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Sunanda K Datta Ray
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Sunanda K Datta-Ray is a senior journalist, columnist and author.
    In this April 6, 2018 file photo, Nepalese Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli arrives for the inaugural ceremony of the India-Nepal business forum in New Delhi. AP PhotoOpinion
    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 July 2020 6:56 PM IST

    Presumably, the company hopes to reduce the fixation with colour by dropping the fair from its product descriptionsOpinion
    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...

    1 July 2020 6:16 PM IST

    Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Xi sends a rising star to Tibet: Whats his plan?Opinion
    Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Xi sends a rising star to Tibet: What's his...

    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 IST

    In this file photo taken on August 29, 2019, a Changpa nomad shepherd pastures pashmina goats near Korzok village, in the Leh district of Ladakh. AP PhotoOpinion
    Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | India can take on China only if the economy is...

    China has pumped more than $4 billion into Indian startups and Chinese investors participated in 54 rounds of funding in...

    2 Jun 2020 5:17 PM IST

    Vigorously defending his governments record over the pandemic, Mr Xi claimed in Geneva on Monday that China acted with openness, transparency and responsibility\. AP PhotoOpinion
    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...

    20 May 2020 7:06 PM IST

    PM Narendra Modi (PTI)Opinion
    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...

    6 May 2020 5:58 PM IST

    Donald Trump has been talking of consequences if Xi Jinpings government was knowingly responsible for the Covid-19 outbreak. (AFP)Opinion
    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 April 2020 3:58 AM IST

    Patients discharged from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi ,and their attendants take refuge amidst unhygienic conditions in a subway near the hospital as the nationwide lockdown left them no means of transport to go back home. (PTI)Opinion
    Sunanda K. Datta-Ray: Only doctors and nurses can save India now

    Suddenly, Donald Trump wants Indian drugs and Indian doctors

    7 April 2020 10:01 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump (Photo: AP)Opinion
    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...

    24 Feb 2020 3:18 AM IST

    Mahinda Rajapaksa is credited with a military victory ending a 26-year separatist civil war with ethnic Tamil rebels during his presidency from 2005 to 2015. (Photo: ANI)Opinion
    Rajapaksas must try to heal civil war's wounds

    The Tibet Autonomous Region's more than 40 ethnic minorities account for 95 per cent of its population.

    11 Feb 2020 1:45 AM IST

    P V Narasimha Rao. (Photo: PTI/File)Opinion
    The Republic beyond 70: Who'll shape its future?

    The Narasimha Rao-Manmohan Singh reforms opened the gates to the creation of new wealth.

    28 Jan 2020 2:19 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Why is govt desperate for the West's praise?

    The Americans and Iranians don't feel it necessary to keep India in the picture over their spat.

    14 Jan 2020 4:14 AM IST

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