Sanjoy Majumder

Managing Editor and co-founder Collective Newsroom after nearly 25 years in @BBCWorldService as correspondent and editor.

[AviationAll @AviationAll_]

On This Day, 78 Years Ago, Air India Went International! 🇮🇳

On 8th June, 1948, Air India Inaugurated its First International Service from Mumbai to London via Cairo & Geneva.

The Inaugural was Operated by VT-CQP, an L-749A, Touching Down in London on the 10th.

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[Sanjoy Majumder @BBCSanjoyM]

Three years after violence broke out in Manipur, communities that once lived together are divided down the middle. Watch this powerful report by @raghvendra_rao on the human cost of Manipur’s unfinished conflict | Documentary | BBC News... https://t.co/N8VGH1whbE via @YouTube

[Ambassador Sergio Gor @USAmbIndia]

Just got a call from @SecRubio — he’s taking off for India right now! Excited for this important trip!

[Helle Lyng @HelleLyngSvends]

Had a great conversation with @BBCHindi. Thank you for giving me the oppurtunity to explain what happened Monday and why it happened.

[Soutik Biswas @soutikBBC]

.@MyAnandaBazar West Bengal regime change headlines from 1967, 1977 and 2011. #WestBengalLegislativeAssemblyelection2026

[Nitin Srivastava @Tweetnitins]

One of India’s most celebrated photojournalist-photographer #RaghuRai is no more. RIP

[Nirupama Menon Rao 🇮🇳 @NMenonRao]

The #ceasefire (US-Iran) announcement marks a pause, but more importantly, it reveals where each actor now stands.

The United States has stepped back from the brink it created. A deadline backed by threats of overwhelming force has given way to a conditional pause built around negotiations. That signals not strength alone, but recognition of limits: military objectives may have been met, but political end states remain elusive.

Israel, for its part, finds itself in a more ambiguous position. Having driven escalation, it is now tethered to a process it does not fully control. Its objectives, particularly around regime change or long-term degradation of Iran, sit uneasily with a negotiation track shaped elsewhere.

Iran emerges with a measure of strategic resilience. It has absorbed strikes, retaliated, and then shifted the frame from ceasefire to conditions for a broader settlement: sanctions relief, security guarantees, and regional de-escalation.
In doing so, it has moved from target to negotiating actor without conceding core positions.

Pakistan’s role has unfolded not as architect, but as conduit and catalyst. It has provided the channel through which messages travelled, deadlines were softened, and a narrow diplomatic opening created. That is not mediation in the classic sense, but it cannot be dismissed with stray witticisms either.

What we are witnessing is not resolution of conflict , but repositioning.
The war has not ended. It has entered a different phase, where coercion and negotiation now proceed together.

For India, the implication is clear.

Do not read this as de-escalation alone. Read it as a system under strain, where outcomes are still fluid.
India should state its position with clarity:
support de-escalation, safeguard maritime flows, and resist alignment with any one narrative of this conflict.
This is not a moment for silence.
It is a moment for calibrated voice.

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#IranUSConflict
#MiddleEastCrisis
#StrategicAutonomy
#IndiaForeignPolicy
#Hormuz
#MaritimeSecurity

[Ishadrita Lahiri @ishadrita]

Back on here after a while and what better time to do than when I start election coverage from #WestBengal.

First despatch from Malda and North 24 Parganas on the #SIR and why a routine electoral revision has sparked fear of losing citizenship.

As @antarikshjain and I spoke to people left out of the voter list, we saw fear of ramifications that go beyond whether or not they’ll be able to vote in the upcoming elections.

https://t.co/ZyX5vT81UC

[The Indian Express @IndianExpress]

Sarvapriya Sangwan wins the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award in Broadcast / Digital for the category Hindi.

@DrSarvapriya

[Saira Shah Halim সায়রা ‏‎‎سائرہ @sairashahhalim]

A big thank you to BBC Bangla for visiting our home to film our breakfast routine.We talked about the composite culture that defines our table,me being a Calcutta born girl whose palate was shaped by my father’s military tenures across India and abroad.
​We also delved into the migrant histories that give Kolkata its unique morning flavour.
From the hearty slow-cooked Nihari brought by the royal exiles of Awadh to the steamed baos of the Chinese community and the baked legacies of Jewish and Anglo-Indian kitchens, our city’s breakfast is a beautiful melting pot. Happy to share this slice of our life alongside Dr Fuad Halim

https://t.co/WucAFUNfqT

[Aditya Iyer @Iyr_Adi]

What happens when MS Dhoni boards a budget airline in India? I write about a ridiculous two-hour experience in the air, and the real cost of being famous in India. For @Openthemag:

https://t.co/Tunj82Yq0M

[Royal Television Society @RTS_media]

Steve Rosenberg (@BBCSteveR) reflects on his career-making fascination with Russia, which was tonight recognised with the RTS Special Award at the RTS Television Journalism Awards #RTSAwards

[Azadeh Moshiri @Azadeh_Moshiri]

I’ve been asked many times by friends what books I would recommend about #Iran, especially this week. Here are some I’ve treasured over the years to keep me connected to a homeland I cannot set foot in. There are so many more, these are simply the ones I always go back to.

Suggestions welcome 👇

[Sanjoy Majumder @BBCSanjoyM]

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[SK @sruthijith]

A packed hall at Bharat Mandapam as PM @narendramodi set to deliver his keynote. N Chandrasekaran, Mukesh Ambani, Sundar Pichai, Dario Amodei, Sam Altman and a slew of world leaders in the hall. Macron to arrive shortly.

[Sanjoy Majumder @BBCSanjoyM]

@pranshuverma_ Really sorry to hear Pranshu about you and all your talented colleagues. You are all in our thoughts

[Sanjoy Majumder @BBCSanjoyM]

'We want peace': How Bangladesh's Hindus are seeing the upcoming electio... https://t.co/At0Flfhchh via @YouTube - do watch this very balanced ground report from inside Bangladesh by @ishadrita and @debalinroy

[Jonathan Munro @jonathancmunro]

Everyone at @BBCNews is saddened by the death of exemplary foreign correspondent Sir Mark Tully, who brought insight from India to audiences around the world. A pioneering correspondent and one of the voices of the BBC, and of India itself.

[Sanjoy Majumder @BBCSanjoyM]

The voice of India for generations around the world, the gold standard of reporting India for the world and so many of us who followed in his footsteps. He chronicled India like nobody can. RIP Mark Tully. https://t.co/qmWaluQPvx

[Sanjoy Majumder @BBCSanjoyM]

Watch this powerful video by @ishadrita and @antarikshjain on the brutal killing of Tripura's Anjel Chakma, an alleged racial attack that raises questions not just for his family but many others in North East India... https://t.co/jh36zMzR6t via @YouTube