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

China succeeded in bringing together various countries together on one platform for the OBOR project President Xi Jinping with leaders and delegates attending the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing. (Photo: AP)

India's OBOR boycott: Was it a misjudgment?

By boycotting the OBOR summit, India has also exposed its political vulnerability.

23 May 2017 12:23 AM IST

Attorney-General Mukul Rahatgi (Photo: PTI)

Let's admit our flaws, work to correct them

Bashar al-Assad could give a similar answer if questioned about using poison gas on the Syrian rebels.

9 May 2017 12:19 AM IST

Turkeys President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (Photo: AP)

Can Erdogan's Turkey be India's credible ally?

Erdogan did indeed obtain popular endorsement of his ambition to become an all-powerful executive President.

25 April 2017 12:25 AM IST

BJP MP Tarun Vijay (Photo: PTI)

Racism in the land of Gandhi and Buddha

Understandably, the latest round of atrocities has prompted demands for a law banning race discrimination.

11 April 2017 3:26 AM IST

Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (Photo: AP/File)

The perils of choosing religion over politics

The escalation of BJP support from two to 282 Lok Sabha seats recalls the Brotherhood's runaway success.

28 March 2017 4:32 AM IST

BJP workers carry a giant cut-out of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as they celebrate the partys victory in the UP and Uttarakhand Assembly elections, at the party headquarters in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Of puja, politics and Bharat

Lok Sabha TV screened the film the very evening people were celebrating Narendra Modi's spectacular sweep of the UP...

16 March 2017 2:17 AM IST

Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar (Photo: PTI)

Indians head to US in search of better days

Of course, Jaishankar can tell Shannon that 65,000 H1-B visas are issued annually only because the Americans need Indian...

28 Feb 2017 2:33 AM IST

Barack Obama (Photo: AP)

Lessons from the past for West Asian peace

Barack Obama was one of the few US Presidents since FDR to take a realistic view of the Palestinians.

14 Feb 2017 1:08 AM IST

Barack Obama (Photo: AP)

Lessons from the past for West Asian peace

Barack Obama was one of the few US Presidents since FDR to take a realistic view of the Palestinians.

14 Feb 2017 1:08 AM IST

Vijay P. Bhatkar (Photo: Facebook)

The dangers of partisan bureaucracy

India needs an impartial and objective bureaucracy that attends to public welfare without displaying partisan bias.

31 Jan 2017 5:06 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI)

Ordinance rule: A throwback to Raj?

The relationship in practice between the ruling party at the Centre and its branches in the states is another.

17 Jan 2017 7:03 AM IST

President-elect Donald Trump. (Photo: File)

Europe can save or kill globalisation

The New Year can redress the balance of the old by recognising refugees as victims of history.

3 Jan 2017 12:25 AM IST