Saba Naqvi: The Narendra Modi cult moves up another level

By naming a stadium after himself and putting his image on Covid-19 certificates, we see the transition to making him the symbol and emblem of the nation-state.

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· Mar 04, 2021 · 06:30 am

Saba Naqvi: Does ‘Mirzapur’ defame UP? If you’d met the dons I have, you’d know how bad it really is

The veteran reporter recounts her encounters with criminals-turned-politicians.

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· Jan 23, 2021 · 09:00 am

Scenes from a farmers’ protest camp: It’s hard to see how the Modi government can shut this down

There is determination and clarity of thought about how India is being sold to corporate interests.

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· Dec 05, 2020 · 09:36 am

BJP Ltd and its shell companies: If politics was boardroom strategy

Partnerships are made to give the national party a toehold and a chance to eventually dominate, through psychological and financial means.

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· Nov 25, 2020 · 09:00 am

As India slides into chaos, Modi’s image is being distanced from an earthly realm – and blame

These days, the images that the prime minister chooses to present the world touch subliminal buttons – saffron, sage, penance, service and so on.

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· Sep 01, 2020 · 07:30 am

Amidst pandemic, ruling NDA in Bihar will hold the advantage in India’s first virtual poll campaign

The Opposition maintain that two-thirds of the electorate do not have smart phones and would be left out of the process.

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· Aug 20, 2020 · 07:30 am

Ayodhya from the margins: Three snapshots of courage from the temple town in the eye of the storm

The veteran journalist recounts stories of unique people she has met on her trips to the town over the decades.

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· Aug 05, 2020 · 07:30 am

Ramzan in riot-torn Northeast Delhi: As desperation grows with lockdown, charities feed the hungry

Many people in Shiv Vihar and Mustafabad lost their homes in the communal violence in February. The Covid-19 epidemic has pushed them to the edge.

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· May 14, 2020 · 06:30 am

Watching ‘Amar Akbar Anthony’ during lockdown: When India’s poor were still in the Bollywood frame

It was also a time when all Muslims were not villains.

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· May 02, 2020 · 07:30 am

Are there lessons to be learnt from India’s first attempt at coalition politics?

Saba Naqvi’s ‘Politics of Jugaad’ traces the history of coalition governments in India.

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· Mar 27, 2019 · 05:30 pm

‘Teflon-coated leader’: Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the first BJP PM to be branded above the party

An excerpt from ‘Shades of Saffron’ by journalist Saba Naqvi who has reported on the BJP for two decades.

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· Jun 20, 2018 · 08:30 am

Counterview: Why did the list of India’s top public intellectuals consist only of upper-caste men?

The gender and caste bias in Dhruva Jaishankar’s list published by Scroll.in is all too obvious.

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· Feb 09, 2018 · 08:00 am