Saeed Naqvi is senior Indian journalist, television commentator, interviewer. He has interviewed world leaders and personalities in India and abroad, which appear in newspapers, magazines and on national television, remained editor of the World Report, a syndication service on foreign affairs, and has written for several publication, both global and Indian, including the BBC News, The Sunday Observer, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, Washington Post, The Indian Express, The Citizen and Outlook magazine. At the Indian Express, he started in 1977 as a Special Correspondent and eventually becoming, editor, Indian Express, Madras, (1979–1984), and Foreign Editor, The Indian Express, Delhi in 1984, and continues to writes columns and features for the paper.[3][4][5]
Saeed Naqvi | |
|---|---|
 Saeed Naqvi - September 2016 | |
| Born | 1940[1] |
| Occupation(s) | journalist, television commentator, interviewer |
| Spouse | Aruna Naqvi(1964-Current) |
| Children | Farah Naqvi[2] Saba Naqvi Zeba Akhtar |
Career edit
Saeed Naqvi started his journalist career as Staff Reporter with The Statesman, Delhi in 1964, later he became editor of the Sunday Magazine. During this period, in spring of '68, when The Beatles visited India, he along with fellow photographer, Raghu Rai filed new reports and photographs for newspapers.[6][7] He stayed in the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s ashram as a disciple to capture the story of The Beatles stay in Ashram, Rishikesh, Himalaya. He reported from the inside about the life and living of John Lennon, George Harrison, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr.[8]
As editor and producer, of WORLD REPORT, a weekly foreign affairs show on Doordarshan (the national network) called Worldview India, apart from a prime time international news and features series entitled It's A Small World (1997–1999) for Star TV. From 1986–1997 WORLD REPORT produced an international affairs series entitled World Report for Doordarshan, featuring interviews with major world leaders.[citation needed]
Thereafter it produced a series of programmes entitled Hamara Bharat (Our India) on India's syncretic culture. Saeed has been Editor, Foreign Editor, Foreign Correspondent for major Indian dailies – The Indian Express, The Statesman and written for a range of publications like New York Times, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, Washington Post, Boston Globe and others.[citation needed]
During his long career, Saeed Naqvi has interviewed world famous leaders and politicians including Nelson Mandela,[9] Fidel Castro, Muammar Gaddafi, Henry Kissinger, Benazir Bhutto, Mohammad Najibullah, Hamid Karzai, Shimon Peres, Gorbachev[10] and more[11][12][13]
Famous Bollywood film director Kabir Khan assisted Saeed Naqvi. He worked for Naqvi as a cinematographer and travelled to many countries for documentary and interview shooting.[10][9]
Author edit
His latest book is a literary work where he wrote a drama in English 'The Muslim Vanishes'. This book has been published by the penguin. The theme of the book became the topic of the discussion among the scholars. In this book, author imagine a society where Muslims abruptly vanished.[14][15]
Lecture edit
He has been called for lectures and talks by prestigious institutions, societies and clubs. He was invited by Columbia University in 2016 to talk about his book 'Being the Other: The Muslim in India'.[16] He delivered the 18th Narendran Memorial Lecture on ‘Saffron surge: can it be stopped’ at the Trivandrum Press Club on 18 August 2019.[17]
He was also given a Tedx Talk in Jamia Millia Islamia on 16 October 2017.[18]
Personal life edit
Saeed Naqvi is born and brought up in Mustafabad, Lucknow.[19] He studied at La Martinière College, Lucknow.[20]
Naqvi married to Aruna Naqvi [21] and has three daughters, journalist Saba Naqvi and writer Farah Naqvi[22] and Zeba Akhtar.[21] His mother is Atia Naqvi while his brother is Shanney Naqvi.[citation needed]
Books edit
- Reflections of an Indian Muslim (1993)
- The Last Brahmin Prime Minister (1996)
- Being the Other: The Muslim in India (2016)[23]
- Watan mein ghair وطن میں غیر : Hindustani Musalmaan (2018) – Urdu translation of Strangers in their own country: The Muslims in India [11]
- The Muslim Vanishes (2022)[14]
Awards edit
- National Integration Award 2003, awarded by the National Commission for Minorities in New Delhi on 18 December. The award was conferred "for his outstanding contribution towards promoting communal harmony and national integrity".[24]
References edit
- ^ Ahmad, Irfan (18 July 2016). "The mourning after". India Today.
- ^ Naqvi, Farah (27 May 2021). "What We Did When Our Government Collapsed: My Father Saeed Naqvi's COVID Story". The Wire.
- ^ "Research Faculty – Mr. Saeed Naqvi". Observer Research Foundation.
- ^ Naqvi, Saeed (December 2002). "Muslim hopes and fears: Analysis". BBC News.
- ^ "Shri Saeed Naqvi". Department of Education, Govt. of India. Archived from the original on 17 April 2009.
- ^ "Hidden camera: Photographer Raghu Rai on how he sneaked into the ashram for a shot of the Beatles". Mint. 17 May 2008.
- ^ "The spring of '68". Mint. 17 May 2008.
- ^ "When India changed the course of The Beatles' lives forever". The Indian Express. 18 January 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
- ^ a b "'I've not met a more charismatic man than Mandela'". Rediff. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
- ^ a b "'Ek Tha Tiger is my most political film'". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
- ^ a b "Hamid Ansari to release Urdu and Hindi editions of "Being the Other: The Muslim in India"". The Milli Gazette — Indian Muslims Leading News Source. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
- ^ "What We Did When Our Government Collapsed: My Father Saeed Naqvi's COVID Story". The Wire. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
- ^ "Saeed Naqvi". Times of India. 27 October 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
- ^ a b "Review: 'The Muslim Vanishes' Is a Universal Plea for Empathy in Times of Apathy". The Wire. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
- ^ "And Then There Were None: Veteran journalist Saeed Naqvi's The Muslim Vanishes imagines India without its Muslim population". The Indian Express. 9 April 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
- ^ "Committee on Global Thought". CU Global Thought. 10 November 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
- ^ Reporter, Staff (7 August 2019). "Only free media can counter saffronisation: Saeed Naqvi". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
- ^ Imbalances in the Global Media and Terrorism | Saeed Naqvi | TEDxJMI, retrieved 6 March 2024
- ^ Naqvi, Saeed (18 August 2017). "India is 70, but what celebration for this family?". The Asian Age. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ^ Irfan Ahmad (7 July 2016). "The mourning after". India Today. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ^ a b "Being the Other: The Muslim in India". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
- ^ "Book Launch 'In Good Faith' By Saba Naqvi".
- ^ "From Syncretism to Sectarianism, a Troubled Journey Through Modern India". The Wire. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
- ^ Awards The Milli Gazette, January 2003, accessed June 2007