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The writer is a senior journalist and commentator based in New Delhi
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    Saeed Naqvi | Syria is still in the eye of the storm even after 10...

    The free run the US and regional allies like Saudi Arabia had to alter the ground realities in Syria ended when the...

    9 April 2021 4:26 AM IST

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    Saeed Naqvi | Acknowledge potential of Pope-Sistani historic tryst

    Pardon my Lucknow chauvinism, but the benighted city once had intimate links with the centre of Shia Islam, Najaf, in...

    28 March 2021 4:06 AM IST

    The Gandhis state of funk may have been enhanced last week by Gujarat where, contrary to the promise of 2017, the Congress has been beaten to a pulp by the BJP in the local body elections. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Saeed Naqvi | Gandhis have had it if Congress flops in May

    As for the Congress Party (The House), senior members have already bolted and joined the BJP

    13 March 2021 4:30 AM IST

    US President Donald Trump walks from Marine One after arriving on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, following campaign events in New Jersey. (AFP)Opinion
    Only Walter Mitty can dream Afghan troop withdrawal before US election

    The US involvement in Afghanistan has been a great tragedy

    24 Oct 2020 11:54 AM IST

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

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