Sunanda K Datta Ray
In politics, caste still a dominant factor
Smart publicists were rewarded handsomely for giving the BJP a worldly gloss.
02 Jan 2018 12:31 AM
Superpower-to-be that is forever ‘emerging’
The UN’s criticism of Kazakhstan’s curbs on most freedoms didn’t discomfit Mr Modi.
27 Dec 2017 1:45 AM
BJP stooped to conquer, Congress must not follow it
The Congress was accused of concentrating too much on caste and community but not, it must be stressed, of fanning communalism.
19 Dec 2017 12:58 AM
After Ivanka, will papa Donald come calling soon?
Trump recently enjoyed what were reckoned successful tours of China, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam and the Philippines.
05 Dec 2017 5:37 AM
What would India be if the British never came?
Britain steered India’s transition from medievalism to modernity.
21 Nov 2017 12:02 AM
Hullabaloo in UK: Is this the biggest scandal?
The expenses scandal seemed specially shameful to us because prominent Indians and Bangladeshis were involved.
07 Nov 2017 12:18 AM
A way out for Israel & Palestinians?
Palestine was cleansed of Palestinians before the phrase ‘ethnic cleansing’ was coined.
24 Oct 2017 12:36 AM
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
Columns
Three big things and all spelling some kind of danger for the PTI.
While India alleged that it only now saw Imran Khan’s “real face”, he retorted with the barb that “small men occupying big offices” lacked vision.
Kathmandu is convinced that the Modi government is undermining its Prime Minister K.P. Oli as it suspects him to be closer to China.
Diplomacy to be effective must be embedded in a strategic matrix. The question is not whether we should talk to Pakistan or not.