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

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    CAA: Belated justice for orphans of Partition?

    Perhaps critics do have a point in accusing the Modi-Shah duo of not being moved by any lofty ideal in enacting the CAA.

    31 Dec 2019 12:35 AM IST

    Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Photo: AP)Opinion
    The end of a dream, or new beginning for UK?

    Muslims expect humanity to persecuted Hindus abroad will damage their civic rights.

    18 Dec 2019 2:40 AM IST

    US President Donald Trump plans to make a \major statement\ at the White House at 9 am EST (1300 GMT) on Sunday, White House spokesman Hogan Gidley said late on Saturday. (Photo: File)Opinion
    US-China wrangling on HK just sound & fury?

    Washington plays these games when it has problems with China that have nothing to do with Tibet.

    3 Dec 2019 2:02 AM IST

    Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said that the attack bore all the hallmarks of an attack by the Syrian regime. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    For UK, Brexit likely to be end of a dream

    Many voters are fed up with Brexit. Many don't want the hassle of another referendum.

    20 Nov 2019 2:27 AM IST

    Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)Opinion
    Was Gandhi 'Hindian'? The redefining of India

    Many Gandhi statues abroad seem to be mired in controversy.

    5 Nov 2019 6:29 AM IST

    Boris Johnson (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Amid Brexit furore, will Boris have to eat his hat?

    There was a third covering letter from the British ambassador in Brussels.

    22 Oct 2019 5:15 AM IST

    Queen Elizabeth II (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Is it an insult to tell one to go back to Afro-Asia?

    Yet, telling a white to make the reverse journey has no sinister overtones because he doesn't need to regret his...

    8 Oct 2019 3:32 AM IST

    Mahatma Gandhi believed in the efficacy of pitching the soul force called satyagraha against the brute force of the oppressor and in effect converting the oppressor to the right and moral point.Opinion
    A man who gave India a new idea about itself

    Reverence is big business on which gurus and godmen, mahants and mantris thrive.

    2 Oct 2019 1:21 AM IST

    Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Scotland & Kashmir: Parallel, separate narratives

    The sense of separateness runs high this week as Scots recall the fifth anniversary of the independence referendum.

    25 Sept 2019 1:08 AM IST

    Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Will Boris have to go, as battle over Brexit rages?

    Since Parliament has passed a law against a no-deal Brexit, defiance might even mean legal prosecution that could send...

    10 Sept 2019 12:04 AM IST

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