Joyeeta Basu

The early dawn of a new turn in geopolitics

June 22, 2023

If there was any doubt about India’s stance on the Russia-Ukraine war, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s interview to the Wall Street Journal should have cleared it. To a question on India’s neutrality on the war, the Prime Minister said that India was not neutral. “We are on the side of...

US experts peddle anti India narrative

June 20, 2023

Now that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to reach the United States for his State Visit, a number of American “experts” on South Asia have suddenly become very active. They are writing volumes, telling the US government that it’s a bad idea to “prop up”—to use the words used...

Indian democracy is the last thing Dorsey should speak of

June 15, 2023

Twitter founder and former boss Jack Dorsey’s claim that the Indian government threatened to shut down the microblogging site and raided Twitter employees’ homes is facing a barrage of criticism, not only from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and its ministers, but also that section of Twitter that holds Dorsey...

PM Modi’s U.S. visit set to be a game-changer

June 15, 2023

There is much excitement over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s State Visit to the United States next week. The Joe Biden administration is laying out the red carpet for the Indian PM. On 21 June, President Biden is hosting a state dinner for Prime Minister Modi. There is a ceremonial welcome...

Time for India to lead the Global South

June 13, 2023

At the G20 development ministers’ meeting currently going on in Varanasi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that development was a core issue of the Global South and that it was the G20’s collective responsibility to ensure that the sustainable development goals (SDGs) did not fall behind. He also...

Where is stability in India-China relations, as the Chinese claim?

June 8, 2023

At the Shangri La Dialogue, US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin was categorical about the threat that China poses to the world, particularly its neighbours. He accused Beijing of bullying and coercing them, while warning it against any misadventures against Taiwan. To this, the spokesperson of the Chinese embassy in New...

Flummoxed by Rahul Gandhi’s comments in US

June 5, 2023

Rahul Gandhi is on a 10-day tour of the United States and “as expected”, his statements made overseas are generating a lot of political heat in India. In fact, some of the videos of his interactions with the general public, journalists and think-tanks make for baffling viewing. Which mature political...

Why not make public why SCO summit went virtual?

May 31, 2023

India, on Tuesday, suddenly cancelled the in-person Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting that was scheduled to be held in New Delhi, and instead opted for a virtual meeting, which will be held on 4 July. This is surprising, given that until recently, preparations were being made for the SCO summit,...

Stop the campaign against the new Parliament

May 30, 2023

Ever since the inauguration of the new Parliament House on Sunday with a puja and the installation of the sacred Sengol in the presence of Adheenams (priests) from South India, “leftist” intellectuals have gone ballistic, outraging about what they call the “theocratisation” of the Indian polity. Social media is flooded...

Return of identity politics

May 15, 2023

The divisions are out in the open post the election results in Karnataka. Divisions of caste and religion. If the Vokkaligas want from the Congress, the victorious party, a Chief Minister from their own community—obviously D.K. Shivakumar—the Lingayats want a Deputy Chief Minister. While a Muslim cleric, the chief of...

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