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January 4, 2019 Saeed Naqvi #AtalBihariVajpayee, #Ayatullahs, #CIA, #Iran, #JimmyCarter, #Kabul, #Khomeini, #Mir Akbar Khyber, #MorarjiDesai, #Pakistan, #President Jimmy Carter, #TheIndiaObserver, Adam Rizvi, Afghanistan, Zbigniew Brzezinski

Remembering 40 Years Ago When Afghanistan, Pakistan, The Region Changed Forever

“Problems” like Afghanistan, even Iran, created in the thick of the Cold War, are now in the lap of a

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January 1, 2019 Saeed Naqvi #CNN, #DonaldTrump, #James Glanz, #John Markoff, #Mike Pompeo, #Nobel Loreat, #Obama, #PresidentTrump, #Qaddafi, #Saddam Hussain, #sistani, #Syriawithdrawal, #TheIndiaObserver, #TIO, #Troopsominghome, #US Ambassador, #Whitehouse, Adam Rizvi, Bashar al assad, ISIS, Mexican border, Saeed Naqvi, Syria

Announcing Withdrawals: Trump Is Doing What He Promised At Outset

With the suddenness of revelation, withdrawal from Syria and “drawdown” from Afghanistan have been announced by Donald Trump. In the

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December 28, 2018 Saeed Naqvi #Jordan, #MBS, #MiddleEast, #Qatar, #SaurdiArabia, Israel, Turkey

An Oasis Of Peace In A Troubled World

Yellow vests in Paris, Brexit in Britain, Trump in the US, George Soros and Steve Bannon vying for the soul

Editorial India

December 20, 2018 Saeed Naqvi #Congress, #Hinduism, #Nehru, #RahulGandhi, #TIO, Adam Rizvi, bacha Khan, Frontier Gandhi, Indira, Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Mamata Banerjee, Maulana Azad, mayor of london, Mountbatten, Rajiv Gandhi, Ram Rajya, Ram Temple, sadiq Khan, Saeed Naqvi, sajid Jeved, Yogi Adityanath

Can Rahul’s Hinduism Succeed Where Bogus Secularism Failed?

Copy Edited by Adam Rizvi: It will be impossible to resist the temptation of attributing Congress gains in the three northern

Editorial India World

December 9, 2018 Saeed Naqvi #Gurunanakdevji, #ImranKhan, #KatrarpurSahib, #Sidhu

Kartarpur: What Went Before It And What Might Follow

Copy Edited By Adam Rizvi: The controversy surrounding Navjot Singh Siddhu’s pilgrimage to Kartarpur Sahib must have amused President Ram Nath

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November 30, 2018 Saeed Naqvi #Assemblyelections2018, #BJP, #Chhatisgarh, #Congress, #Hinduism, #madhyapradesh, #modi, #TheIndiaObserver, #TIO, cowurine, Saeed Naqvi

Cow Urine In Congress Manifesto: Hinduism Bar Raised Sky High

In a letter to her father written on December 10, 1949, Indira Gandhi threatened that she would be provoked to

Editorial India

November 12, 2018 The India Observer #MaulanaAzad

Congress President Who Sought United India To The Bitter End

Sunday, November 11 happens to be Maulana Azad’s birth anniversary, forgotten this year as it has been in the past.

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October 1, 2018 Saeed Naqvi #IndiaPakistan, #manto, #NanditaDas, #NawazuddinSiddiqui, Bollywood

Manto Speaks Post Partition Truth With Relentless Fury

Nandita Das’ film on the subcontinent’s greatest short story writer, Saadat Hasan Manto, brought alive memories of days when it

Editorial World

September 16, 2018 Saeed Naqvi #Assadregime, #civilwar, #Hezbollah, #Idlib, #JohnBolton, #Russia, Syria, Turkey, US

Air Bombardment Or “Chemical Attack”: Suspense Surround Idlib Endgame

The Byzantine and Roman sites of Ebla and Idlib, in North West Syria, may well be reduced to dust if

Columns Editorial India

September 9, 2018 Saeed Naqvi #LGBTQ, #Section377, #SupremeCourt

Reflections On The Supreme Court Liberating Gays And Lesbians

Those travelling to England for the first time in the sixties were recipients of a tract from the British High

Editorial India

September 1, 2018 Saeed Naqvi #burqaban, #islam#burqa, women

Since Burqa Has No Kuranic Injunction, Why Annoy Host Societies?

In normal times Britain’s former Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson’s observation that burqa clad women resemble walking “letter boxes” and “bank

Editorial India

August 17, 2018 Saeed Naqvi #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

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August 17, 2018 Adam Rizvi #AtalBihariVajpayee

Atalji’s death is a personal loss of a great statesman: Adam Rizvi, Editor-in-Chief, The India Observer

From the desk of Adam Rizvi, Editor in Chief, The India Observer Rest In Peace, Hon. Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Bharat

Editorial India

August 10, 2018 Saeed Naqvi #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

Editorial World

August 8, 2018 Saeed Naqvi #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

Editorial India

July 20, 2018 Saeed Naqvi #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

Diaspora Editorial India World

July 2, 2018 Adam Rizvi #AdamRizvi, #AligarhMuslimUniversity, #AliRizvi, #AMU, #AMUHeadOfUrdu, #as #, #AsrahRizvi, #AuthorSurraiyaHussain, #Boston, #BreakingNews, #Brigham&WomensHospital, #Dr.DeebaHussain, #Dr.IzharHussain, #Dr.SeemaHussain, #Dr.SurraiyaHussain, #Dr.TariqMansoor, #FirstHeadOfTheDepartmentAMU, #GardenOfGethsemane, #NailaIsmail, #Prof.SurraiyaHussain, #ProvostAbdullahHall, #RaisFatima, #SyedAfzalHussainRizvi, #TheIndiaObserver, #TIO, #Urdu, #UrduInPakistan, #VCTariqMansoor, #ViceChancelorAMU, #YousufIsmail, MIT

Prof. Surraiya Hussain, Ex Head of Urdu Department, AMU, Dies

BOSTON/ July 1 By Adam Rizvi, Boston, July 01, USA: It is with profound sadness that I must announce here

Editorial India

June 26, 2018 Saeed Naqvi #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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June 16, 2018 Saeed Naqvi #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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June 15, 2018 Adam Rizvi

Happy to announce Our India Bureau Chief is joining the prestigious Symbiosis Pune

From the Desk of Adam Rizvi, Editor in Chief & Publisher, The India Observer I have worked closely with Dr.

Editorial World

June 2, 2018 Saeed Naqvi #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

Editorial India

May 31, 2018 Saeed Naqvi #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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May 21, 2018 Saeed Naqvi #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

Editorial World

May 11, 2018 Saeed Naqvi #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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May 4, 2018 Saeed Naqvi #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