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

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

1 Oct 2021 2:43 AM IST

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.

27 Sept 2018 12:17 AM IST

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?

12 Sept 2018 1:32 AM IST

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 5:30 AM IST

China and India agreed to end the lengthy Doklam standoff in August 2017, with Beijing reportedly abandoning plans to construct the road that had triggered the crisis. (Photo: AFP)

India must act alone in Asia's new Great Game

The United States will set aside $113 million for its Indo-Pacific Economic Vision.

6 Aug 2018 12:08 AM IST

Congress president Rahul Gandhi said, I hope the BJP and the RSS have learned a lesson that the institutions, as well as the will of the people of this country, cannot be disrespected. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Rahul should be Congress' face', not its voice'

This was a debate on a no-confidence motion, watched live by 1.25 billion in India and several million NRIs &...

25 July 2018 12:55 AM IST

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe (Photo: AFP)

An empty Lankan airport holds promise for India

If Mattala airport is well marketed and incentivised by Sri Lanka's tourism authorities, it may well be a commercial...

9 July 2018 3:33 AM IST

The India Gate area is on high alert ahead of January 26.

Destroying our heritage: Why don't Indians care?

Reports suggest that there were 823 heritage structures still standing in Bengaluru in 1985.

25 Jun 2018 5:14 AM IST

US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (Photo: AFP)

Why India, Pak can't do a Trump-Kim on J&K

South Korea may be a US ally, but it is not the United States, represented by the man who shook hands with Mr Kim...

13 Jun 2018 12:57 AM IST