Author Archives: Jawed Naqvi
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Karzai scouts for Indian military aid
NEW DELHI, May 21: India is planning to set up an agricultural university in Kandahar among its proposed projects in Afghanistan but visiting Afghan President Hamid Karzai was reported on Tuesday to have sought
NEW DELHI, May 21: India is planning to set up an agricultural university in Kandahar among its proposed projects in Afghanistan but visiting Afghan President Hamid Karzai was reported on Tuesday to have sought
16th May, 2013
The Chinaman cometh
CHINAMAN is a left-arm wrist-spun ball named after Puss Achong the West Indian cricketer of Chinese origin.
CHINAMAN is a left-arm wrist-spun ball named after Puss Achong the West Indian cricketer of Chinese origin.
13th May, 2013
Indians salute Pakistani people, Singh invites Nawaz
NEW DELHI, May 12: Indians across the board on Sunday saluted the people of Pakistan for their determined fight to protect and advance democracy in their troubled country as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh invited
NEW DELHI, May 12: Indians across the board on Sunday saluted the people of Pakistan for their determined fight to protect and advance democracy in their troubled country as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh invited
9th May, 2013
Congress routs BJP in Karnataka polls
NEW DELHI, May 8: India’s ruling Congress on Wednesday evicted the opposition Bharatiya Party (BJP) from power in Karnataka, the only southern state where the rightwing Hindu group had successfully imposed its revivalist agenda.
NEW DELHI, May 8: India’s ruling Congress on Wednesday evicted the opposition Bharatiya Party (BJP) from power in Karnataka, the only southern state where the rightwing Hindu group had successfully imposed its revivalist agenda.
9th May, 2013
Vote for the faith healer
AT the risk of annoying left-liberal friends in Pakistan with their obvious scorn for Imran Khan, let me say that I can now see in him a more agreeable prospect for their country than they would grant.
AT the risk of annoying left-liberal friends in Pakistan with their obvious scorn for Imran Khan, let me say that I can now see in him a more agreeable prospect for their country than they would grant.
6th May, 2013
Pakistan envoy to visit Sanaullah today
Salman Bashir will visit the Chandigarh hospital on Monday to see the comatose Pakistani prisoner whose condition continued to be critical.
Salman Bashir will visit the Chandigarh hospital on Monday to see the comatose Pakistani prisoner whose condition continued to be critical.
2nd May, 2013
Behind the billowing smoke
BEFORE he was stopped for questioning at the Boston airport last week, Azam Khan was perceived as a ghetto-embracing politician, an Indian Muslim with a provincial worldview.
BEFORE he was stopped for questioning at the Boston airport last week, Azam Khan was perceived as a ghetto-embracing politician, an Indian Muslim with a provincial worldview.
25th April, 2013
Singing legend Shamshad dies
NEW DELHI, April 24: You could scarcely find a picture of hers until the 1970s, when she stopped singing, though her voice had regaled millions of moviegoers across the world from as early as 1941.
NEW DELHI, April 24: You could scarcely find a picture of hers until the 1970s, when she stopped singing, though her voice had regaled millions of moviegoers across the world from as early as 1941.
25th April, 2013
Homing pigeons and stool pigeons
I HAVEN’T scoured the list in case some friend’s name pops up, but I am caught between delight and relief that Pakistan’s Supreme Court ordered the publication of a list of journalists who were allegedly on secret
I HAVEN’T scoured the list in case some friend’s name pops up, but I am caught between delight and relief that Pakistan’s Supreme Court ordered the publication of a list of journalists who were allegedly on secret
18th April, 2013
Modi as Pakistan’s candidate
A NEIGHBOUR in Delhi, who happens to be a Narendra Modi devotee, asked me which leader Pakistanis would want as India’s next prime minister.
A NEIGHBOUR in Delhi, who happens to be a Narendra Modi devotee, asked me which leader Pakistanis would want as India’s next prime minister.
11th April, 2013
Exhuming Neruda’s spirit
I HAVE been reading Matilde Urrutia’s memoirs of her life with Pablo Neruda. At one level it’s a saga of passion for the woman Neruda loved and who inspired much of his poetry.
I HAVE been reading Matilde Urrutia’s memoirs of her life with Pablo Neruda. At one level it’s a saga of passion for the woman Neruda loved and who inspired much of his poetry.
4th April, 2013
A worrying scenario
IN the cacophony of pre-election decibels in the Indian media there is a risk of ignoring a shadowy agenda few are prepared to admit or discuss.
IN the cacophony of pre-election decibels in the Indian media there is a risk of ignoring a shadowy agenda few are prepared to admit or discuss.
28th March, 2013
The songs of Holi
IT is Holi again and I am surprisingly riveted to YouTube, listening to Jaddan Bai’s lilting composition in Raga Durga. From the feel of it, she must have sung it in the 1930s.
IT is Holi again and I am surprisingly riveted to YouTube, listening to Jaddan Bai’s lilting composition in Raga Durga. From the feel of it, she must have sung it in the 1930s.
27th March, 2013
Indian state bars SL cricketers from IPL
The Indian state of Tamil Nadu barred Sri Lankan cricketers from playing in Chennai, prompting the IPL governing body to rework the fixtures.
The Indian state of Tamil Nadu barred Sri Lankan cricketers from playing in Chennai, prompting the IPL governing body to rework the fixtures.
21st March, 2013
Rape in the line of ‘duty’
IN a way I agree with Indian Army chief Gen Bikram Singh that the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), without which his troops would be open to charges of rape and murder in Kashmir and Manipur, should
IN a way I agree with Indian Army chief Gen Bikram Singh that the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), without which his troops would be open to charges of rape and murder in Kashmir and Manipur, should
14th March, 2013
Missing humour in religion
WITH all the bloody mayhem unleashed in the name of religion today, there may be no occasion left to remember that not too long ago people of different faiths in our region and elsewhere could poke fun at each
WITH all the bloody mayhem unleashed in the name of religion today, there may be no occasion left to remember that not too long ago people of different faiths in our region and elsewhere could poke fun at each
7th March, 2013
Enough of men
GHALIB the 19th-century poet was capable of Himalayan vanity and grovelling modesty. He captured a nadir moment in his fluctuating emotions thus:
GHALIB the 19th-century poet was capable of Himalayan vanity and grovelling modesty. He captured a nadir moment in his fluctuating emotions thus:
4th March, 2013
BJP launches poll bid with squabbles
NEW DELHI, March 3: With more than a year still to go for the general elections, India’s main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party began its 2014 poll campaign here on Sunday but its scathing attack on the corruption-
NEW DELHI, March 3: With more than a year still to go for the general elections, India’s main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party began its 2014 poll campaign here on Sunday but its scathing attack on the corruption-
1st March, 2013
Indian defence budget up by 5pc
NEW DELHI, Feb 28: Indian markets went into a sulk and the rupee took a sharp 50 paisa fall against the dollar on Thursday as Finance Minister P. Chidambaram unveiled a surge in spending in his last budget before next year’s general election.
NEW DELHI, Feb 28: Indian markets went into a sulk and the rupee took a sharp 50 paisa fall against the dollar on Thursday as Finance Minister P. Chidambaram unveiled a surge in spending in his last budget before next year’s general election.
28th February, 2013
That right feeling about TV
GULLIBLE Indians often believe that journalists on TV speak the gospel truth. I have met unsuspecting ones among them who believe emperor Babar was a Pakistani.
GULLIBLE Indians often believe that journalists on TV speak the gospel truth. I have met unsuspecting ones among them who believe emperor Babar was a Pakistani.
