Tag: Saeed Naqvi
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Rushdie’s assailant: “My name is legion for we are many”
Salman Rushdie was dead right when he described the banning of the Satanic Verses in India nine days after its publication in London as “political football”.
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Why Congress opposed Naval Mutiny which led to August 15?
It is nice to remember the 1946 – Royal Indian Navy Mutiny just a few days before we celebrate our Independence Day. It is not just a neglected event in the history…
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Europe is a car with four tyres punctured says Hungary’s Orban
Supposing Liz Truss, one of the two poised to be Britain’s Prime Minister, undertook a field study to buttress her argument that the defining conflict of our time is the one between…
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How India and US, QUAD members approach Lanka crisis?
Clearly, Sri Lanka falls in India’s sphere of influence. In other words will the strategic attitude toward Sri Lanka be determined by India? Or do American interests supercede Indian interests?
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Is there another Cuban missile crisis in the offing?
That Russia was consistently “provoked” has been clear as daylight since 1998 when the US senate voted in favour of NATO expansion.
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Why is India’s successful 1971 Sri Lanka intervention a forgotten story?
In April 1971, known only to a small group, an Indian Frigate sailed to guard the Sri Lankan coastline against “foreign” reinforcements to help the JVP or Sri Lankan National Liberation Front…