Stories from Feisal H Naqvi
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Not in my name
Democracy is a process. If you do not let that process operate, it will never be able to fix itself.
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Garmi mein kharaab
In many ways, debate over authoritarian intervention in government resembles debate over intervention in economies.
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Not guilty as charged
Afridi was illegally convicted by an executive official acting in a manner repugnant to centuries of jurisprudence.
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In the court of the mad king
What is 'right' in Islamic terms depends not on force but scholarly consensus to what is mandated by Quran, Sunnah.
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This too will pass
Superior courts don't hesitate to remind government officials that power has responsibility; applies equally to judges
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Mad dogs and laal topiwallahs
Accusing one of being Indian agent is deliberate attempt to short-circuit critical thought, provoke violent response.
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Founding stories
Partition only proves people's capability of doing horrible things, not that Hindus, Muslims are 2 different nations.
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Leaving the village
I am tired of being penned up behind the walls of our village and scared with talk of the Indian bogeyman.