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

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Independent journalist,writer,educator and author of four books.

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Ayodhya Ram Temple Scam: Crisis for Hindutva

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By Saba Naqvi Verified, Brinda Vasudevan, Vaishna Roy Verified
| Frontline India Verified
I am in a cab in the Awadh region of Uttar Pradesh, where our family village home is located. Ayodhya is 100 km away, the road signs say. The vehicle is clean, the driver courteous and clearly deeply religious. His telephone declares “Jai Shri Ram” a thousand times during our drive because it is set not as the ringtone (very common in this Gangetic-belt State) but as the SMS and WhatsApp alert. Every second, a sweet, childlike voice trills out “Jai Shri Ram”.
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India’s Era of Political ‘Dadagiri’: Democracy at Stake

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By Saba Naqvi Verified, Amisha Thakur, Khalid Ansari
| Frontline India Verified
A wrecking ball is being taken to the basic structure of electoral democracy in India. We have shamelessly crossed over to the dark side with many elected MPs acting in ways that do not reflect the will of those who sent them to Parliament. Instead, they reflect the will of those who are powerful enough to offer financial inducements to lure them and/or make threats that scare them.
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A hero of our time

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By Falah FaisalFalah Faisal, Anusua Mukherjee, Saba Naqvi Verified
| Frontline India Verified
He is being hailed as India’s first Muslim superhero. That a superhero from a community which has lived in India for at least 1,300 years should get its first superhero only now says a lot about the space granted (or denied) to Muslims in our country. Our hero Musalman, however, is not one to hold grudges. His suit might be green (the colour of Islam), but his chaddi is saffron and his keffiyeh is white; he is dressed in the colours of the Indian flag.
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