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Joyeeta Basu

National Capital Territory of Delhi

Journalist, with a major interest in politics and geopolitics. Books and movies make the world go round. Working as Editor, The Sunday Guardian. Views personal.

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  • 1 week ago | thedailyguardian.com | Joyeeta Basu

    Who would have thought at the start of Donald Trump’s presidency in January 2025 that three- four months down the line, he would cause so much angst in India or have the Indian public mood turn against him so drastically?

  • 1 month ago | thedailyguardian.com | Joyeeta Basu

    At a time when the US and China are busy fighting a tariff war, it is interesting to see the sudden outreach by Beijing to New Delhi. A narrative is being sought to be built that the elephant and the dragon—India and China—should be tangoing together against the “wild man” of the West, President Donald Trump. There has been a distinctive softening of the hostile tone that Chinese media have always adopted towards India.

  • 1 month ago | thedailyguardian.com | Joyeeta Basu

    Home/ Opinion/ Bengal violence Mamata government’s fault Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma made a very valid point when he posted on X that in spite of having a higher percentage of Muslim population than Bengal’s, his state saw barely any protests over the passage of the Waqf Amendment Bill in Parliament.

  • 1 month ago | thedailyguardian.com | Joyeeta Basu

    In the latest deportations and attempted deportations of students and scholars from the United States, it is a bit surprising to see the names popping up of Hamas-supporting Indian students, who are in that country legally. Indian students abroad were always thought to be sensible, hard-working, concentrating in their studies, keeping their opinions and ideologies—if they had any—to themselves.

  • 2 months ago | thedailyguardian.com | Joyeeta Basu

    After the passage of the Waqf Amendment Bill in Parliament, it is time for full on politics by Opposition parties that had prepared the ground for it by painting the bill as anti-Muslim and communal. Ahead of the Bihar Assembly elections, to be held sometime later this year, a competition of sorts has broken out among parties to prove to their Muslim voters that they are their biggest saviours.

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eeta @eeta
15 May 25

Seriously?! I mean, seriously?! This is like alternate reality. Are we in a multiverse situation? Which universe is this about?

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This morning at breakfast in Doha, my waiter told me to thank President Trump for him. I asked him why. He told me he is from Kashmir, and he has been unable to return home in recent weeks due to the India-Pakistan conflict. But he was just notified that he’s now able to

eeta
eeta @eeta
15 May 25

If baubles are what needed to keep Donald Trump happy, where do the Trump Towers in India fit in? Or do we have to make personal gifts? Throw in a diamond necklace or two, gift a luxury yacht. Shinier the better. @MEAIndia needs to up its game. #OperationSindoor

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eeta @eeta
15 May 25

RT @Iyervval: Some alarming facts about Çelebi & Turkish Airlines in India. • Çelebi is part owned by erdogan’s daughter Sumeyye • She is…