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Sunanda K Datta Ray
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Sunanda K Datta-Ray is a senior journalist, columnist and author.
    Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) supporters during their protest in Darjeeling. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Darjeeling flareup: We had it coming

    The past is specially important as today's regional dreams are rooted in the memories of yesterday's experience.

    20 Jun 2017 12:19 AM IST

    British Prime Minister Theresa MayOpinion
    A setback for May, but she'll battle to carry on

    Theresa May has made it clear though snubbed and rejected she might be, but she has no intention of stepping down.

    10 Jun 2017 12:28 AM IST

    File photo of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya (Photo: PTI/)Opinion
    A puzzling silence, and the way to achche din

    To be pro-British was to be anti-Indian, obliging potential national leaders to collect evidence of the government's...

    6 Jun 2017 12:48 AM IST

    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)Opinion
    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)Opinion
    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)Opinion
    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)Opinion
    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)Opinion
    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)Opinion
    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)Opinion
    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)Opinion
    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)Opinion
    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

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