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21 July 2019, www.gawahweekly.com "BJP Full Steam Ahead"

BJP Full Steam Ahead It is close to two months now, since the election results were declared, yet the Opposition parties seem to have gone into a limbo, seemingly not recovered from the shock defeat in the elections. However, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which got a landslide victory in the elections, is not sitting idle but preparing for the forthcoming Assembly elections in three states—Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Haryana—with full steam, whereas the Opposition parties in these states are yet to recover from the shock at the recent defeat and seem to be in a complete disarray. The Assembly elections are scheduled to be held around October-November this year in Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Haryana. In all these states the BJP is already in power. Soon after the results of the Lok Sabha elections, BJP national president Amit Shah held a meeting of the leaders from the three states to chalk out the strategy for the Assembly elections. While the party has a clear leader as well

28 July 2019 My article in today's Etemaad-Hyderabad, 'Congress's decline, BJP's rise and Muslims'

BJP Full Steam Ahead It is close to two months now, since the election results were declared, yet the Opposition parties seem to have gone into a limbo, seemingly not recovered from the shock defeat in the elections. However, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which got a landslide victory in the elections, is not sitting idle but preparing for the forthcoming Assembly elections in three states—Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Haryana—with full steam, whereas the Opposition parties in these states are yet to recover from the shock at the recent defeat and seem to be in a complete disarray. The Assembly elections are scheduled to be held around October-November this year in Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Haryana. In all these states the BJP is already in power. Soon after the results of the Lok Sabha elections, BJP national president Amit Shah held a meeting of the leaders from the three states to chalk out the strategy for the Assembly elections. While the party has a clear leader as we

June 2012 My story in Times of India's Speaking Tree

https://www.speakingtree.in/article/showcasing-the-haj ASAD MIRZA, editor of Britain Today, reports on the exhibition ‘The Haj — Journey to the Heart of Islam’, that he saw on his recent visit to the UK The first major exhibition to explore the traditional pilgrimage to Mecca which is central to the Muslim faith, the Haj exhibition at British Museum, concluded recently. It was one of a series of shows that focus on spiritual journeys. Drawing together artefacts from collections in Saudi Arabia, as well as public and private archives in the UK and around the world, ‘The Haj-Journey to the Heart of Islam’ exhibition  featured everything from archaeological material and manuscripts to photographs, textiles and contemporary art. The exhibition also included gifts left at the sanctuary in Mecca as acts of devotion, as well as souvenirs brought home. Cultural Partnerships The exhibition, which was organised in partnership with the King Abdulaziz Public Library, Riyadh, examined t

My articles in Daily Gujarat Message - Surat, Gawah Weekly, Hyderabad, Weekly Nasheman, Bangalore, Jadeed Khabar, New Delhi

Jadeed  Khabar, New Delhi  http://www.jadidkhabar.com/article/235/اپنا-احتساب-کیجئے http://www.jadidkhabar.com/article/237/-مسلمانوں-نے-کس-طرح-ووٹ-دیا؟ Weekly Nasheman, Bangalore https://www.facebook.com/1515873075290740/posts/2384254585119247/ https://www.facebook.com/1515873075290740/posts/2384255188452520/ https://www.facebook.com/1515873075290740/posts/2384255688452470/ https://www.facebook.com/1515873075290740/posts/2384255688452470/ Gawah Weekly, Hyderabad http://gawahweekly.com/media-ownership-monitor-who-owns-the-media-in-india/ http://gawahweekly.com/modi-2-0-and-the-muslims/ http://gawahweekly.com/what-the-indian-muslims-are-afraid-of/ http://gawahweekly.com/the-nrc-and-the-muslims/ http://gawahweekly.com/india-towards-majoritarianism/ Daily Gujarat Message, Surat

My article 'Reawakening UK-India ties'.

Reawakening UK-India ties Asad Mirza While the Brexit saga keeps on unfolding and the race for the next prime minister ship heats up between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt, an all encompassing and incisive report by the House of Commons on UK-India Relations has gone comparatively unnoticed by the media both in the UK and India. The recently released report, prepared by the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, which includes several members of the past governments who are well exposed to the different dimensions of India-UK relations, very well encapsulates various issues which dominate the optics related to the bilateral relations, reasons for or due to them and how they have been handled by the past governments in the UK. The report starts on a very pragmatic note by noting that the UK is falling behind in the global race to engage with a rising India. Despite strong ties across investment, education and culture—and a shared commitment to democracy and to the rul

7 July 2019 My article 'Indo-UK ties, strong political will needed to strengthen the ties ' in today's Etemaad Daily, Hyderabad