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

The Ukraine story will certainly take a turn once the identity of senior Western officials, generals and mercenary groups at Azov are revealed. (Representational Image/ AP)

Saeed Naqvi | Sanctions hit Europe as US wants it weak: Putin adviser

The re-emergence of Russia with the help of friends who don't want Western hegemony, is unacceptable to the West

11 May 2022 12:36 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan (AP)

Saeed Naqvi | Can Imran do in Pakistan what Erdogan did in Turkey?

Anti-Americanism is a sure-fire electoral trick in a Muslim country that nurses a deep grievance against the US

18 April 2022 12:45 AM IST

U.S. President Joe Biden. (AP)

Saeed Naqvi | From Iraq 1991 to Ukraine, America's decline evident

The anxiety about China's rise is now being replaced by something much more complex - the Sino-Russian embrace

31 March 2022 11:27 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP President J P Nadda during the BJP Parliamentary Party meeting, at Ambedkar International Centre, in New Delhi, Tuesday, Dec 7, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Saeed Naqvi | Is BJP turning into Congress led by Sardar, minus Nehru?

What gave BJP winning numbers was its secular, economic measures rations, cash, money for housing. Is this not some...

17 March 2022 11:51 PM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin. (AP)

Saeed Naqvi | Biblical saying revisited: He who wins shall lose...

As perceptions supersede reality in how international affairs are played today, Ukraine has, as predicted, led to a huge...

4 March 2022 3:13 AM IST

In this file photo, singer Lata Mangeshkar laughs at the launch of her hindi music album Saadgi or Simplicity, on World Music Day, in Mumbai. (Photo: AP)

Saeed Naqvi | A monochromatic wasteland cannot create another Lata...

Lata Mangeshkar's passing away does end an epoch but her music will remain part of the air generations will breathe

21 Feb 2022 6:56 AM IST

A girl holds a sign during a protest against US military involvement with Russia over Ukraine during a rally in Times Square, New York, on February 5, 2022. (AFP)

Saeed Naqvi | Ukraine doesn't expect invasion; but Biden, Boris build...

The image of the Western alliance in lockstep, ready to go for Mr Putin's jugular, isn't borne out by the facts on the...

7 Feb 2022 2:16 AM IST

The First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev. (AP)

Saeed Naqvi | Moscow's brief foray doused Kazakh turmoil, hasn't ended...

I run my eyes with wonder because the turbulence is totally incompatible with the image of serenity etched on my mind

23 Jan 2022 1:37 AM IST

Mikhail Gorbachev (Twitter)

Saeed Naqvi | Wasn't world a better place in middle of the Cold War?

My memory of the events three decades ago is of a personal nature as I was the only journalist who interviewed Mikhail...

10 Jan 2022 1:38 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses during the inauguration of Kashi Vishwanath Dham, in Varanasi, Monday, Dec 13, 2021. (DC File Image)

Saeed Naqvi | Kashi Corridor: Would Ghalib, Ray & Bismillah recognise...

All rivers have a lore for people settled on their banks and beyond, but the Ganga is different because it is special to...

27 Dec 2021 3:34 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) speaking with Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi. (AFP)

Saeed Naqvi | After Putin trip, India closer to the poker table on...

Militancy gestating next door, in Afghanistan, and in the notice of closest friend America places New Delhi in an...

13 Dec 2021 3:58 AM IST

Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi visiting US President Ronald Reagan at the White House. (Twitter)

Saeed Naqvi | When Indian diplomacy left both Moscow & US annoyed

In Washington, the PM was persuaded that the decision to recognise the Polisario should be, well, delayed if not...

29 Nov 2021 2:53 AM IST