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Sunanda K Datta Ray
Sunanda K. Datta Ray | Thoughts on democracy as Trump exits, finally…
For it should never be forgotten that 74 million Americans voted for the man who now seems bent on destroying the edifice on which he stood
19 Jan 2021 6:41 AM
Sunanda K Datta Ray | Hope in the new dawn after ravages of 2020?
India’s rich became richer amidst the pain and penury, death and disease that marked 2020 as a year of suffering
01 Jan 2021 4:18 AM
Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Boris’ fumbling holds lessons for the world
While British waters are much richer in fish than the seas surrounding Europe, British trawlers make their money selling to European nations
10 Dec 2020 12:05 AM
Sunanda K Datta-Ray | If ‘Trumpism’ outlives Trump, America loses
During the last four years the United States suffered what former President Barack Obama calls 'truth decay'
25 Nov 2020 1:59 AM
Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Why presidential system might not suit India well
Many world leaders secretly aspire to the methods and priorities that made Trump such a sinister authoritarian figure of formidable power
11 Nov 2020 11:46 AM
Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Biden or Trump: Who’s win is better for India?
This time, too, it might be a mistake to go too much by appearances … or the experiences of other parties with different perspectives
28 Oct 2020 9:27 AM
Sunanda K Datta Ray | Tackle Xi in Myanmar but don’t forget the Rohingyas
The electoral outcome is bound to leave a heavy imprint on Myanmar’s place on the chequerboard of Asia’s power politics
12 Oct 2020 11:21 PM
Sunanda K Datta-Ray | Are we ready for ‘give & take’ with China at LAC?
Identifying the border in Arunachal is difficult because the British left large stretches of it without delineation or demarcation
24 Sep 2020 12:22 PM
Sunanda K Datta-Ray | After COVID devastation, India to need rebuilding
If the pandemic does end in two years, as WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus predicts, it will leave behind a ramshackle India
26 Aug 2020 8:02 PM
Sunanda K Datta-Ray | Make India stronger in order to take on China
As Dr Manmohan Singh, has always reiterated, the Asian ecosystem has ample space for India and China both to grow together
12 Aug 2020 4:58 PM
Sunanda K Datta Ray | As US, China spar; India needs to fend for itself
India must consider its own long-term geopolitical imperatives more than American overtures
29 Jul 2020 4:51 PM
Sunanda K Datta-Ray | Don’t allow rancour to hinder ties with Nepal
India has had problems with Nepal long before there were any with China
14 Jul 2020 6:56 PM
Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | India’s colour bar: Why ‘fairness’ touches nerve
Nandita Das, a well-known young filmmaker and actress, says even a superficial name change is a step in the right direction
01 Jul 2020 6:16 PM
Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Xi sends a rising star to Tibet: What’s his plan?
Not much is known in this country about 57-year-old Lt. Gen. Xu Qiling, whom President Xi Jinping handpicked for the job
17 Jun 2020 5:35 PM
Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | India can take on China only if the economy is sound
China has pumped more than $4 billion into Indian startups and Chinese investors participated in 54 rounds of funding in 2019
02 Jun 2020 5:17 PM
Sunanda K. Datta-Ray: Global role eludes India
This could be India’s chance of helping to shape a new world order and for Mr Modi to seize the spotlight that was once Jawaharlal Nehru’s
20 May 2020 7:06 PM
Sunanda K. Datta-Ray: What Modi can learn from Mrs Gandhi
She handled 10 million refugees from East Pakistan while this govt is huffing and puffing over a far smaller number of migrant workers
06 May 2020 5:58 PM
Sunanda K Datta Ray: US, China on the brink of a new global cold war
And India is caught uneasily between the contending giants
23 Apr 2020 3:58 AM
Sunanda K. Datta-Ray: Only doctors and nurses can save India now
Suddenly, Donald Trump wants Indian drugs and Indian doctors
07 Apr 2020 10:01 AM
India, US can work closely, but there are limits
What might further encourage such Opposition aspirants as Rahul Gandhi and Mamata Banerjee is that the economy is in the doldrums.
24 Feb 2020 3:18 AM
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Come on Bollywood… pull out a few cool 'vaxxie' looks. Airport looks are so 2020!
Frankly, it’s not just bizarre but deplorable to frame differences over the efficacy of Covaxin as issues of national pride
While India would be happy with the tone and tenor on China, though what the new China containment strategy will be is still unclear