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The writer is a senior foreign correspondent and the author of Sri Lanka: The New Country

Padma Rao Sundarji | ‘Honeymoon year’ for Sri Lanka’s new govt

Padma Rao Sundarji | ‘Honeymoon year’ for Sri Lanka’s new govt

Sri Lanka's NPP sweeps elections, ending political dynasties. Challenges await in corruption, IMF demands, and ethnic...

21 Nov 2024 12:01 AM IST

Hours before his death, he had greeted people on Diwali on his Twitter handle and Facebook page. (Photo: File)

Padma Rao Sundarji | India-Sri Lanka tussle: Let sleeping islands lie

An in-depth analysis of the political climate in India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership

11 April 2024 12:00 AM IST

Former first lady Michelle Obama. (AP File Image)

Padma Rao Sundarji | Will Michelle replace Biden to take on Trump in...

Michelle Obama would be the first woman President and the first fully African-American person to be elected to that...

9 Oct 2023 12:05 AM IST

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. (AP)

Padma Rao Sundarji | Two-faced Canada is on a re-run of its LTTE...

Canada's own Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) identified at least eight fronts of the LTTE in Canada.

29 Sept 2023 12:13 AM IST

Fisheries is a state subject, Tamil Nadu is not governed by Mr Modis BJP. And yet, the subject was on the agenda in New Delhi last week. (Representational Image: DC)

Padma Rao Sundarji | Colombo-Delhi card games: On China, Tamils &...

Our fishermen face highly restricted access to traditional fishing grounds

28 July 2023 12:00 AM IST

Dalai Lama (PTI file photo)

Padma Rao Sundarji | A slip of the lama's tongue leads to worldwide...

A video emerged of a public function in February, where a little boy asked the Tibetan spiritual leader for a hug

26 April 2023 12:17 AM IST

This is the second time that PM Modi will be chairing the BRICS Summit, the first being the Goa Summit in 2016. (PTI)

Padma Rao Sundarji | New currency for Brics: How feasible will it be?

Brics, whose joint share in worldwide GDP overtook even that of the G-7 in 2020, isn't the first entity to come up with...

12 April 2023 12:00 AM IST

Emergency responders gather at the scene of a shooting where a mass shooting was reported. (Photo: AFP)

Padma Rao Sundarji | It's possible to control gun violence, even...

Attacks have certainly been on the rise across Europe

18 March 2023 12:24 AM IST

A health worker prepares a dose of the Covishield vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus, at a vaccination centre in Rajawadi Hospital in Mumbai. (Photo: AFP)

Padma Rao Sundarji | No jab, no job': Growing heat against...

According to the latest official data, about 670 million Indians have received at least one shot of a Covid-19 vaccine

14 Oct 2021 7:51 AM IST

German Chancellor Angela Merkel. (AP)

Padma Rao Sundarji | The post-Merkel Germany India and world will face

During Angela Merkel's 16 years in office, the world's most powerful woman leader faced one crisis after another

1 Oct 2021 2:43 AM IST

Ibrahim Mohammed Solih (Photo: AFP)

Surprise in Maldives: Road ahead is thorny

As with all small countries, the Maldives too is being closely scrutinised by a raft of global players.

27 Sept 2018 12:17 AM IST

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa (Photo: AP)

At last, Delhi asks Rajapaksa for a dance

So why the invitation to Mr Rajapaksa, the man under whom Sri Lanka first inched closer to China?

12 Sept 2018 1:32 AM IST