Pakistan silently watches the rise of Narendra Modi
My analysis – Pakistan: Cautiously pessimistic about Modi’s expected rise to power – first published here: A decade of UPA-Congress rule in India ends…
Enhancing Pak-India Trade Ties
Notwithstanding Pakistan’s internal challenges or the ‘war on terror’ in its backyard, the troubled relationship with India continues to drive its internal and external…
KLF 2014 Book Launch Delhi by Heart Impressions of a Pakistani Traveller by Raza Rumi 8 2 2014
Launching of my Book: ‘Delhi by Heart: Impressions of a Pakistani Traveller by Raza Rumi’ Moderator: Asif Noorani…
How the Future of South Asia Can Change!
Since Pakistan’s inception, its relationship with India has been mired by insecurity, hostility, suspicion and mistrust. Independence in 1947 was followed by conflict over…
Recognising the shift in Pakistan’s India policy
An Editorial for the Express Tribune The silver lining of the current Pakistan-India stand-off is that Pakistan Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif remains committed…
Manmohan Singh’s ignorance
Manmohan Singh whom I have always held in high regard, disappointed millions in South Asia with his distastefully ill-timed hard talk during his Independence…
The future of Afghanistan – towards a regional solution
Here is a video podcast I did for the Pak-China institute. The transcript follows the video. The situation in Afghanistan, especially as its unfolding…
Book review: Delhi of the past and the present
Here is a lovely review of my book, written by the esteemed Intizar Husain Raza Rumi tells us that he aspired to be an…
Delhi by heart: Writing “Home”
A review of my book, Delhi by heart, in the Express Tribune In candid tones, journalist and analyst Raza Rumi explores an Indian city,…
Hassan Rouhani: Iran’s New President Will Build Alliances With India and Afghanistan
Here is something I wrote for policymic An unprecedented number of Iranians at home and abroad participated in the 11th presidential elections in the…
The heart divided
Here’s an excerpt from my book ‘Delhi, by heart’ that was featured in TFT I am not sure how I met Bunty. It was…
India and the Af-Pak question
Latest for Express Tribune Recently, US Secretary of State John Kerry elaborated on the need for India to take on a proactive role in…
Welcome remarks
A worthwhile editorial published in Express Tribune The seasoned Congress leader and India’s well-known dove Mani Shankar Aiyar has made some bold remarks at…
Time to move on
On peace with India for The News on Sunday After the recent LoC fiasco, there has to be long-term commitment and readiness to install…
Saadat Hasan Manto- Writer of Stark Realities
Saadat Hassan Manto (May 11, 1912 – January 18, 1955) was a Pakistani Urdu short story writer, most known for his Urdu short stories…
Redeeming our tryst with destiny
Raza Rumi took a group of Pakistani politicians to India where, amid food fests and conferences and emotionally charged mushairas, the first pages of a…
Paradigm Shift? Reassessing Pakistan’s Security
Published in The News on Sunday The Pakistan army has reportedly revised its security assessment and is now placing more emphasis on ‘internal threats’…
Ghoom Taana by Junoon
Great that I discovered this music video on Youtube. This may not be the best of compositions but it has the magical voice of…
Mehdi Hasan: A bridge over the troubled divide
My tribute to Mehdi Hasan published here He was the musical Midas who transcended borders with the same mastery that he transcended genres Mehdi…
Book Review: Indian Mass Media and the Politics of Change
Making sense of the rising Indian mass media and its ubiquitous nature, its articulation of a middle class vision, and how through this process…