death in Johannesburg last week at the age of 87, students of South African history have lost

Editorial

March 30, 2017 Saeed Naqvi Beef ban, Slaughter house ban, Tundey Kababi, Yogi Adityanath

Of Kebabs, Slaughterhouses And Crocodile Meat

These are trying times. Even some friends are turning. They probably see their interest better protected by keeping their options

Editorial

March 26, 2017 Saeed Naqvi #BJP, Assembly elections 2017, Indian Muslim, Minority in India, Narendra Modi

Portrait Of A Muslim Home In Shadow Of Rising BJP Colossus

It was a spectacular celebration. The beating of drums, sprinkling of colours, group songs, dancing continued well after dusk. As

Editorial

February 25, 2017 Saeed Naqvi

Carnage At Qalandar Shrine: The Shia, Sunni, Sufi Triangle

Audiences in their hundreds of thousands across the subcontinent will remember Reshma with her flashing eyes and haunting, gypsy voice

Editorial

February 17, 2017 Saeed Naqvi

Excessive Aversion To Russia: Western Intelligence May Be Exposed

Why Donald Trump’s National Security Adviser, Michael Flynn had to leave within 23 days of being appointed to the post

Editorial

February 16, 2017 Saeed Naqvi

Kejriwal’s Punjab Victory Will Alter Course Of Indian Politics

The emerging consensus that there is a wave in favour of AAP in Punjab is terrible news for the BJP