Joyeeta Basu

Exclusive: Why Was Iran Attacked Now? Here Is What Israel Ambassador Told The Sunday Guardian

June 24, 2025

As tensions spiral across the Middle East following a dramatic escalation between Iran, Israel, and the United States, The Sunday Guardian spoke to Israel’s Ambassador to India, Reuven Azar, on the evolving regional crisis. In a wide-ranging conversation with Editor Joyeeta Basu, Ambassador Azar described the recent US airstrikes on...

India Needs To factor In Trump’s personalIty, Personal Interests

May 29, 2025

Who would have thought at the start of Donald Trump’s presidency in January 2025 that three four months down the line, he would cause so much angst in India or have the Indian public mood turn against him so drastically? The expectation was that his second term would be much...

India must ignore China’s outreach

April 17, 2025

At a time when the US and China are busy fighting a tariff war, it is interesting to see the sudden outreach by Beijing to New Delhi. A narrative is being sought to be built that the elephant and the dragon—India and China—should be tangoing together against the “wild man”...

Bengal violence Mamata government’s fault

April 15, 2025

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma made a very valid point when he posted on X that in spite of having a higher percentage of Muslim population than Bengal’s, his state saw barely any protests over the passage of the Waqf Amendment Bill in Parliament. This was in context of...

Why are some Indian students in U.S. supporting Hamas?

April 10, 2025

In the latest deportations and attempted deportations of students and scholars from the United States, it is a bit surprising to see the names popping up of Hamas-supporting Indian students, who are in that country legally. Indian students abroad were always thought to be sensible, hard-working, concentrating in their studies,...

Dispel the canards being spread about Waqf reforms

April 8, 2025

After the passage of the Waqf Amendment Bill in Parliament, it is time for full on politics by Opposition parties that had prepared the ground for it by painting the bill as anti-Muslim and communal. Ahead of the Bihar Assembly elections, to be held sometime later this year, a competition...

Muhammad Yunus is singing Pakistan’s tune

April 3, 2025

Bangladesh government caretaker, Muhammad Yunus seems to fancy himself as a leader of international status, just because he has had the backing of the Democratic establishment in the United States. So much so that he is now trying to decide the future of the Indian subcontinent, by literally offering India’s...

What’s cooking in Tamil Nadu?

April 1, 2025

Why is Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin sounding increasingly desperate? With each passing day, his comments and actions are getting more and more outrageous, divisive and bordering on separatism. First, there was his opposition—still continuing—to the New Education Policy because of the three-language rule. Then he used the Tamil...

Muhammad Yunus is getting a reality check

March 27, 2025

Ahead of next week’s BIMSTEC meeting in Thailand, there is speculation on any possible bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladesh caretaker of the interim government, Muhammad Yunus, following a request from the latter’s country. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, reportedly, has told a parliamentary panel that the...

Hamas wants control, not ready for peace

March 25, 2025

The ceasefire declared by Israel in Gaza has ended, with Tel Aviv resuming military operations, first in the form of airstrikes and then by expanding ground operations. Israel Defense Forces have retaken control of parts of the Netzarim corridor between north and south Gaza, and has advanced into areas in...

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