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Sunanda K Datta Ray
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Sunanda K Datta-Ray is a senior journalist, columnist and author.
    Priests perform Shila Pujan of stones for construction of Ram temple at Ayodhya. (Photo: PTI/File)Opinion
    Ayodhya: Look to the future, not the past

    Griffin rose above the provocation 12 years later when he could help India repair its image which the Babri Masjid...

    20 Nov 2018 12:05 AM IST

    Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Dhaka's begums at war, fight yesterday's battles

    The resemblance goes beyond Pakistan's first law and labour minister and Bangladesh's former chief justice both being...

    6 Nov 2018 1:57 AM IST

    Journalist Jamal Khashoggi has not been seen since he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul more than two weeks ago, amid persistent reports he was killed inside. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    India can't ignore Saudi ethics, Jamal's killing

    No healthy, productive and rewarding foreign policy can be founded on expedient pacts that are so utterly devoid of...

    23 Oct 2018 12:03 AM IST

    Aung San Suu KyiOpinion
    Why pragmatic' Suu Kyi is silent on Rohingyas

    Like a true Burmese, Suu Kyi probably doesn't disagree with her countrymen's condemnation of the Rohingya.

    9 Oct 2018 12:24 AM IST

    Mohan Bhagwat, RSS chiefOpinion
    Targeting English isn't way to brighter Bharat

    There is no need for Mr Bhagwat's equivalent in these countries to lecture anybody on why they should start respecting...

    25 Sept 2018 12:02 AM IST

    The pact will also ensure interoperability among the US and the Indian armed forces.Opinion
    As we get closer to US, let's not forget the past

    No doubt Donald Trump's businessman's eye on India's building boom is a contributory factor.

    11 Sept 2018 12:00 AM IST

    An aide adjusts Pope Francis cape as he speaks at the Knock Shrine in Knock, Ireland, on Sunday. Pope Francis was on a two-day visit to Ireland. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    In Ireland, Pope sets Church in a new direction

    Ostensibly, Pope Francis' historic two-day visit was to attend the triennial Festival of Families in Dublin.

    28 Aug 2018 12:45 AM IST

    Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul (1932-2018)Opinion
    Dread and relief over Naipaul's biography

    Naipaul's ardour for innovation became apparent when he wrote that things are happening†in India.

    14 Aug 2018 12:15 AM IST

    Security agencies apprehend trouble in certain pockets of the state as verification of family trees brought to light that suspected foreigners are trying to get their names enrolled in the NRC.Opinion
    NRC fears, bigotry may lead to wider N-E strife

    Even the faith that is supposed to unify the country is subject to many regional and sectarian variations.

    31 July 2018 12:06 AM IST

    US President Donald Trump shows a signed Presidential Memorandum after delivering a statement on the Iran nuclear deal from the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, Tuesday, May 8, 2018, in Washington. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Trump, like Indira, gets touchy about the press

    Anything that Trump doesn't like is dismissed as fake news .

    17 July 2018 5:24 AM IST

    Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Why our netas don't need another Emergency

    Like Mrs Gandhi, Narendra Modi can also be called a directly elected Prime Minister.

    3 July 2018 5:43 AM IST

    People offer funeral prayers of veteran journalist Shujaat Bukhari at Kreeri in Baramulla district of north Kashmir. Bukhari and his two PSOs were shot dead by gunmen soon after he boarded his car from his office in Press Enclave in Lal Chowk on Thursday. (Photo: PTI )Opinion
    India as Lynchistan': Act before it's too late

    There must be many more if India is to shake off the shameful sobriquet of Lynchistan.

    19 Jun 2018 12:26 AM IST

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