Saba Naqvi

Books, In Good Faith (2012) Capital Conquest (2015). Shades of Saffron: From Vajpayee to Modi ( 2018) Politics of Jugaad (2019). Saffron Storm (2024)

[Saba Naqvi @_sabanaqvi]

It hangs my head in shame Bengal minister Swapan Dasgupta condemns Left bookstalls vandalism https://t.co/NDpwNvFQ9p

[Ryan Rozbiani @RyanRozbiani]

The team at The Story Of Things has made a Lego Style movies about the Protests in France

Iranians are NOT letting Macron live down backing the Iran War and January protests

Title: Macron Called Iran's a "Revolution." Now It's His Turn (KARMA)

[Saba Naqvi @_sabanaqvi]

Yawn. They found a Muslim guy, that too one behind jail, to chat and tweet about again.

Watch the lemmings come from here and there.

[Shah Alam Khan @shahalam13]

There’s a subtle message for Indians in the murder (beheading) of Bangladeshi couple in Saudi Arabia:
Never let religion dictate the rules of a land & never let your country be overtaken by religious zeolites.
Faith is the end of imagination, not the beginning of it.

[Fatima Tassadiq @fatimatassadiq]

We all know that the Bangladeshi couple would still be alive if the man had slapped his wife instead of kissing her. What a sick sick world we live in. What a sick sick country.
fwiw I really want to know if KSA has ever executed an American national?

[Dr Gaurav Garg @DrGauravGarg4]

The protests in #Italy and #France have nothing to do with Islam or Jihad.
Here are 5 reasons.

1. France: The protests started with students, not religious organisations.
The French movement began with demands for better schools, more teachers and improved facilities. It subsequently expanded to include trade unions, Yellow Vest activists and people angry about inflation, fuel prices and deteriorating public services.

2. France: The government's explanation for the violence was political extremism and criminal activity.
Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu attributed the violence to ultra-left groups and opportunistic criminals. The reported causes of the movement were economic and political, not demands for Islamic law or religious governance.

3. Italy: The protests were about household expenses, fuel prices and wages.
Italian news agency ANSA described the demonstrations as originating in opposition to the cost of living, expensive petrol and taxation. The Milan march associated with Italia in Piazza protested fuel prices and low salaries.

4. Italy: Organised labour and secular civil society were also mobilising.
A separate national demonstration in Rome, organised by the CGIL trade union and a coalition of secular and Catholic organisations, demanded better wages, pensions, housing, healthcare, education and peace. This illustrates the wider social and economic nature of the unrest.

5. Violence does not establish a jihadist motive.
Police documented masked groups, vandalism, looting and clashes in several cities. Such criminal acts require investigation and accountability, but they do not, by themselves, establish that the perpetrators were jihadists or acting for religious reasons.

Palestinian flags and pro-Palestinian groups have appeared in parts of the demonstrations. Palestinian solidarity, however, is not automatically an evidence of Islamist extremism.
Let not the brainwashed bigots spread lies.

[Daanish Bin Nabi @DaanishBinNabi]

Saeed Naqvi spent sixty years trying to make the world India's story.

His memoir, The World Was Not Their Story: Odyssey of an Indian Reporter, published by Speaking Tiger, traces a career that took him to 110 countries, often as the only Indian journalist on the ground .

@speakingtiger14
@_sabanaqvi

#TheWorldWasNotTheirStory #SaeedNaqvi #SpeakingTiger #IndianJournalism #BookReel

[Prashant Bhushan @pbhushan1]

What an inspiring story of Navi Pillai, daughter of an Indian bus driver, who overcame all odds to become one of the world’s foremost human rights lawyers & activists. She was rightly awarded the Nobel peace prize this year. Had Modi congratulated her?

[Saba Naqvi @_sabanaqvi]

Sorry to come back to twitter after many hours and discover that in the Indian social media eco system the Paris protests are being seen as Islamist! Lethal mix of ignorance and prejudice. Good night.

[Saba Naqvi @_sabanaqvi]

Cost of Living Protests in France.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

It is a basic principle of American democracy that the government can’t selectively target individuals simply because of their political beliefs or what they say. But that’s exactly what the Trump Administration is doing to Congresswoman Ilhan Omar of Minnesota.

To understand why this is so appalling, it’s important to know the facts. Congresswoman Omar came to this country with her father when she was 12 years old. Five years later, her father became a naturalized citizen. If Ilhan had been 18 at the time, she would have had to apply for citizenship separately. But because she was 17, she became a naturalized citizen automatically.

Congresswoman Omar went on to graduate from college, work as a community organizer, become the first Somali-American legislator elected to public office in the U.S., and win a seat in Congress. There, she has been one of the Trump Administration’s fiercest critics, which has led the president to repeatedly single her out as someone who he believes does not belong in this country.

Now the Administration is actively trying to deport Congresswoman Omar, seemingly based solely on the unsubstantiated theory that she was actually 18 when her father was naturalized, and therefore is not a citizen. Federal agents have raided her home, confiscated personal records, and seized her phone — all to try and uncover a nonexistent smoking gun from 20 years ago that will somehow make their case.

Think about that. The full weight of the federal government is being brought down on a law-abiding elected official because she has dared to criticize the president. And it’s not the first time this has happened. Under President Trump, the Justice Department has repeatedly gone after those he considers his political enemies — from the Attorney General of New York, to the former head of the FBI, to members of the Federal Reserve.

In those cases, the prosecutions either stalled or were dismissed for having no basis in law, and the same is likely to happen in this case. But not before Congresswoman Omar’s life has been turned upside down, her legal bills have piled up, and she’s been forced to spend time fighting unsubstantiated charges instead of serving the people of Minnesota.

The fact that any president, or any administration, is willing to engage in such transparent efforts to intimidate someone should outrage all Americans, regardless of how they feel about Congresswoman Omar’s political views. Because if this becomes the new normal, there’s no reason to believe it will stop with her — or that future presidents, in either party, won’t do the same.

[Kaushik Raj @kaushikrj6]

It was great to see you in London, @dhruv_rathee.

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

French mayor Bernard Baudoux who was with European diplomats attacked by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, has accused the Israeli government of tolerating settler violence.

🔴 LIVE updates: https://t.co/q9hqc5sCmV

[Haaretz.com @haaretzcom]

Israeli President Isaac Herzog apologized on Saturday to Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine after she was injured in an attack by Israeli settlers in the West Bank the previous day, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu questioned her account.

Netanyahu cast doubt on reports of the incident, saying footage did not establish responsibility and that "serious accusations require serious evidence"

The president's response came as former heads of the IDF, Mossad and Shin Bet expressed support for Levine, saying they were "deeply ashamed" that Jewish extremists continued to attack Palestinians, those who assist them and those documenting the violence. | @lizarozovsky

🔗Read more here: https://t.co/5Qw485WmeM

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in Belgium, France, Italy and Portugal to protest rising living costs, low wages and housing shortages, putting pressure on governments across the European Union.

🔗 https://t.co/EOXleUTLCP

[Saba Naqvi @_sabanaqvi]

Cost of Living Protests in France.

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Witnesses say masked protesters set fire to Limoges town hall, which officials say is now ‘largely lost’. In Paris, fires, looting and tear gas marked a night of unrest as cost-of-living protests raged on throughout the country.

[Saba Naqvi @_sabanaqvi]

Steal the Olives after Kill the Children

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Prominent Israeli Rabbi Dov Lior issued a Jewish religious ruling on Friday permitting settlers to steal olives from Palestinian orchards in the occupied West Bank, prompting uproar.

🔗: https://t.co/gQ28bETxff

[AI Now Institute @AINowInstitute]

Authors Naomi Klein (@NaomiAKlein) and Arundhati Roy will be in conversation with Karen Hao (@_KarenHao) about art, AI, and imagining another world and future for us all.

Tune in to the livestream on Monday 10/19 at 7pm ET! Register at https://t.co/wzeMjqjerJ

[Abhijeet Dipke @abhijeet_dipke]

Delhi Police has a weird habit.

First, they detain you and deny you access to lawyers the entire time. They don’t tell you or anyone where you are being taken to.

Then, at 3:30 in the morning, they suddenly show up with arrest papers and finally call your lawyer at 4 AM!

This has happened to me twice now. Ye 3:30 AM ko aisa kaunsa shubh muhurat hota hai, Delhi Police?

[Saba Naqvi @_sabanaqvi]

Powerful and brilliant piece by Arundhati Roy on the dystopia of AI and what it’s already done to human beings. https://t.co/SVnLusiLuL