Joyeeta Basu

DON’T LET RUSSIA IMPACT INDIA’S RISE

The near-complete lack of media interest in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to India should be indicative of the loss…

4 years ago

PARLIAMENT MUST BE ALLOWED TO FUNCTION

Vice President Venkaiah Naidu should be commended for refusing to back down on his decision to suspend 12 MPs from…

4 years ago

TMC WORKING TOWARDS UPSTAGING THE CONGRESS

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is clearly working on a plan—to replace the Congress as the main Opposition force…

4 years ago

KATHERINE TAI’S VISIT STRENGTHENS INDIA-US TRADE RELATIONS

It is becoming increasingly clear that contrary to earlier fears, under President Joe Biden, India-US partnership is on track to…

4 years ago

GOVERNMENT’S SOFTNESS MUST NOT BE SEEN AS WEAKNESS

The announcement by the Prime Minister last week that the farm laws would be repealed was accompanied with the clarification…

4 years ago

BIDEN SMILED, XI LIED: THE STORY OF A US-CHINA MEETING

The consensus about this week’s meeting between US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping is that nothing much…

4 years ago

US SHOULD NOT LET S-400 DEAL DERAIL PARTNERSHIP WITH INDIA

The delivery of S-400 air defence system has started from Russia, although the full delivery of five systems will happen…

4 years ago

DELHI MEETING SENT OUT ‘HANDS OFF AFGHANISTAN’ MESSAGE TO PAK, CHINA

An interesting endorsement of the regional security meet on Afghanistan, held in New Delhi on Wednesday, came from unexpected quarters—from…

4 years ago

AKHILESH NEEDS TO TALK DEVELOPMENT, NOT JINNAH

It is a sad day for India when political parties start believing that invoking Mohammad Ali Jinnah will get them…

4 years ago

PM’S MEETING WITH POPE SENT OUT THE MESSAGE OF INCLUSIVITY

From all accounts, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with the head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis went very well.…

4 years ago

LEAVE BOTH BIGOTRY AND ACTIVISM OUT, PLAY CRICKET

Pakistan is playing good cricket, trouncing first India and then New Zealand at the World T20 championship. Both its victories…

4 years ago

THE PANDEMIC: US NEEDS TO CLEAN UP ITS OWN HOUSE, COUNTER CHINA

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) of the United States has admitted what was being suspected for a long time—that…

4 years ago