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The writer is a senior journalist and commentator based in New Delhi

Chinese President Xi Jinping waves at an event to introduce new members of the Politburo Standing Committee at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Saeed Naqvi | Vietnam joins Sino-Russian orbit, in a huge blow to West

The Beijing-Moscow pair has attracted new adherents, whereas the Western camp is restive.

26 Feb 2023 1:43 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the 57th All India Conference of Director Generals/Inspector Generals of Police, in New Delhi, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Saeed Naqvi | Will the BBC TV documentary be revived here for...

Ban a TV show, and you are guaranteed a record audience

8 Feb 2023 12:35 AM IST

Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka. (Photo: Wikipedia)

Saeed Naqvi | Who remembers Rabuka, the man who seized power from 6L...

Today Rabuka, on his third spell as Prime Minister, is a household name

25 Jan 2023 12:00 AM IST

Moroccos forward #19 Youssef En-Nesyri (C) celebrates with teammates after scoring the opening goal during the Qatar 2022 World Cup quarter-final football match between Morocco and Portugal at the Al-Thumama Stadium in Doha on December 10. (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP)

Saeed Naqvi | World Cup show spotlights Qatar as a nation apart

When all of the GCC was quaking at Iran's emergence, Qatar maintained very practical trade relation with Iran.

2 Jan 2023 12:23 AM IST

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (AFP)

Saeed Naqvi | America's dream world order needs Russia, Europe to be...

Lord Ismay, Nato's first secretary-general, had succinctly outlined the alliance's purpose: to keep the Soviet Union out...

19 Dec 2022 9:13 AM IST

In this picture released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with a group of Basij paramilitary force in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022. (Photo: AP)

Saeed Naqvi | Will the protests compel Iranian regime to begin...

The Iran unrest began in September when 22-year-old Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini died in the morality police's custody

5 Dec 2022 12:05 AM IST

US President Joe Biden (AP)

Saeed Naqvi | Unwounded in midterms, will Biden explore Ukraine peace?

With this ambiguous verdict in hand, Mr Biden doesn't need an endless war in Ukraine to redeem himself

20 Nov 2022 12:10 AM IST

Rishi Sunak will take charge as Britains first Indian-origin Prime Minister after an audience with King Charles III on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Aberto Pezzali)

Saeed Naqvi | Children of Macaulay go global with Sunak's rise

Had Macaulay manifested himself by some miracle in the Calcutta of the 1950s and 1960s, he would have considered himself...

6 Nov 2022 11:04 PM IST

Muslim women gather to participate in a march against banning Muslim girls wearing hijab from attending classes at some schools in Karnataka, in New Delhi. (AP File Photo)

Saeed Naqvi | Hijab in Iran & India: Some enlightenment for SC judges

The minority factor aggravates the problem to an extent that Justice Hemant Gupta of the Supreme Court appears not to...

24 Oct 2022 3:21 AM IST

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat (PTI)

Saeed Naqvi | RSS' Bhagwat and Muslims: Recalling Bhaurao Deoras'...

Muslims, traditionally a Congress vote bank, began to feel uncomfortable with the Congress. There was a reason

10 Oct 2022 12:00 AM IST

Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev (Photo: AP)

Saeed Naqvi | Gorby's model: 1980s' Sweden as socialism was being...

Gorbachev, as the subsequent years proved, was clearly out of touch with the nation he had set out to transform

9 Sept 2022 12:06 AM IST

Salman Rushdie (AP file photo)

Saeed Naqvi | The Satanic' furies: A look at the genesis

Rushdie and The Satanic Verses will encroach on the world's attention now and then indefinitely for political football

28 Aug 2022 12:15 AM IST