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Editorial India

November 6, 2019 Saeed Naqvi

Many Uses Of Al Baghdadi: Why Did They Kill Him?

In these dark days when terrorism has become a strategic asset, to bump off a superior practitioner like Abu Bakr

Editorial World

September 22, 2019 Saeed Naqvi

Ill Wind For West: Houthis Hit Aramco, Netanyahu Wobbles

Attack on Aramco, decline of Benjamin Netanyahu, departure of John Bolton from the White House are all honeyed music to

Editorial India World

September 6, 2019 Saeed Naqvi

Is Ladakh Part Of The Buddhist Ring Encircling China?

Hardline Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka have celebrated the creation of a new Buddhist entity in Ladakh. It is an

Australia Editorial India World

August 31, 2019 Saeed Naqvi #AdamRizvi, #AmirAmanullahKhan, #Arabworld, #Clinton, #FakhruddinAliAhmed, #Indian, #IndianMuslims, #KargilWar, #Kingabdulaziz, #KingSalman, #Madina, #Mecca, #modi, #MorarjiDesai, #MuslimsOfIndia, #NarendraModi, #Nishan-e-pakistan, #Nishan-Izzuddeen, #OrderofZayed, #PM, #Riyadh, #Saeednaqvi, #SaudiKing, #ShaikhMohammadbinzayed, #TheIndiaObserver, #TIO, #UAE

Modi Feted By Muslim Countries: For Indian Muslims “Umma” A Mirage

“A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country.” This Biblical dictum would fit Prime Minister, Narendra Modi

Editorial India

August 24, 2019 Saeed Naqvi #amitshah, #BBC, #J&K, #modi, Article370, India, kashmir

Kashmir: Will BBC Once Again Lift The Veil Of Secrecy?

It is just as well that the BBC has decided to expand its shortwave radio service in Kashmir to beat

Editorial India

August 12, 2019 Saeed Naqvi #JammuandKashmir, #kashmiriPandits, #Ladakh, #Pakistan, Article370, India

Ladakhi Magic: Disappearance Of The Muslim Majority From All Discourse

In a sense, the circumvention of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir by the Narendra Modi government concludes the fierce

Editorial India

August 6, 2019 Saeed Naqvi #Congress, #Congresspresident, #RahulGandhi, India

Tirupati AICC Session As A Guide, Congress Will Not Hold Elections

Congress leaders like Shashi Tharoor are suggesting an election of a new party President. They have probably forgotten the Tirupati

Australia Editorial

July 27, 2019 Saeed Naqvi #AdamRizvi, #Bernie Sanders, #BorisJohnson, #Britain, #BritishPrimeMinister, #Corbyn, #DavidCameron, #Foxnews, #Hillaryclinton, #IvanaTrump, #JeremyCorbyn, #JosephMcCarthy, #Libya, #PritiPatel, #Racism, #Russia, #Saeednaqvi, #TheIndiaObserver, #TheresaMay, #TIO, #Trump, #WorldBank, Brexit, Putin, Syria

Does Johnson With His Vulnerabilities Make Corbyn More Acceptable?

Express your views, be a part Like*Share* Follow*Comment*Subscribe* Thanks Editorial By Saeed Naqvi, Copy-edited by Adam Rizvi: “Ek na shud,

Editorial India

July 25, 2019 Saeed Naqvi #BJP, #Congress, #Congresspresident, #PriyankaGandhi, #RahulGandhi, India

Post Rahul, Party May Splinter But Something New Is Needed

When Trinamool’s Mahua Moitra took Parliament by storm in her debut speech last month, a thought crossed my mind. In

Editorial World

July 2, 2019 Saeed Naqvi #Drone, #enrichment, #Iran, #Nucleararsenal, #Rafsanjani, #RevolutionaryGuards, #Tehran, #Trump, US, Washington

High-tech US Drone Shot Down By Iranian Technology Causes Concern

If folks in rural UP knew anything about Donald Trump, they would describe him as “chatur Bawraha” or “cunning crackpot”.

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June 24, 2019 Saeed Naqvi #cricket, #ImranKhan, #India-Pakistan, #Lucknow

India – Pakistan ODI: Notes From Days When Cricket Wasn’t War

This Sunday, 16 June, I look forward to being seated with friends in an arc around the TV set, ready

Pliant Media which toes the government line

Editorial India

June 20, 2019 Saeed Naqvi #APCO, #Balakot, #BBC, #Bustard, #captivemedia, #China, #CNN, #crawlingmedia, #Divider In Chief, #emergency, #Hindu Kingdom, #independentmedia, #Iran, #Jaisalmer, #Journalist, #Kingdom of SaudiArabia, #MEA, #MEDIA, #medigovtcosy, #modi, #MorarjiDesai, #Nature, #New York Times, #NYT, #pliantnewspaper, #PM Modi, #Qatar, #RobinHood, #RSS, #Russia, #Saeednaqvi, #Sri lanka, #The India Observer, #TIO, #toethegovtline, #UAE, #UK, #VinodGrover, #wildlife, Adam Rizvi, Maldives., Rajasthan

Media Crawled During Emergency. Today Is Its Spine Straight?

It is not a complaint but rather a reflection on the general state of play: in my 50 years of

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May 31, 2019 Saeed Naqvi #AdamRizvi, #AtalBiharVajpayee, #BJP, #Congress, #Election Covering, #Elections2019, #Indian Express, #IndiraGandhi, #loksabhaelections2019, #Modi'scabinet, #Muslims, #NarendraModi, #NDA, #Nitish Kumar, #PMModi, #RahulGabdhi, #RahulGandhi, #Ramnath Goenka, #RSS, #Sadhvi, #Saeednaqvi, #TheIndiaObserver, #TIO, #TV Anchors, #yogiadityanath, Arun Shourie

Minions Could Have Sportingly Leaked Portfolios In A Carnival of Democracy

The great TV anchors, God’s gift to Indian journalism, who has been Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s shrill town criers these

Editorial India

May 24, 2019 Saeed Naqvi #BJP, #Elections2019, #loksabhaelections2019, #Muslims, #NarendraModi, India

Muslims And Election: They Also Serve Who Only Stand And Wait

India’s 187 million Muslims deserve a round of applause for the diligent docility with which they have allowed themselves to

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April 5, 2019 Saeed Naqvi #AdamRizvi, #Andhra Pradesh, #Babri Masjid, #BabriMasjid-RamMandir, #Balakot, #BJP, #Chandrababunaidu, #Chhattisgarh, #Elections2019, #hindus, #Hyderabad, #India Emergency, #India News, #Karnataka, #Kerala, #LeftFront, #Madhya Pradesh, #Muslims, #NRINews, #RahulGandhi, #SabaNaqvi, #Saeednaqvi, #tangutri, #Tangutri Anjaiah, #Telugu Desam, #TheIndiaObserver, #TIO, #TMC, #TOI, #Vallabhbhai Patel, #Wayanad, #Yeddyurappa, India, Indian Economy, PTI

Progressive Manifesto Gives One Signal, Fighting Left In Kerala Another

Rahul Gandhi’s choice of Wayanad as his constituency in South India has set tongues wagging. Is this an insurance just

Editorial India

March 24, 2019 Saeed Naqvi #Amritsar, #ANI, #Babri Masjid, #Baghdad, #Bosnia, #British injustice, #caste, #Christchurch, #Embasssy of Libiya, #Embassy of Iran, #Embassy of Iraq, #Embassy of New Zealand, #Gen. Michael O’Dwyer, #Haganah, #hatecrime, #Hillary Clinton, #Hindu nationalism, #JacindaArdern, #Jallianwala Bagh, #Jerusalem, #Jewish, #Kanpur, #Libya, #mosques killing, #Muslim, #New Zealand, #Newzealand, #Palestine, #Phoolan Devi, #PM, #Pulwama, #Qaddafi, #Soviet, #The India Observer, #TIO, #Udham Singh, #Utrecht, #worshippers, Adam Rizvi, Donald Trump, PTI, Saeed Naqvi

Thanks To Ardern, New Zealand Today Soothes The Soul

Those who have rushed to psychoanalyze 28 years old Australian, Brenton Tarrant, for the outrage in Christchurch, New Zealand, mosques

Editorial India

March 15, 2019 Saeed Naqvi #ANI, #BJP, #BJP-RSS, #Brahmin, #castepolitics, #Comunist party, #Congress, #CPM, #Dikshit, #Dilip Padgaonkar, #Imran, #Lok Sabha elections, #loksabhapolls2019, #Lucknow, #mumbai, #NDTV, #Pranab Mukherjee, #Prime Minister Modi, #Randeep Surjewala’s, #Sonia Gandhi, #thakur, #The India Observer, #The Last Brahmin Prime Minister, #TIO, AAP, Arvind kejriwal, india elections, Manmohan Singh, Narendra Modi, PTI, Rahul Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi

The Return Of The Brahmin?

In 1996 my book “The Last Brahmin Prime Minister” was on the stands. The title was so controversial that friends

Editorial India

March 7, 2019 Saeed Naqvi #communist, #emergency, #F16, #gathbandhan, #Ghar wapsi, #ImranKhan, #India-Pakistan, #Indo-Pak, #Jaya Prakash Narayan, #JeM, #Josh, #Josh Malihabadi, #MiG21Bison, #Muslim League, #Nawa-e-Waqt, #Nehru’s socialism, #PMModi, #pro-American, #Pulwamaattack, #RSS, #Sikh, #Soviet Union, #Urdu poet, #WingCommanderAbhinandan, anti-Sikh, CRPFconvoy, Indira Gandhi, kashmir, Lahore, Rajiv Gandhi

Does Imran Khan Know He Has Followed Josh Malihabadi’s Advice?

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has taken the leaf out of great Urdu poet Josh Malihabadi’s book: “Badlay ki rasm

Editorial World

February 10, 2019 Saeed Naqvi #Russia, #Taliban, Afghanistan, US

US, Russia And Blackwater Mercenaries Plot Different Futures For Afghanistan

Two parallel peace processes on Afghanistan are underway. In Doha, Zalmay Khalilzad, US Special Representative for Afghanistan has held extensive

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Ram Mandir And The Muslim Citizenship Issue: Different Hindu Responses

“Oudh” Princes From Delhi’s Malcha Mahal: Pulitzer Prize Winner Resurrects

Ending Temple Politics Will Help Harmonize But Pakistan The Cornerstone

Many Uses Of Al Baghdadi: Why Did They Kill Him?

Ill Wind For West: Houthis Hit Aramco, Netanyahu Wobbles

Is Ladakh Part Of The Buddhist Ring Encircling China?

Modi Feted By Muslim Countries: For Indian Muslims “Umma” A Mirage

Kashmir: Will BBC Once Again Lift The Veil Of Secrecy?

Ladakhi Magic: Disappearance Of The Muslim Majority From All Discourse

Tirupati AICC Session As A Guide, Congress Will Not Hold Elections

Does Johnson With His Vulnerabilities Make Corbyn More Acceptable?

Post Rahul, Party May Splinter But Something New Is Needed

High-tech US Drone Shot Down By Iranian Technology Causes Concern

India – Pakistan ODI: Notes From Days When Cricket Wasn’t War

Media Crawled During Emergency. Today Is Its Spine Straight?

Minions Could Have Sportingly Leaked Portfolios In A Carnival of Democracy

Muslims And Election: They Also Serve Who Only Stand And Wait

Progressive Manifesto Gives One Signal, Fighting Left In Kerala Another

Thanks To Ardern, New Zealand Today Soothes The Soul

The Return Of The Brahmin?

Does Imran Khan Know He Has Followed Josh Malihabadi’s Advice?

US, Russia And Blackwater Mercenaries Plot Different Futures For Afghanistan

If US Invades Venezuela, Who Will Report The Resistance?

Priyanka’s Entry Makes For Riveting Triangular Pre Election Pirouette

How Is The Electoral Game Shaping Up In Key States