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Sunanda K Datta Ray
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Sunanda K Datta-Ray is a senior journalist, columnist and author.
    British Prime Minister Theresa May at a press conference at Downing Street in central London. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Battle for future: India, UK face decision time

    The election campaign for the 17th Lok Sabha is obsessed with trivia and full of personal invective.

    26 March 2019 12:07 AM IST

    At least 49 were killed and 20 were injured after a gunman opened fire on Friday prayers at a mosque in New Zealand killing many worshippers and forcing the city of Christchurch into lockdown as police launched a massive manhunt. (Photo: File)Opinion
    Anti-Islam fanaticism a growing global trend

    Senator Anning is the only mainstream politician to extend even qualified approval to the motives that supposedly...

    18 March 2019 12:31 AM IST

    Jawaharlal NehruOpinion
    Why Delhi should talk to all sides in Kashmir

    Second, the grey eminence of the accession was his sworn enemy, Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah, whom Jawaharlal Nehru had...

    12 March 2019 2:36 AM IST

    External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. (Photo; PTI)Opinion
    No reason for India to court the OIC

    It prompted OIC members gathered in Rabat for their first summit (of which more later) to think again about including...

    26 Feb 2019 2:16 AM IST

    Govt shares Rafale price details with the SC, makes public timeline of negotiations that preceded the deal in a bid to dispel doubts about alleged wrongdoing.(Representational image)Opinion
    The Rafale effect: Make PMO's primacy official?

    French industry may enjoy that freedom but no defence company in India has any existence outside the realm of official...

    12 Feb 2019 12:00 AM IST

    N. Chandrababu NaiduOpinion
    States' new diplomacy': Amaravati as Singapore?

    The 217 sq km greenfield capital city of Amaravati on the Krishna river could be another.

    29 Jan 2019 12:51 AM IST

    British Prime Minister Theresa May at a press conference at Downing Street in central London. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    UK wake-up call: Need for a rethink on Brexit

    Johnson has a twofold interpretation of Parliament's rejection of her Brexit proposal.

    17 Jan 2019 12:13 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi further said that the government has taken several measures for improving the ease of doing business in the country. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    When will PM hold his first press conference?

    Media independence is bartered or jeopardised usually only when a journalist or the institution he or she works for...

    15 Jan 2019 12:08 AM IST

    Telangana Rashtra Samiti president and Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao (right) along with his son K.T. Rama Rao during one of the election rallies. The TRS party was formed with the sole aim carving out a separate Telangana state. Now, Mr Chandrasekhar Rao has set his eyes on national politics.Age on Sunday
    Linguistic, religious, cultural identities to rise

    Telangana state and Mizoram highlighted the competitive nature and limitations of the identity politics that is the...

    6 Jan 2019 12:00 AM IST

    PM Modi on Monday summoned CBI director Alok Verma and Special Director Rakesh Asthana amid their public fight on bribery and corruption. (Photo: File)Opinion
    Secularism is the core safeguard India needs

    Justice Sen's understandable concern for Hindus stranded in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh does him credit.

    1 Jan 2019 12:13 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses an election rally in support of BJP candidates in Nizamabad. (Photo: PTI )Opinion
    Governance key to 2019, don't make it personal'

    Indira Gandhi's Emergency was one denial of even the rituals of democracy.

    18 Dec 2018 12:15 AM IST

    Theresa MayOpinion
    UK must accept it's no longer a world power

    Internationally, the loss will be of a model that inspired a fractured and warring world to seek cohesion.

    4 Dec 2018 1:37 AM IST

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