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

A few thousand followers of 20 social organisations across Maharashtra will gather at Shaniwar Wada, Pune, on January 31, 2018, to celebrate the 200th anniversary of defeat of the Peshwas army by the then British Indian Armys Mahar regiment in the battle of Bhima Koregaon. (Photo: YouTube)

It's safer to let the past remain undisturbed

It all began with the innocent fervour of P.N. Oak, who eulogised the saffron paradise before it was born.

16 Jan 2018 12:32 AM IST

On Wednesday, Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha witnessed pandemonium; opposition members in the Upper House shouted shame, shame when Ananth Kumar Hegde, rose to lay the papers listed against his name. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

In politics, caste still a dominant factor

Smart publicists were rewarded handsomely for giving the BJP a worldly gloss.

2 Jan 2018 12:31 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi pointed out that while fighting for rights, one should not forget about duties. (Photo: PTI)

Superpower-to-be that is forever emerging'

The UN's criticism of Kazakhstan's curbs on most freedoms didn't discomfit Mr Modi.

27 Dec 2017 1:45 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress chief Rahul Gandhi (Photo: PTI)

BJP stooped to conquer, Congress must not follow it

The Congress was accused of concentrating too much on caste and community but not, it must be stressed, of fanning...

19 Dec 2017 12:58 AM IST

US President Donald Trump and daughter Ivanka Trump (Photo: AFP)

After Ivanka, will papa Donald come calling soon?

Trump recently enjoyed what were reckoned successful tours of China, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam and the Philippines.

5 Dec 2017 5:37 AM IST

Rabindranath Tagore

What would India be if the British never came?

Britain steered India's transition from medievalism to modernity.

21 Nov 2017 12:02 AM IST

Michael Fallon (Photo: AFP)

Hullabaloo in UK: Is this the biggest scandal?

The expenses scandal seemed specially shameful to us because prominent Indians and Bangladeshis were involved.

7 Nov 2017 12:18 AM IST

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas. (Photo: AP)

A way out for Israel & Palestinians?

Palestine was cleansed of Palestinians before the phrase ethnic cleansing' was coined.

24 Oct 2017 12:36 AM IST

Catalan lessons for all diverse societies

Catalan lessons for all diverse societies

Nearly 21 per cent of foreign investment goes to Catalonia, which draws workers from all over Spain.

10 Oct 2017 12:24 AM IST

Theresa Mays party failed to win a majority in parliament in Britains elections. (Photo: AP)

Brexit: May just plays for time

The India-Britain FTA talks threaten to founder on the rock of British recalcitrance over visas.

26 Sept 2017 1:46 AM IST

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un watches the test launch of solid fuel Pukguksong-2, a medium-to-long range ballistic missile, at an undisclosed location in North Korea. (Photo: AP)

N Korean crisis: Can India too play a role?

The major difference between the Indian and North Korean programmes lies in the American attitude.

12 Sept 2017 12:23 AM IST

US President Donald Trump. (Photo: AP)

The folly of renaming: Will we ever learn?

Mumbai's Kala Ghoda dominating the intersection of MG Road and Subhash Chowk also demonstrates the folly of such...

29 Aug 2017 3:10 AM IST