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Sunanda K Datta-Ray is a senior journalist, columnist and author.

Chief Justice Ramanas strictures on police methods and condemnation of Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code on sedition apply to all three nations, not just India, where the tragedy of the late Father Stan Swamy heaped shame and disgrace on the authorities. (Twitter)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Colonial era tools don't belong in a democracy

Justice delayed is justice denied, especially in district and subordinate courts where 33.3 million cases were pending...

17 Aug 2021 2:06 AM IST

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at a delegation level meeting, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | India must avoid getting entangled in US...

It was a warning that despite PM Modi's right-wing bias, too close a relationship with the US is not in India's...

3 Aug 2021 11:59 AM IST

Security personnel inspect a damaged vehicle which was firing rockets in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 20, 2021. At least three rockets hit near the presidential palace on Tuesday shortly before Afghan President Ashraf Ghani was to give an address to mark the Muslim holiday of Eid-a-Adha. (AP)

Sunanda K Datta-Ray | Afghan turmoil, Pak role: What keeps India...

The spectre of Afghanistan again under the fundamentalist Taliban haunts global thinking

21 July 2021 12:28 AM IST

As Mao rides again, his successor should not forget that the point of his tale about the one and a half wars was that India and China are not doomed to perpetual enmity. (PTI Photo)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | India-China peace: Who will take the first...

China's disdain for verbal gymnastics recalls Deng Xiaoping's advice to hide your strength and bide your time

8 July 2021 12:45 AM IST

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Biden B3W vs China BRI: Is India the odd man...

India can expect even less sympathy (and no support!) from ASEAN, whose collective trade with China jumped last year to...

22 Jun 2021 7:03 AM IST

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Why monopoly of power is a threat to democracy

In short, no matter how legitimately political power is acquired, justice demands the balancing factor of an opposition

10 Jun 2021 1:03 AM IST

Palestinian children hold candles during a rally amid the ruins of houses destroyed by Israeli strikes, in Gaza City on May 24, 2021. (Mohammed ABED / AFP)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Israel & Gaza: Use truce to find a lasting...

Although both adversaries accomplished their immediate political goals, the fragile peace can collapse any moment

25 May 2021 7:23 AM IST

Gandhi might have thought it was the universe whose position needed slight adjustment. (Image by arrangement)

Book Review | If only our netas read Gandhi, instead of making him a...

With Covid fatalities soaring, we can hardly dispute the Mahatma's opinion

23 May 2021 11:24 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. (Photo: File/PTI)

Sunanda K Datta Ray | Amid pandemic, Britain, EU eye India trade deals

India desperately needs the emergency medical aid that is pouring in from several richer countries

12 May 2021 12:28 AM IST

Family members of COVID-19 patients wait outside an oxygen-filling centre to refill their empty cylinders, as demand for the gas rises due to spike in coronavirus cases, at Naraina, in New Delhi, Tuesday, April 27, 2021. (PTI/Manvender Vashist)

Sunanda K. Datta Ray | Caring governance vital to save lives & India's...

The devastating second wave might not have struck so ferociously had it not been for the government's triumphalism

28 April 2021 7:23 AM IST

Is China rich or poor? The evidence suggests both. (Photo: AP)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Why world can't afford to take a chance with...

Is China a land of peace contented with its status? Or is it arrogantly determined to be the next superpower?

13 April 2021 1:11 AM IST

No wonder Britains response was limited to grieving rhetoric when Beijing imposed sanctions on five ruling Conservative Party MPs, two peers, a barrister and an academic. (AFP file photo)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Weak Britain reluctant to confront aggressive...

Ramping up criticism of Beijing not only risks deterring future Chinese investment but could undermine British...

31 March 2021 7:25 AM IST