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

Senior Congress MP Ghulam Nabi Azad and other opposition lawmakers protest against the farm and labour bills at Parliament House in New Delhi. (PTI)

Saeed Naqvi | Whenever cornered, BJP says 'Eulalie' to opposition...

That's how the ruling party gets to enjoy so much legislative and executive leverage

27 Sept 2020 7:17 PM IST

Still from the movie Agraharathil Kazhutai. Source: iffigoa.org

Saeed Naqvi | How Congress fell between two stools and I lost Lucknow

I once prided my hometown of Lucknow as the world centre for satire, wit and an elegant inter-communal irreverence

12 Sept 2020 6:23 PM IST

Rahat Indori was five years old when the much loved poet Majaz died of a stroke after he was found on the freezing terrace of a country liquor shop in Lucknows Qaisar Bagh. Photo: Twitter

Saeed Naqvi | Rahat Indori, a theme for Bollywood with built-in lyrics

What will be Rahat's place in literature?

4 Sept 2020 4:42 PM IST

Recep Tayyip Erdogan (PTI)

Saeed Naqvi | Will Erdogan's Islamist play at Hagia Sophia rescue his...

A powerful anti-West Islamist party, Refah, or Welfare, took shape and spread like prairie fire

13 Aug 2020 7:48 PM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (AFP)

Saeed Naqvi | With cinema as guide, is conflict the destiny of India &...

Let's begin with Breaking with Old Ideas on China during Mao's Great Leap Forward

16 July 2020 5:24 PM IST

Capitalism, in other words, kept a wary eye on all transitions away from its stranglehold

Saeed Naqvi | Can US riots be compared with India's millions walking...

The vigour and success of a free society covered up an undercurrent of flaws like racism from the start

12 Jun 2020 6:55 PM IST

In this Thursday Jan. 24, 2019 file photo visitors walk through the cemetery of the former Nazi concentration camp in Terezin, Czech Republic. AP Photo

Saeed Naqvi | Engaging with rest of world: Will BBC give a better...

There has been worldwide condemnation for anti-Semitism officially and in the media, but our disinterest disturbs me for...

5 Jun 2020 4:44 PM IST

In this March 30, 2020, file photo, President Donald Trump opens a box containing a 5-minute test for COVID-19 from Abbott Laboratories as Stephen Hahn, commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. AP Photo

Saeed Naqvi: Fair is foul & foul is fair in Trump's world

As the world focuses on fighting coronavirus, US claws are out, groping the Venezuelan coastline, using Colombian...

15 May 2020 5:34 PM IST

: Labourers carry loads at Surajpole Anaj Mandi on International Workers Day, amid ongoing COVID-19 lockdown in Jaipur. PTI Photo

Saeed Naqvi: What's the way ahead to take India out of the lockdown?

ust when the economy was in a nosedive, came the pandemic, inviting a lockdown which has devastated the economy

1 May 2020 7:51 PM IST

A policeman pulls the remains of an anti new citizenship law banner as local authorities clear the protest site of Shaheen Bagh in New Delhi on March 24, 2020. (AP)

Saeed Naqvi: Shaheen Bagh stir recast in tune with the Covid times

Guided by common sense, the women of Shaheen Bagh have been extraordinarily focused on the Constitution

29 March 2020 6:29 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump (Photo: AP)

Trump: Has Modi embraced a two-term President?

So far, the Democratic race has similarities with the primaries, which led to a Hillary Clinton-Donald Trump contest in...

28 Feb 2020 2:05 AM IST

US President Donald Trump (AFP photo)

Why is anti-Semitism creeping back in US, Europe?

A pound of flesh closest to Antonio's heart was what Shylock had insisted on in the event of default.

14 Feb 2020 2:27 AM IST