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The writer is a journalist based in New Delhi and a founding partner of CSDR Consulting

For India, it may be the worst of times, despite the dubious, so-called retreat from Galwan . PTI Photo

Saikat Datta | Losing face to the Chinese

The ongoing disengagement is a setback to India's strategic interests

9 July 2020 10:52 PM IST

ITBP personnel practice yoga at Khardung La in Ladakh on June 21, 2020. (PTI)

Saikat Datta | India's intel agencies make no use of big data...

The Galwan Valley skirmish and the COVID-19 crisis have both showed up our intelligence frailties

26 Jun 2020 10:45 AM IST

Indian army soldiers ride in a convoy along a highway leading towards Leh, bordering China, in Gagangir on 17 June 2020. (AFP)

Chinese intrusions and India's limited options

Reliable military and intelligence sources now say that the death toll of Indian soldiers is higher and could be more...

18 Jun 2020 7:13 PM IST

File photo of prime minister Narendra Modi chairing a meeting of the National Disaster Management Authority in New Delhi in 2018. (PIB)

Saikat Datta: Why we lurch from one disaster to another

We have no institutional memory of what worked and what didn't in past crises

11 April 2020 11:16 PM IST

A man covers his face with a handkerchief as municipal workers spray disinfectant as a precautionary measure against COVID-19 outside at the Government Medical College in Jammu on March 19, 2020. (AP)

India must bridge huge gaps to tackle Covid-19

India has a law on epidemics that dates back to 1897

20 March 2020 8:53 AM IST

Shine with self-love

Self-love is a process, an inward journey where one dedicates one’s time for oneself

31 Aug 2016 9:56 PM IST

Say hello to happiness

“Hello, happiness! Will you be my friend ” This is a common quest made by people for the most sought after...

17 Aug 2016 10:26 PM IST