Jawed Naqvi

Lessons from a close call

Lessons from a close call

US President Donald Trump seems to want Modi to find new friends and embrace them, preferably in India’s neighbourhood. Updated 03 Jun, 2025 09:45am
Banu Mushtaq’s polyglot India

Banu Mushtaq’s polyglot India

Women writers in South Asia are legion. They write in myriad languages but are read in many more. Updated 27 May, 2025 09:19am
Resume Saarc, renew friendships

Resume Saarc, renew friendships

Modi’s bullock cart of Hindutva is bound to clash with the guardrails of secular democracy prescribed by Gandhi and Nehru. Updated 20 May, 2025 09:47am
Between Red Square and Pahalgam

Between Red Square and Pahalgam

Moscow and Beijing have found growing numbers of applicants from across the world keen to join the coalition against Western hegemony. Updated 13 May, 2025 08:55am
Clash of conflicting triangles

Clash of conflicting triangles

The two jostling triangles are in ferment today and India intersects both. They are not equal triangles, however. Updated 22 Apr, 2025 09:31am
The view from Aurangzeb’s grave

The view from Aurangzeb’s grave

The question is who the ideal ruler was, which Aurangzeb was not. Some say it was Akbar, but the Hindu right hates him with often greater zeal. Updated 25 Mar, 2025 09:37am
A gentleman’s game, a memory

A gentleman’s game, a memory

In Narendra Modi’s era, it was refreshing to hear of a Muslim hero remembered with respect. Updated 18 Mar, 2025 09:26am
India’s left-right centenary

India’s left-right centenary

It’s the centenary year of India’s left-right battles, though the journey also witnessed moments of the left’s self-harming collusion with the right. Updated 11 Mar, 2025 09:17am
Gambling with World War III

Gambling with World War III

The point we may have missed was Trump’s sound advice to Zelensky showing him the door. Updated 04 Mar, 2025 09:43am
Uncorking the bottled peace

Uncorking the bottled peace

The Fahd Plan presented possibly the most agreeable resolution of the conflict yet, but with a caveat. Published 25 Feb, 2025 08:33am
Intermission in the horror movie

Intermission in the horror movie

Would the horror movie end with any degree of finality or does peace at least look likely to return even if a tad tenuously for now? Updated 28 Jan, 2025 09:32am
The curious case of Trump invitees

The curious case of Trump invitees

One hopes for the sake of diplomatic dignity with which one grew up in Nehru’s India that the stories about denied invitations are untrue. Updated 21 Jan, 2025 08:53am