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

    Through the passing of this landmark bill, Scotlands Parliament has sent a strong and clear message to victims, perpetrators, communities and to the wider society that offences motivated by prejudice will be treated seriously and will not be tolerated, declared Scotlands justice minister Humza Yousaf. (Image credit : Twitter/@ScotParl)Opinion
    Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | India needs hate crimes law on lines of...

    Actually, modern Scotland is a liberal, secular and civilised nation which has not known any blasphemy prosecution for...

    17 March 2021 7:34 AM IST

    Mr Biden has also ordered a review of US arms sales to the Saudis and is reportedly considering a ban on all non-defensive purchases. (Brendan Smialowski / AFP)Opinion
    Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | If Biden can't punish MBS, US image will take...

    Surely the world's only superpower claims a higher moral role than just organising the distribution of weapons and...

    4 March 2021 7:24 AM IST

    Human rights groups call this a form of discrimination in favour of the wealthy. There is also the ethical question of those who for one reason or another refuse to be vaccinated. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Vaccine passports': Key to safe travels is...

    Vaccine passports will prevent travel by people from countries that will not get vaccines for months, or even years

    18 Feb 2021 4:16 AM IST

    A convoy of army vehicles patrol the streets in Mandalay, Myanmar, Wednesday, February 3, 2021. (AP)Opinion
    Sunanda K Datta-Ray | Future unclear in Suu Kyi country: Do generals...

    Like all those who stage coups, the Tatmadaw says it will hold a 'free and fair general election' after the emergency...

    4 Feb 2021 7:38 AM IST

    Biden, a Democrat, has promised to lift the suspension on H-1B visas, saying Trumps immigration policies are cruel (Image: AFP)Opinion
    Sunanda K. Datta Ray | Thoughts on democracy as Trump exits, finally

    For it should never be forgotten that 74 million Americans voted for the man who now seems bent on destroying the...

    19 Jan 2021 6:41 AM IST

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    Sunanda K Datta Ray | Hope in the new dawn after ravages of 2020?

    India's rich became richer amidst the pain and penury, death and disease that marked 2020 as a year of suffering

    1 Jan 2021 4:18 AM IST

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    Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Boris' fumbling holds lessons for the world

    While British waters are much richer in fish than the seas surrounding Europe, British trawlers make their money selling...

    10 Dec 2020 12:05 AM IST

    US President Donald Trump delivers an update on \Operation Warp Speed\ in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC. (AFP)Opinion
    Sunanda K Datta-Ray | If Trumpism' outlives Trump, America loses

    During the last four years the United States suffered what former President Barack Obama calls 'truth decay'

    25 Nov 2020 1:59 AM IST

    President Donald Trump gives two thumbs up to supporters as he departs after playing golf at the Trump National Golf Club in Sterling Va., Sunday Nov. 8, 2020. (AP)Opinion
    Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Why presidential system might not suit India...

    Many world leaders secretly aspire to the methods and priorities that made Trump such a sinister authoritarian figure of...

    11 Nov 2020 11:46 AM IST

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