Sanjay Basak is the chief of bureau and senior associate editor at The Asian Age/Deccan Chronicle in New Delhi. He grew up between Kolkata and New Delhi. He has spent 30-odd years as a journalist, also working at The Telegraph, ZEE News, Doordarshan, and more. Basak now mainly writes on politics. He is also an amateur photographer and a painter. You can find him on Instagram: @sanjay1704 and X: @basaksanjay23.