Invite Trump to Gaddafi Stadium written by Javed Naqvi

Javed Naqvi

In Zia Mohyeddin’s readings of Ghalib’s letters there’s a heartrending one about the wholesale eviction of Muslims from their homes in Delhi by the colonial winners of 1857. Donald Trump is passé.

Moreover, unlike his predecessors, by his own campaign assertions, Trump will be a foreign leader of no integral purpose to the world,

Generals at the traffic lights by Javed Naqvi

Javed Naqvi  

A PAKISTANI friend was speechless as we approached a crowded traffic signal off Delhi’s Khan Market, and surprised me with her look of disbelief. What she had just seen with awe was an everyday occurrence for ordinary Indians: an army brigadier in his chauffeur-driven black Ambassador had stopped behind other cars. As the light went green the vigorously polished car flashed the indicator and turned carefully on to Humayun Road.

Indira Gandhi's many battles by Javed Naqvi

Javed Naqvi

INDIA’S Congress party has inherited many faults from history, not the least being its old inability to learn from it. We may thus critique Jawaharlal Nehru or Indira Gandhi and so forth, but as historian Irfan Habib says we should not forget the respect these leaders deservedly earned. It was Indira Gandhi’s death anniversary yesterday (Oct 31). There are Pakistanis who may have rejoiced in the 1984 early morning assassination by her bodyguards. Many hold her responsible,

For dignity in life and death written by Javed naqvi

Javed Naqvi

A NEWS story from Sweden has rekindled what was a mere fading hope for fair play. This may interest atheists in the subcontinent as elsewhere. According to the story highlighted in leading British newspapers, a graveyard free of any religious symbols has been opened in Sweden to cater to the country’s growing number of atheists. In a world brought to its knees by its religious preferences it is a bold step. For the reviled tribe of cynics, it should

Speed Boat of Peace Needed written by Jave naqvi

Javed Naqvi
The writer is dawn's
correspondent in delhi
                                        

Speed Boat of Peace Needed

THE direct message from Cyril Almeida’s aborted harassment in Pakistan and the nuanced message from the BRICS summit in India have an unwitting connection, beyond their incidental Goa link. The Pakistan establishment would like to deny — though they may not succeed — that the world wants them to fix the security apparatus’s apparently stubborn need to court rabid freelancers as a policy to deal with neighbours. The message from BRICS is — though India will be in denial — that New Delhi needs to improve