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

    President Donald Trump shakes hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un during their meet on Sentosa Island, Singapore. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    A triumph of faith over fact as history is made

    A denuclearised North Korea should be welcome to India for two reasons.

    14 Jun 2018 2:16 AM IST

    President Pranab Mukherjee (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Of Pranab, Nagpur and the signals before 2019

    If Narendra Modi and Amit Shah didn't actually advise Mohan Bhagwat to invite the former President, they must be privy...

    5 Jun 2018 6:08 AM IST

    H.D. KumaraswamyOpinion
    Of MLAs in lockup & desi-style democracy

    Now that the BJP has been so humiliatingly outwitted, the struggle is over control of the Central government after the...

    22 May 2018 6:50 AM IST

    North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Guessing games as Kim, Don set to make history

    Despite providing generous economic and political support for seven decades, China is not very keen on North Korea...

    8 May 2018 12:34 AM IST

    Britains Prime Minister Theresa May welcomes Prime Minister Narendra Modi at 10, Downing Street in London on Wednesday. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    It ain't good to plead UK for jobs, Mr PM

    Ms May's government speaks in so many voices that everyone is confused. Perhaps this is intentional.

    24 April 2018 12:32 AM IST

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