Stories by Jawed Naqvi

Cheer for conspiracy theories

Cheer for conspiracy theories

A classified US Army data-mining programme identified leading hijacker Mohamed Atta and his ‘Brooklyn cell’ over a year before 9/11.
Published 22 Sep, 2026 07:44am
To heal a divided family

To heal a divided family

If the world is a family, which it is, talking to the neighbour and sorting out the problem bilaterally is mature.
Updated 15 Sep, 2026 08:51am
The perpetual weak link

The perpetual weak link

A nagging frustration stalks Narendra Modi’s battle to project himself to the world as a visionary from India.
Updated 08 Sep, 2026 07:48am
The Hindu right in trouble

The Hindu right in trouble

The RSS prides itself as a shadowy unregistered paramilitary body, whereas even the Nazis were a registered party.
Updated 01 Sep, 2026 08:23am
March with hope, but verify

March with hope, but verify

Has the new generation found the courage and the commitment to face the consequences of a massive pushback?
Updated 25 Aug, 2026 08:34am
Out of tune, out of line

Out of tune, out of line

Why does the Congress party get cold feet in challenging deliberately foisted faux religiosity?
Updated 18 Aug, 2026 09:26am
The tipping point of change

The tipping point of change

The ‘Modi wave’ had taken care of Maharashtra and Haryana state polls in quick succession.
Updated 11 Aug, 2026 09:24am
Over-interpreting the youth

Over-interpreting the youth

Dipke’s movement faces inevitable challenges ahead. Ground-breaking political changes are seldom if ever a clean shot.
Updated 04 Aug, 2026 09:19am
Well begun is half done

Well begun is half done

Its agitation for a Hindu rashtra didn’t begin with Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination.
Updated 28 Jul, 2026 08:31am
Lessons from Spain’s win

Lessons from Spain’s win

What happened on the field was a stymied Argentina succumbing to a team that moved like a symphony.
Updated 21 Jul, 2026 07:51am
The curse of the oracle

The curse of the oracle

A report released last month observes how Palestinian children were being strategically killed and maimed to fulfil the mythical promise of a Greater Israel.
Updated 14 Jul, 2026 08:39am
Looking for an Alexander

Looking for an Alexander

On the larger canvas of bilateral ties —or their absence — the call for peace seems an old one, but the circumstances are newly minted.
Updated 07 Jul, 2026 07:56am
Temple heist and Hindutva

Temple heist and Hindutva

Someone seems to badly need the plundered wealth amid deliberate opaqueness.
Updated 30 Jun, 2026 07:31am
Emergency left and right

Emergency left and right

A growing view sees the Modi era of “an undeclared emergency” as manifestly more stifling than the short-lived curbs on civil liberties Mrs Gandhi had imposed.
Updated 23 Jun, 2026 08:15am
Iran’s remaining two vows

Iran’s remaining two vows

Of the four clenched-fisted promises that Iranians learnt to state collectively, the West applauded two.
Updated 16 Jun, 2026 08:16am
Any cat to catch the mice

Any cat to catch the mice

The party minted into an untested force after a senior judge insulted unemployed youth as cockroaches.
Updated 09 Jun, 2026 09:36am
A democracy of cockroaches?

A democracy of cockroaches?

Since the Cockroach Janta Party has waded into a palpably troubling vacuum, the occasion calls for an unsparing scrutiny.
Published 02 Jun, 2026 08:18am
The parables of absurdity

The parables of absurdity

Since India cannot respond to China the way it does to South Asian irritants, it answers the description of a short-sighted bully.
Updated 26 May, 2026 07:32am
Palestine on BRICS agenda

Palestine on BRICS agenda

To have India and the UAE on board with a resolution starkly targeting Israel is a feat of sorts, more so when it occurs in New Delhi.
Published 19 May, 2026 08:14am