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Sunanda K Datta Ray
Catalan lessons for all diverse societies
Nearly 21 per cent of foreign investment goes to Catalonia, which draws workers from all over Spain.
10 Oct 2017 12:24 AM
Brexit: May just plays for time
The India-Britain FTA talks threaten to founder on the rock of British recalcitrance over visas.
26 Sep 2017 1:46 AM
N Korean crisis: Can India too play a role?
The major difference between the Indian and North Korean programmes lies in the American attitude.
12 Sep 2017 12:23 AM
The folly of renaming: Will we ever learn?
Mumbai’s Kala Ghoda dominating the intersection of MG Road and Subhash Chowk also demonstrates the folly of such changes.
29 Aug 2017 3:10 AM
Who’ll protect our kids, India’s future?
Despite boastful official statistics, this is a largely illiterate country.
15 Aug 2017 12:43 AM
Workers abroad suffer due to India’s apathy
Relatives of the missing workers have knocked at every door since June 2014 when they were last heard of but to no avail.
01 Aug 2017 12:01 AM
A stronger India needed to stabilise Chinese ties
The confrontation in Doklam must not be allowed to lead to another Himalayan war.
18 Jul 2017 4:42 AM
PM must be realistic on India’s overall interests
The India-US equation is more complex because Washington has become used to client states in Asia and Africa.
04 Jul 2017 12:11 AM
Darjeeling flareup: We had it coming
The past is specially important as today’s regional dreams are rooted in the memories of yesterday’s experience.
20 Jun 2017 12:19 AM
A setback for May, but she’ll battle to carry on
Theresa May has made it clear though snubbed and rejected she might be, but she has no intention of stepping down.
10 Jun 2017 12:28 AM
A puzzling silence, and the way to achche din
To be pro-British was to be anti-Indian, obliging potential national leaders to collect evidence of the government’s disapproval.
06 Jun 2017 12:48 AM
India’s OBOR boycott: Was it a misjudgment?
By boycotting the OBOR summit, India has also exposed its political vulnerability.
23 May 2017 12:23 AM
Let’s admit our flaws, work to correct them
Bashar al-Assad could give a similar answer if questioned about using poison gas on the Syrian rebels.
09 May 2017 12:19 AM
Can Erdogan’s Turkey be India’s credible ally?
Erdogan did indeed obtain popular endorsement of his ambition to become an all-powerful executive President.
25 Apr 2017 12:25 AM
Racism in the land of Gandhi and Buddha
Understandably, the latest round of atrocities has prompted demands for a law banning race discrimination.
11 Apr 2017 3:26 AM
The perils of choosing religion over politics
The escalation of BJP support from two to 282 Lok Sabha seats recalls the Brotherhood’s runaway success.
28 Mar 2017 4:32 AM
Of puja, politics and Bharat
Lok Sabha TV screened the film the very evening people were celebrating Narendra Modi’s spectacular sweep of the UP polls.
16 Mar 2017 2:17 AM
Indians head to US in search of better days
Of course, Jaishankar can tell Shannon that 65,000 H1-B visas are issued annually only because the Americans need Indian skills.
28 Feb 2017 2:33 AM
Lessons from the past for West Asian peace
Barack Obama was one of the few US Presidents since FDR to take a realistic view of the Palestinians.
14 Feb 2017 1:08 AM
The dangers of partisan bureaucracy
India needs an impartial and objective bureaucracy that attends to public welfare without displaying partisan bias.
31 Jan 2017 5:06 AM
Columns
All three have condemned terrorism in general terms but shown no evidence of berating Pakistani sponsorship of terror.
US withdrawal will leave the Taliban as the main organised force in the country.
The Pakistani deep state believes that over a period of four decades this strategy has paid them rich dividends.
Decisions taken at a political level in government are implemented without question at the operational level.