Saptarshi Basak works with the Editorial and Opinion team at The Indian Express
September 16, 2025 15:32 IST
When an ethnonational identity faces the threat of erasure, the recognition that its people do, in fact, constitute a nation-state confers a legitimacy powerful enough to resist attempts at erasure, no matter how violent or systematic
Tue, Sep 16, 2025September 03, 2025 12:19 IST
To condemn India’s oil trade while bankrolling Israel’s carnage that has killed more than 60,000 people, a majority of them women and children, all while Trump dreams aloud of a ‘Riviera of the Middle East’, reflects a rather misplaced sense of righteousness
Mon, Sep 08, 2025August 04, 2025 18:38 IST
For years, the 2005 Ashes — particularly that nerve-shredding second Test where England nearly threw it all away before clinching victory by two runs — has stood as the gold standard of Test cricket in the 21st century. But 20 years on, India and England, this day, this Test, this series, have risen to meet that benchmark, perhaps even surpassed it
Tue, Aug 05, 2025July 29, 2025 12:29 IST
The truth is, if there’s any life advice worth heeding over 'opposites attract,' it’s the far less glamorous, but infinitely more reliable 'be practical'
Tue, Jul 29, 2025July 15, 2025 19:00 IST
The slow-burn India-England thriller was a godsend in an era dominated by T20 cricket. Tests are brutal, but also the game's most beautiful
Tue, Jul 15, 2025April 19, 2025 13:18 IST
Neighbourhood View: The press in both countries welcomes the ongoing realignment. But it won’t be a cakewalk for Pakistan
Sat, Apr 19, 2025April 12, 2025 13:44 IST
View from the neighbourhood: Editorials across Pakistani newspapers argue that the law erodes the Indian Muslim community’s autonomy
Sat, Apr 12, 2025April 05, 2025 14:13 IST
Neighbourhood view: Editorials across Pakistani newspapers are urging Islamabad to diversify trade ties and seek new markets
Sat, Apr 05, 2025March 29, 2025 14:00 IST
Reflections on Bangladesh’s National Day have reignited the discourse around the country’s historical narratives and political legacies
Sat, Mar 29, 2025March 22, 2025 13:57 IST
In Pakistan, meanwhile, the media discusses tense relationship with Afghanistan, in the aftermath of a train hijacking by Baloch militants and an expulsion order against Afghan Citizen Card holders
Sat, Mar 22, 2025March 15, 2025 14:35 IST
View from neighbourhood: The Baloch Liberation Army's attack on the Jaffar Express left many people dead. The Pakistani media is divided over where the fundamental problem lies
Sat, Mar 15, 2025March 08, 2025 13:23 IST
Neighbourhood view: While most sections of the media welcomed the Jatiya Nagorik Party, some experts cautiously underlined the challenges that lie ahead
Sat, Mar 08, 2025March 05, 2025 12:43 IST
Immigration, inflation, tariffs, tax cuts and a pat on the back for DOGE – and placing himself above George Washington in the presidential scheme of achievements
Wed, Mar 05, 2025March 01, 2025 13:34 IST
Neighbourhood view: In Bangladesh, meanwhile, the media is calling on the interim government to urgently address the deteriorating law and order situation
Sat, Mar 01, 2025February 22, 2025 14:02 IST
Trump’s foreign policy evoked discussions both in Pakistan and Bangladesh, while the interim government's failure to control the extremist sections in Dhaka elicited strong response
Sat, Feb 22, 2025February 21, 2025 12:49 IST
Trump may seek to realign global focus on China, but the way he plans to go about it — alienating allies and pursuing a lopsided peace in Ukraine — risks backfiring. Washington's current approach could inadvertently bolster Beijing’s global position rather than contain it
Mon, Jun 30, 2025February 10, 2025 09:15 IST
"Sensible voices on both sides have been suppressed. I hope better sense prevails," says Angomcha Bimol Akoijam, Inner Manipur MP
Mon, Mar 03, 2025February 01, 2025 14:18 IST
View from Pakistan: Progress in India-China and Pakistan-Bangladesh bilateral relations has garnered significant attention in the Pakistani press, as has the launch of an LLM by Chinese lab DeepSeek
Mon, Mar 03, 2025