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Jawed Naqvi
Delhi riot, Halle synagogue attack prove bigotry is a handy state asset
A sting operation comes to mind. It was conducted by an intrepid journalist on one of the leading mob heads in Gujarat.
04 Mar 2020 2:33 AM
Sanders stalks Trump tour with Guj bizmen exploring options
The Israeli right’s alliance with Trump and Modi is a subject for Miss Marple’s investigation.
26 Feb 2020 6:38 AM
The battles ahead: Can Left build bridges?
Popular leftist leader Kanhaiya Kumar is already campaigning there for all the secular and democratic causes the Communist Party of India represents.
19 Feb 2020 2:30 AM
Cultural bonds to the soil: Who is an Indian and who is a foreigner?
A feature of the pre-Westphalia nations and empires was their shifting borders, as with the Roman and Mauryan or Mughal rulers.
12 Feb 2020 4:50 AM
Shaheen-CAA stir critically poised, but EC is inactive
A picture showed the man aiming the gun at the crowd while the policemen looked on indulgently.
05 Feb 2020 3:13 AM
Foreign triggers that spurred rise of Modi
It was a long hard-hitting poem on the grand betrayal of the Indian people, an acerbic version of Faiz’s plaint about the mottled dawn in Pakistan.
29 Jan 2020 2:36 AM
Despite legacy of mutual suspicion, Opp. must fight with what it has
A victory should lead to an imminent reconciliation of secularist forces to rebuild the ruptured country and its frayed democracy.
22 Jan 2020 7:23 AM
Amid protests, Left and Congress two elephants in the room
The headlines should warm the cockles of Prime Minister Modi’s heart.
15 Jan 2020 1:54 AM
What does it take to fight Hindutva and fascism?
Given the highly contagious virus, the ancient habit would inevitably become a ready source of its rapid transmission.
08 Jan 2020 2:20 AM
Hindus rejecting anti-Muslim bias a ray of hope in these dark times
The image trumped the visual chaos of violence, and shored up hope with more self-assuredness.
02 Jan 2020 1:48 AM
Jaya Bachchan’s way is simply wrong: Revenge is not justice
Evidence shows that rape breathes and thrives in the acid air of patriarchy.
11 Dec 2019 1:16 AM
SC’s Ayodhya verdict fails to shore up BJP’s political clout
Wali wooed and applauded the diverse people of India. Aurangzeb alienated them, a departure from his forbears, led by the eclectic Akbar.
05 Dec 2019 7:31 AM
Severe to very poor: Air quality is a metaphor for political leadership
The Delhi Met Bureau may have actually made a deeply philosophical observation with its imagery applicable to several facets of life these days.
20 Nov 2019 2:36 AM
Few faiths can match Sikhism’s vivid rainbow of eclectic heroes
Allama Iqbal saw him as the seer who raised hopes for India’s social enlightenment after the country exiled Buddhism to foreign shores.
13 Nov 2019 12:40 AM
Doubts and dilemmas of the soldier in post-colonial South Asian democracies
The RSS had become the spine of his movement, feigning as it did its transient passion for India’s secular and socialist constitution.
23 Oct 2019 2:03 AM
From Wuhan to Chennai: Reading the tea leaves...
The Chinese plan for the worst that could come their way in pursuit of critical objectives.
16 Oct 2019 1:06 AM
Given the BJP’s inverse Midas touch, should Trump worry?
Within a year of Khomeini’s rule, Vajpayee’s emissaries were standing with heads bowed in front of the new helmsman of Iran.
26 Sep 2019 12:27 AM
Can Congress follow Indira’s 1969 plan to revitalise itself?
The Congress cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds anymore.
18 Sep 2019 1:59 AM
Its allies don’t care for Kashmir, so Pak needs to reinvent its strategy
India leaned on a subtler ploy and used the British Commonwealth route to tackle domestic Marxists.
11 Sep 2019 1:40 AM
Romila Thapar and JNU: Can India’s Left go to the rescue?
The octogenarian opposed narrow Muslim demands in the 1970s to change the secular character of AMU.
04 Sep 2019 1:25 AM
Columns
If someone from such a background is elevated to the presidency, will it be such a bad thing when we consider India’s diversity?
The irony, gentle readers, is devastating and one would cry if one didn’t laugh
The impact of toxic hate speeches and hate crimes in recent years has gone deep into the gut of our society
The G-7 faced especially acute challenges this year as the global effects of Covid-19 pandemic have been compounded by the war in Ukraine