Monday, Feb 24, 2020 | Last Update : 11:23 PM IST
Sunanda K Datta Ray
India, US can work closely, but there are limits
What might further encourage such Opposition aspirants as Rahul Gandhi and Mamata Banerjee is that the economy is in the doldrums.
24 Feb 2020 3:18 AM
Rajapaksas must try to heal civil war’s wounds
The Tibet Autonomous Region’s more than 40 ethnic minorities account for 95 per cent of its population.
11 Feb 2020 1:45 AM
The Republic beyond 70: Who’ll shape its future?
The Narasimha Rao-Manmohan Singh reforms opened the gates to the creation of new wealth.
28 Jan 2020 2:19 AM
Why is govt desperate for the West’s praise?
The Americans and Iranians don’t feel it necessary to keep India in the picture over their spat.
14 Jan 2020 4:14 AM
CAA: Belated justice for orphans of Partition?
Perhaps critics do have a point in accusing the Modi-Shah duo of not being moved by any lofty ideal in enacting the CAA.
31 Dec 2019 12:35 AM
The end of a dream, or new beginning for UK?
Muslims expect humanity to persecuted Hindus abroad will damage their civic rights.
18 Dec 2019 2:40 AM
US-China wrangling on HK just sound & fury?
Washington plays these games when it has problems with China that have nothing to do with Tibet.
03 Dec 2019 2:02 AM
For UK, Brexit likely to be end of a dream
Many voters are fed up with Brexit. Many don’t want the hassle of another referendum.
20 Nov 2019 2:27 AM
Was Gandhi ‘Hindian’? The redefining of India
Many Gandhi statues abroad seem to be mired in controversy.
05 Nov 2019 6:29 AM
Amid Brexit furore, will Boris have to eat his hat?
There was a third covering letter from the British ambassador in Brussels.
22 Oct 2019 5:15 AM
Is it an insult to tell one to go back to Afro-Asia?
Yet, telling a white to make the reverse journey has no sinister overtones because he doesn’t need to regret his origins.
08 Oct 2019 3:32 AM
A man who gave India a new idea about itself
Reverence is big business on which gurus and godmen, mahants and mantris thrive.
02 Oct 2019 1:21 AM
Scotland & Kashmir: Parallel, separate narratives
The sense of separateness runs high this week as Scots recall the fifth anniversary of the independence referendum.
25 Sep 2019 1:08 AM
Will Boris have to go, as battle over Brexit rages?
Since Parliament has passed a law against a no-deal Brexit, defiance might even mean legal prosecution that could send Johnson to prison.
10 Sep 2019 12:04 AM
Give dalits education & jobs, and forget quotas
The dalit situation is an aspect of caste, and caste-based crimes have registered a 25 per cent rise since 2016.
27 Aug 2019 12:00 AM
Waiting for the fallout after huge shift in J&K
Article 370 was enacted to give constitutional sanction to this restricted relationship with New Delhi.
13 Aug 2019 12:02 AM
What ‘desi son-in-law’ at No 10 really wants
Britain’s PM calls himself “India’s son-in-law”. Presumably, the reference is to his divorced second wife’s mother who was, indeed, a Sikh.
30 Jul 2019 12:00 AM
Trump, Saudis & Iran: Is toppling in the offing?
The measure seeks to authorise the President to suspend US visas of Saudi citizens, including specifically government employees and descendant
18 Jul 2019 12:05 AM
Hyderabad old & new: Symbol of changing India
This obliteration of distinction for the global symbols of anonymous affluence is an all-India phenomenon.
02 Jul 2019 7:37 AM
To fight terror, words won’t do, action is vital
India’s concern is Kashmir-centric terrorism inspired and abetted by Pakistan.
18 Jun 2019 3:34 AM
Columns
Punjab Congress leaders are secretly celebrating the party’s dismal performance and the Aam Aadmi Party’s victory in the Delhi polls.
At this stage we could claim that the security paradigm has succeeded but it shelf life has run out.
The Economic Survey 2018-19 clearly states that “India is set to witness a sharp slowdown in population growth in the next two decades”.
Self-pity is the worst thing you can do to yourself. Women must get out of the self-pitying