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September 14, 2017 Saeed Naqvi #gaurilankesh

Needed A Non-Doctrinaire Left To Carry Gauri Lankesh Vision

Encouraged by the spontaneous outpouring of sympathy and resolve across the country after Gauri Lankesh’s murder, I began to ferret

India Opinion

September 6, 2017 Sandeep Pandey #RTE

Why should the children be penalised for delinquent teachers?

Section 16 of the Right to Education Act, 2009, says that ‘no child admitted in a school shall be held

Opinion

September 3, 2017 Saeed Naqvi #BeijingMoscow, #BRICS, #Indo-China, #US-Russia

BRICS Summit Against Backdrop Of Plummeting Washington-Moscow Relations

Two recent events will influence attitudes at the 9th BRICS summit at Xiamen, China, from September 3 to 5 –

Opinion

September 2, 2017 The India Observer #Pakistan, India

Sauce for the goose and gander

“THEY have the president. They have the vice president. They have both houses of Congress. They have the supreme court

Opinion

August 29, 2017 Saeed Naqvi #Lucknow, #OCIcard, #pakistanvisa, India

What Does This Story Say About The 70th Anniversary?

This is a true story. I am revisiting it with a purpose: so that it collides head on with the

News Opinion

August 19, 2017 Roy Daniels #courtkerrala, #hindu, #Islam, #kamala, #kamalaDas, #lovejihad, #Poetwriter, #Surayya

Madhavikutty alias Kamala Surayya

The Judges of the Kerala High Court and the Supreme Court would have increased their wisdom greatly if they had

Health Opinion

August 19, 2017 The India Observer #childabuse, #UNICEF, #WHO

Child Abuse

According to UNICEF violence against children can be “physical and mental abuse and injury, neglect or negligent treatment, exploitation and

India Opinion

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

August 14, 2017 Adam Rizvi #childdeath, #Gorakhpur, #UPgovt

Gorakhpur Tragedy!!! Beyond words….

Unimaginable, Irresponsible, indescribable, this is what happened, this is the state of my state, Utter Pradesh, Not just a child

India Opinion

August 12, 2017 Vineeta Pandey #HamidAnsari, #IndianMuslims, #Muslims, India, Indian Muslim

Trolling the Vice President, of India, Janab, Hamid Ansari

Those who are trolling outgoing Vice President Hamid Ansari for his remarks about Muslims being insecure in India, possibly have

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

Opinion

August 2, 2017 Roy Daniels Bharat Mata, Democracy, Leonard Cohen, Modi Sarkar

With apologies to Leonard Cohen’s and his song, “Democracy”

It’s coming through a hole in the ground, from the depths of Nagpur’s fear, It’s coming from the feel that

lifestyle Opinion

August 2, 2017 Roy Daniels Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk, Movies

Should you watch Dunkirk? Here’s what our film critic has to say…

Went to see Dunkirk with friends. I was driven to the hall by my son and on the way he

Opinion

July 18, 2017 The India Observer Atal bihari Vajpayee, Bahujan Samaj Party, Keshri Nath Tripathi, Rajiv Gandhi

The wood in the axe

THESPIAN Dilip Kumar used an interesting metaphor in his movie Kranti, or revolution. The earthy couplet went thus: “Kulhadi mein

Opinion

July 6, 2017 The India Observer Iraq war, ISIS, Kurdish region, Kurdistan, Syrian Rebels

How about the 4th july for Iraq and Syria?

I came across this post which was written by Doaa Saleh Nassar an Egyptian-American and addressed to “American and European

Opinion

June 27, 2017 The India Observer DSP ayyub Pandith, Haryana train lynching, Junaid killed, Kashmir conflict, Muslim boy killed

The curious case of two lynchings and India’s reactions to them

Back to back, in the past week, two Indian citizens were lynched by mobs in two different states of India

Opinion

June 27, 2017 Roy Daniels DSP Ayyub, Gau rakshak, Kashmir conflict, Mohammed Akhlaq

The blood connection of the ‘Lynchers’

The people who beat DSP Md Ayub Pandith to death in Srinagar, Kashmir, are of the same tribe as the

Opinion

June 17, 2017 Roy Daniels

Taj Mahal is not a reflection of Indian culture, says Yogi Adityanath

The Yogi says, “Foreign dignitaries visiting the country were gifted replicas of the Taj Mahal and other minarets, which did

Opinion

June 15, 2017 Roy Daniels bureaucrats, intolerance

65 former bureaucrats speak out against intolerance

TOI tells us, 13th June ’17, “In an open letter, 65 former bureaucrats of Central services said they decided to

Opinion

May 29, 2017 The India Observer

The X Files of Turkey & the US: The Conflict Is Out There

According to Hurriyet Daily News, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on May 12, 2017, that U.S. support of the Syrian Kurds

India Opinion Politics

May 27, 2017 Roy Daniels #AbKeBarModiSarkar, #ABVPcriminals, #AdamRizvi, #ArundhatiRoy, #BJP, #BollywoodRawal, #breakingindianNews, #BreakingNews, #CriticsmOfIndia, #HumanShield, #Intolerant, #MuslimLynchingInIndia, #NarendraModi, #Nehruvian, #NGO, #PareshRawal, #PMModi, #RahulGandhi, #RSS, #Secularist, #TheIndiaObserver, #TIO, #Writers, #yogiadityanath, Arundhati Roy, BJP MP, Paresh rawal

Everything about Paresh Rawal and Arundhati Roy twitter war

By Roy Daniels, Edited By Adam Rizvi, TIO: Actor and BJP MP Paresh Rawal says Arundhati Roy should be used

Opinion

May 23, 2017 The India Observer Indian Muslims, Muslim personal law, Triple Talaq

Five male Judges, Different Faith, Triple Talaq, No Women Judge, Give me a break!

“Five Supremes, from five different religions, are listening to the case for and against the triple talaq in the Supreme

Opinion

May 17, 2017 The India Observer Manmohan Singh, Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi

Sonia Gandhi is not a foreigner anymore

Mr. Modi says Sonia has been living in India for almost 50 years and still can’t speak Hindi. He’s just

Opinion

March 26, 2017 The India Observer beyond borders, friendship

WHAT BORDERS DOES A FRIENDSHIP SEE?

This is a throwback to that one fearless journey I embarked upon just about 3 years ago, a throwback to