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

Chinese President Xi Jinping. (AP)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Amid Europe crisis, let's look afresh at China...

It serves little purpose in the circumstances to brand China a rogue state

2 March 2022 2:08 AM IST

The young men in saffron scarves who yelled Jai Shri Ram! at girl students in hijabs were deliberately trying to foment serious political and religious conflict. (Representational Image/ DC File)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Of prejudice and religion: Free choice is...

There is no alternative to social evolution in a free society that respects everyone's right to choose his or her...

16 Feb 2022 3:35 AM IST

Artists perform during Republic Day Parade 2022 at Rajpath in New Delhi, Wednesday, Jan 26, 2022. (PTI)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | To celebrate the republic, focus on humble...

Around 230 million Indians were pushed into poverty during the last 12 months

1 Feb 2022 1:01 AM IST

The government had earlier told the court that begging should not be a crime if it was done due to poverty. It had also said begging will not be decriminalised. (Photo: AFP | Representational)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Identity politics threat to social cohesion in...

Tragically, symbols have acquired all the substitute value of substance under leaders who splash out on the circus of...

19 Jan 2022 1:36 AM IST

Some 60 per cent of Indians who still depend financially on farming struggle with debt, bankruptcy and endemic suicide. (Representational Image/ DC File)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Eco mess, climate of hate, Covid: Tough days...

The World Bank reckons that its share of the gross domestic product dropped from 43 per cent in 1967 to 16 per cent in...

6 Jan 2022 1:55 AM IST

President Ram Nath Kovind being welcomed as the Guest of Honour by Bangladesh President Md. Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to the gala celebrations of Mujib Borsho and Golden Jubilee of Independence of Bangladesh, in Dhaka (PTI Photo)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | How the past overwhelms Bangla's present &...

Culturally, economically, politically and strategically, the present and future of the 2 countries are too closely...

22 Dec 2021 7:07 AM IST

The diaspora would not have swollen to more than 30 million if Indians had found India a more attractive place to live in. (Representational Image. AFP)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | New messiahs of diaspora: India's success or...

The answer to the dilemma lies at home

8 Dec 2021 2:50 AM IST

However casual and cavalier it may have sounded, Mr Modis November 19 address could mark a new beginning. (PTI)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Will repeal of farm laws mark a new beginning?

The manner in which the three laws were hustled through the two Houses of Parliament suggested little respect for...

24 Nov 2021 3:43 AM IST

Sunita Narain, director-general of the Centre for Science and Environment, warns that global warming presents the world with an existential threat. (DC File Image)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Can India deliver on 2070 Net Zero Glasgow...

China, has promised to reach net zero levels by 2060, beating India by a decade

10 Nov 2021 2:32 AM IST

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | South Asia confederation: Is it still a...

That ideal inspired Syama Prasad Mookerjee to break the law and court arrest, leading to his death, in Kashmir in 1953

27 Oct 2021 2:09 AM IST

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who has been detained in Uttar Pradeshs Sitapur while on her way to visit violence-hit Lakhimpur district, speaks to the media virtually. (PTI Photo)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Priyanka to lead UP race? Cong must stop...

With or without Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the Congress alone cannot correct the distortions arising from this massive...

13 Oct 2021 1:20 AM IST

Former US President George W. Bush had gone a step further. He saw Australia not as a deputy sheriff but as a sheriff. (AFP Photo)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Quad, AUKUS challenge: How will China respond?

Nearly 20 years ago John Howard, Australian Prime Minister from 1996 to 2007, described his country as America's deputy...

29 Sept 2021 2:49 AM IST