Jawed Naqvi

How a patriotic song stalks Modi

Modi’s reluctance to discuss the China border in parliament contrasts with Nehru’s preference for an open debate on the 1962 debacle. Updated 20 Dec, 2022 09:26am

If it’s football, it’s not cricket

It was a relief that India and Pakistan were nowhere near the World Cup in Doha. Updated 13 Dec, 2022 08:08am

Indian opposition turns the corner with key polls

Modi’s widely advertised “magic” worked in Gujarat where the BJP scored a one-sided victory winning 156 of the 182 seats. Updated 09 Dec, 2022 09:18am

Propaganda in films is old hat

The disconcerting fact is that ‘The Kashmir Files’ was extremely successful with audiences in India and the diaspora abroad. Updated 06 Dec, 2022 03:11pm

Chasing the bumblebee in flight

The West needs the likes of Modi and the Saudi prince. Updated 29 Nov, 2022 09:41am

Hypocrisy’s penalty corner

Reality should never be obscured by other outrages, including the abominable working conditions of Asian workers in Qatar. Updated 22 Nov, 2022 08:27am

Nostalgic note for a fine sport

The magic was about the cornucopia of characters that made up the Indian squad in 1983. Updated 15 Nov, 2022 10:21am

Media and their marching tunes

One can only hope that Rahul Gandhi does not have to pay an Imran Khan-like price or attract the wrong headlines. Updated 08 Nov, 2022 08:18am

After the celebrations are over

Sunak swore on the Gita to be loyal to the sovereign who is sworn to defend the Church of England. Updated 01 Nov, 2022 08:03am

Marching against a ticking clock

Congress on its own cannot defeat Hindu fascism. Updated 25 Oct, 2022 08:15am

Will an Adlai Stevenson save us?

For the moment it all looks ominous after Nato launched its annual nuclear exercise on Monday. Updated 18 Oct, 2022 08:41am

Are Muslims the only victims?

How did they dance their way into the BJP and how do they feel about being there in an era of lynching, public flogging and daily Updated 11 Oct, 2022 07:47am

Un-stirring the sugar in the milk

A feature of Hindutva is that it seeks to destroy alternative explorations of Hindu traditions and their multilayered lore. Published 04 Oct, 2022 07:32am

Foreign policies brewed at home

Not all countries are willing to heed foreign diktat. Published 27 Sep, 2022 07:21am

A sense of history would help

The trouble ahead for Rahul will be that he has so far been applauded in the friendlier states. Updated 20 Sep, 2022 09:19am

Is India-Pakistan peace around?

If the horse befriends the grass, it could face starvation. Hatred for Pakistan has been an article of faith with Hindutva. Updated 13 Sep, 2022 09:33am

As Bond saw Kennedy’s appeal

A Congress leader quit the party the other day, not the first in a flurry of departures in recent years. Published 06 Sep, 2022 10:28am

The masses bringing change?

It could be crucial that while ushering in a new party chief, Congress leaders also define what they meant when they called for Published 30 Aug, 2022 08:23am

How NDTV was hoisted with its own petard

NEW DELHI: There are a host of news portals across South Asia, and newspapers too, that crave the reader’s... Published 26 Aug, 2022 07:26am

Of cavemen and nationalists

There are other ways to confront the trauma that Bilkis Bano endured. Updated 23 Aug, 2022 09:23am