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

    India and China flags (Photo: PTI/File)Opinion
    Chinese tips: How to win friends, influence people

    India can't match the huge investments that China makes out of its foreign exchange reserves of more than $3 trillion.

    10 April 2018 6:15 AM IST

    Kulbushan JadhavOpinion
    Don't give up trying to improve ties with Pak

    Narendra Modi began well by inviting Nawaz Sharif, along with the leaders of other South Asian countries, to his...

    27 March 2018 6:56 AM IST

    President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Trump-Kim meet: Hopes rise for a calmer Asia

    North Korea is also the obvious and only target of the annual joint military exercises between the US and South Korea.

    13 March 2018 12:28 AM IST

    Subhas Chandra Bose with wife Emilie.Books
    The legend of Bose finally laid to rest?

    Subhas Chandra Bose is dead. Despite books such as this, his legend goes marching on.

    11 March 2018 12:21 AM IST

    Donald Trump Jr. poses for a photograph ahead of a media event in New Delhi, on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    The Trumps & India: Trade follows the flag

    President Trump's foreign relations have not been as strikingly successful as his business deals.

    27 Feb 2018 12:22 AM IST

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