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

Britains Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party, Liz Truss, leaves from Balmoral Castle in Ballater, Scotland, on September 6, 2022, after meeting with Britains Queen Elizabeth II and being invited to form a Government. (Photo: AFP)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Can a flexible' Liz Truss usher in Global...

Long the front-runner in the race to replace Boris Johnson, Ms Truss is the Conservatives' fourth Prime Minister since...

7 Sept 2022 12:05 AM IST

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar (ANI file photo)

Do we need governors to act as agents of Centre?

Some sense of that gubernatorial grandeur persists in India even 75 years after the British left

30 Aug 2022 9:43 AM IST

European Union flags are seen in front of the European Commission building in Brussels. (AFP)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Ukraine is a better fit for EU than Britain...

Unlike Britain, Ukraine, which feels that it has paid in blood for membership, sees Europe as its political and cultural...

17 Aug 2022 12:00 AM IST

Rishi Sunak & Liz Truss

Sunanda K Datta-Ray | UK bristles over migration, race as Sunak, Truss...

It must be explained that Britons are not choosing a new government at this juncture

4 Aug 2022 1:20 AM IST

Girls display their arms painted with message Ranil go home referring to Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe at the protest site in Colombo. (AP)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Keep race, religion out in a Sri Lankan revival...

It's a moot point whether Colombo would have placed itself at Beijing's mercy to this extent if it had not been for the...

17 July 2022 11:31 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with USA President Joe Biden and Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau, at G-7 Summit, in Germany. (PTI Photo)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Nato, Ukraine, Russia: Why India should go its...

India has no option but to join the West in ganging up on both China and Russia, and that this alone shapes Indian...

4 July 2022 11:37 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden (PTI file image)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Will Modi follow Nehru on India's strategic...

The world is waiting to see how Mr Modi responds to President Joe Biden's flattering overtures and the courtship of high...

23 Jun 2022 12:31 AM IST

This mismatch is reflected in the unattractive quality of life for the vast majority of Indians, the result of persistently insufficient attention to factors like housing, hospitals, schools, public transport, hygiene, sanitation and the environment. (Representational Image/ DC)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Why (some) Indians are in a rush to stop being...

Perhaps there's a certain mismatch between India's rhetoric and reality

8 Jun 2022 6:47 AM IST

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, left, and President Joe Biden take their masks off as they arrive with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity launch event at the Izumi Garden Gallery, Monday, May 23, 2022, in Tokyo. (AP)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | After Tokyo summit: How will the Quad help...

The White House describes the Quad as only 'a premier regional grouping on issues that matter to the Indo-Pacific'

24 May 2022 7:05 AM IST

Rioters hurl stones and sticks during a communal riot that escalated due to clamping illegal water connection in a religious place in Moti Karanja area of Aurangabad. (photo: PTI)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Violence in Indian life: Can rulers take steps...

Drifting towards bigotry and blinkers, we must bear in mind that there is a domestic as well as an international...

12 May 2022 1:09 AM IST

Indias Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) shakes hands with his Britains counterpart Boris Johnson after a joint press briefing at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on April 22, 2022. (Photo: AFP)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Boris' UK & Modi's India: On the same...

History is reinforced by 1.4 million Indian-origin people comprising the largest ethnic group there after whites

26 April 2022 1:00 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden (PTI file image)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Can shared values' douse discord in India-US...

Mr Narendra Modi's actions must live up to his rhetoric before he can respond to Mr Biden's call to help suffering...

13 April 2022 12:38 AM IST