Joyeeta Basu

State of India-U.S. relations

At times it is not clear whether the US administration is plain ignorant in its foreign policy dealings, specifically when…

1 year ago

Time to temper the election rhetoric

Strange sound bites are coming from almost all political parties, now that campaigning for the general elections has started, even…

1 year ago

Taiwan Shouldn’t Spoil Qwn Image

A troubling aspect of India’s relations with the island nation of Taiwan is out in the open and has the…

1 year ago

Being brazen in Bengal

It has been around three weeks that horror stories of sexual abuse, landgrab, violence and torture have surfaced in West…

1 year ago

Rahul Gandhi Needs to Look Within

What has happened to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi? Why are his speeches getting increasingly inflammatory and controversial? The statements he…

1 year ago

Has Congress given up on 2024?

It is increasingly looking like the Congress has given up on the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. At a time when…

1 year ago

ISIS-like horror stories from Sandeshkhali

Nadia Murad, a human rights activist originally from Iraq, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2018 for “efforts to end…

1 year ago

Return of Indians from Qatar is proof of India’s global heft

The news of the release of eight former Indian Navy personnel by Qatar is an immensely positive development. Seven of…

1 year ago

Is the U.S. undermining the Quad?

There won’t be a Quad summit in the foreseeable future, not in 2024 at least. The summit will take place…

1 year ago

Time to Repair Inter-Community Relations

Voices are rising from within the Muslim community about the need to repair relations with Hindus, by shedding the centuries-old…

1 year ago

Pak murders democracy while the U.S. watches

Former Pakistan Prime Minister and his wife, Bushra Bibi, were given 14 years in prison on Wednesday in the Toshakhana…

1 year ago

Muizzu joins the Sino-Wahhabi alliance

Mohamed Muizzu, the President of the Maldives, has been claiming that his country’s sovereignty is being violated by India’s so-called…

1 year ago