Joyeeta Basu

IT’S TIME TO DEBATE ‘SECULAR’, ‘SOCIALIST’

At a time when a petition has been filed in court seeking the removal of the “undemocratic” words socialist/socialism and…

5 years ago

Act East needs additional push

Ever since the Narendra Modi government has started pursuing its Act East policy from around 2015, India’s trade with the…

5 years ago

Why Taiwan matters

Something very interesting is going on in Taiwan which will not only rattle China, but also have reverberations across the…

5 years ago

Non alliance not an option

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar must be congratulated for overcoming decades of diffidence ingrained in India’s foreign policy establishment and…

5 years ago

Nearly a million corona cases: What now?

At a time when India is on the threshold of crossing the one-million mark in Covid-19 cases, the third highest…

5 years ago

Meanwhile in Bengal, the Wild East

Bengal is back in the news and once again for all the wrong reasons. The death of a Bharatiya Janata…

5 years ago

Differences have become disputes

Now that the disengagement process of Indian and Chinese “frontline” soldiers in certain areas of Ladakh has started, the question…

5 years ago

China’s alternate reality, but for how long?

In a globalized planet connected by the world wide web, old, communist-style censorship should have been an anachronism. Especially when…

5 years ago

Don’t justify Chinese action

An attempt is being made to “justify” Chinese incursions into different areas of Ladakh along the Line of Actual Control…

5 years ago

Karachi stock exchange attack brings Balochistan in limelight

Monday’s attack on Pakistan’s Karachi stock exchange, allegedly carried out by the Baloch Liberation Army, while bringing the Balochistan issue…

5 years ago

Don’t let China destroy India-Nepal ties

There is something very immature about the way the K.P. Sharma Oli government in Nepal is going about its business…

5 years ago

Religion in the time of coronavirus

The Rathyatra in Odisha’s Puri is one of the most iconic events in the Hindu festival calendar, which has a…

5 years ago