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The writer is a senior foreign correspondent and the author of Sri Lanka: The New Country

Hours before his death, he had greeted people on Diwali on his Twitter handle and Facebook page. (Photo: File)

Padma Rao Sundarji | India-Sri Lanka tussle: Let sleeping islands lie

An in-depth analysis of the political climate in India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership

10 April 2024 6:30 PM GMT

Former first lady Michelle Obama. (AP File Image)

Padma Rao Sundarji | Will Michelle replace Biden to take on Trump in...

Michelle Obama would be the first woman President and the first fully African-American person to be elected to that...

8 Oct 2023 6:35 PM GMT

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. (AP)

Padma Rao Sundarji | Two-faced Canada is on a re-run of its LTTE...

Canada's own Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) identified at least eight fronts of the LTTE in Canada.

28 Sep 2023 6:43 PM GMT

Fisheries is a state subject, Tamil Nadu is not governed by Mr Modis BJP. And yet, the subject was on the agenda in New Delhi last week. (Representational Image: DC)

Padma Rao Sundarji | Colombo-Delhi card games: On China, Tamils &...

Our fishermen face highly restricted access to traditional fishing grounds

27 July 2023 6:30 PM GMT

Dalai Lama (PTI file photo)

Padma Rao Sundarji | A slip of the lama's tongue leads to worldwide...

A video emerged of a public function in February, where a little boy asked the Tibetan spiritual leader for a hug

25 April 2023 6:47 PM GMT

This is the second time that PM Modi will be chairing the BRICS Summit, the first being the Goa Summit in 2016. (PTI)

Padma Rao Sundarji | New currency for Brics: How feasible will it be?

Brics, whose joint share in worldwide GDP overtook even that of the G-7 in 2020, isn't the first entity to come up with...

11 April 2023 6:30 PM GMT

Emergency responders gather at the scene of a shooting where a mass shooting was reported. (Photo: AFP)

Padma Rao Sundarji | It's possible to control gun violence, even...

Attacks have certainly been on the rise across Europe

17 March 2023 6:54 PM GMT

A health worker prepares a dose of the Covishield vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus, at a vaccination centre in Rajawadi Hospital in Mumbai. (Photo: AFP)

Padma Rao Sundarji | No jab, no job': Growing heat against...

According to the latest official data, about 670 million Indians have received at least one shot of a Covid-19 vaccine

14 Oct 2021 2:21 AM GMT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel. (AP)

Padma Rao Sundarji | The post-Merkel Germany India and world will face

During Angela Merkel's 16 years in office, the world's most powerful woman leader faced one crisis after another

30 Sep 2021 9:13 PM GMT

Ibrahim Mohammed Solih (Photo: AFP)

Surprise in Maldives: Road ahead is thorny

As with all small countries, the Maldives too is being closely scrutinised by a raft of global players.

26 Sep 2018 6:47 PM GMT

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa (Photo: AP)

At last, Delhi asks Rajapaksa for a dance

So why the invitation to Mr Rajapaksa, the man under whom Sri Lanka first inched closer to China?

11 Sep 2018 8:02 PM GMT

A file photograph of Atal Behari Vajpayee at the PMO.

The Vajpayee I knew was a hardcore 'feminist' too

Within barely a day or two, I became the first journalist in the world to get an interview with Vajpayee on why India...

20 Aug 2018 12:00 AM GMT