Joyeeta Basu

US NEEDS TO PROBE THE FUNDING OF ANTI-HINDU CONFERENCE

Is it a coincidence that the controversial “Dismantling Global Hindutva” conference is being organised from 10 to 12 September, to…

4 years ago

INDIA SHOULD NOT RECOGNISE A TALIBAN GOVERNMENT

Opinion seems to be divided in the country about whether or not India should recognise the incoming Islamic emirate “government”—if…

4 years ago

US AND UK LOSE MORAL RIGHT TO LECTURE INDIA ON HUMAN RIGHTS

There is something bizarre about the leader of the free world, the President of the United States, coming on television…

4 years ago

DEMAND FOR CASTE CENSUS IS ALL ABOUT POLITICS

As if caste as an intrinsic part of our socio-political structure 75 years after India’s independence was not enough, now…

4 years ago

PANJSHIR NEEDS THE WORLD’S HELP

In Afghanistan, the Panjshir province, around 150 km north of Kabul, is putting up a stiff resistance to the Taliban.…

4 years ago

ALLIANCE OF THE AUTHORITARIANS WILL FLOP IN AFGHANISTAN

The Indian embassy staff in Kabul were evacuated and brought back to the country on Tuesday. India was the latest…

4 years ago

AFGHANISTAN HAS BEEN LEFT TO ITS OWN FATE

In the end, it was a whimper. All that talk about the Afghanistan government putting up a credible fight to…

4 years ago

PRESIDENT BIDEN, AFGHANS NEED YOUR SUPPORT

Afghanistan is sliding into chaos. The Taliban are making major gains in their attempt to capture the country militarily. In…

4 years ago

QUAD SHOULD SHED ITS PACIFIST APPROACH

A meeting of the heads of state and government of the four countries comprising the Quad—the Quadrilateral informal strategic forum—was…

4 years ago

DON’T LET PAK-CHINA ANNEX AFGHANISTAN WITH TALIBAN HELP

Things in Afghanistan may not exactly be going according to Pakistan’s plan. Coming to power was supposed to be a…

4 years ago

THE FARMER-IMPASSE CONTINUES, EVEN AS DELHI SUFFERS

Almost nine months after farmers protesting the three farm laws passed by Parliament gathered on Delhi’s borders, they are still…

4 years ago

SECRETARY BLINKEN HAS A GOOD VISIT TO INDIA

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken would have won many admirers for himself and his administration in India for the…

4 years ago