Jawed Naqvi

Spain's World Cup triumph rekindles debate over football's enduring entanglement with geopolitics, Palestine, solidarity, and global power politics.

An examination of how mythology, politics, and war converge in the targeting of Palestinian children amid Gaza's devastation.

A deepening democratic deficit and sharp military escalations leave India-Pakistan peace advocates facing an intractable, complex reality.

Iran has followed the Chinese model as one can see from its defiance of crippling sanctions to build excellent healthcare, education and nuclear-free defence that has shocked the world.

Muslims are a major target in the culture of hate being fomented across India, so are the communities that don't fit the 'right' definition in an increasingly wilful right-wing state.

Suppose Antony had a TV channel at his disposal and Brutus didn't. Would that change the course of history? Difficult to say, but experience shows that TV is overrated for its prowess, more so in a democracy. People win elections without the support of TV and they lose them despite all the help they get from the media barons.