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Saeed Naqvi
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The writer is a senior journalist and commentator based in New Delhi
    Venezuelas President Nicolas Maduro (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Should India ignore, condemn or back US meddling in Venezuela?

    US national security adviser John Bolton has been salivating on Venezuela for military action.

    15 Feb 2019 12:34 AM IST

    Priyanka Gandhi VadraOpinion
    In UP, Priyanka's entry changes everything

    Priyanka Gandhi had been given the task in overall, political control of the fiefdomsâ€.

    1 Feb 2019 12:38 AM IST

    Former US President Jimmy Carter (Photo: AP)Opinion
    1979: How Afghanistan & Iran changed forever

    The plan was to eliminate the Communist parties, which were gaining in influence around President Mohammad Daud in...

    18 Jan 2019 5:08 AM IST

    Russian President Vladimir Putin (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Mideast in ferment: Riyadh-Doha tussle expands

    Hamas were supple enough to mobilise support from another formidable axis Iran, Hezbollah and Syria.

    4 Jan 2019 12:05 AM IST

    It took our state government hours to waive loans of farmers, Opposition will force (PM) Narendra Modi government to waive farm loans, Congress president Rahul Gandhi said. (Photo: ANI)Opinion
    Can Rahul's Hinduism redefine composite culture?

    The Indian National Congress has, with unprecedented honesty, embraced its Hindu credentials.

    21 Dec 2018 12:04 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress chief Rahul Gandhi (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Of cow urine, gaushalas & Cong's future

    When a lynch mob in Haryana forced two Muslim boys to swallow a paste of cow dung and urine, they vomited.

    7 Dec 2018 12:15 AM IST

    Journalist Jamal Khashoggi has not been seen since he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul more than two weeks ago, amid persistent reports he was killed inside. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    A new Mideast game: Trump & MBS vs The Rest

    It would be rank bad manners to liken the US President to Caligula, but there's a difficulty finding other comparables.

    23 Nov 2018 12:05 AM IST

    Sabarimala TempleOpinion
    A Sabarimala tale: When the celibate god rewarded an actress for...

    Amit Shah has chastised the Supreme Court for having ruled that young women, whose entry to Sabarimala was banned, be...

    9 Nov 2018 12:37 AM IST

    Jeremy Corbyn, Labour leaderOpinion
    Chance for Corbyn if May trips on Brexit

    The Conservative Party is in desperate straits over both Brexit and Corbyn. PM Theresa May is looking at the Exit door...

    26 Oct 2018 12:08 AM IST

    Still from the movie MantoOpinion
    When subcontinent's greatest short story writer got just Rs 20 for a...

    Thanda Goshtâ€, or Cold Meatâ€, another Manto masterpiece, becomes one of the film's supporting columns.

    28 Sept 2018 12:47 AM IST

    LGBTQ community members celebrate after the Supreme Court verdict which decriminalises consensual gay sex, in Mumbai. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Is smutty 'gay love' poetry now kosher?

    If men were going to be so unidirectional, women too were beginning to experience things they called freedom.

    15 Sept 2018 12:05 AM IST

    Muslims in Britain who are causing raised eyebrows by an obstinate insistence on a wardrobe which the host population finds outlandish and worse, must realise that they are at risk of bartering away priceless goodwill. (Photo: Representational Image)Opinion
    To ban or not: Troubling questions on the burqa

    Women on the Haj pilgrimage do not have to cover their faces in front of the Kaaba, the building at the centre of the...

    31 Aug 2018 1:23 AM IST

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