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

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. (Photo: PTI)

Dhaka's begums at war, fight yesterday's battles

The resemblance goes beyond Pakistan's first law and labour minister and Bangladesh's former chief justice both being...

6 Nov 2018 1:57 AM IST

Journalist Jamal Khashoggi has not been seen since he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul more than two weeks ago, amid persistent reports he was killed inside. (Photo: AFP)

India can't ignore Saudi ethics, Jamal's killing

No healthy, productive and rewarding foreign policy can be founded on expedient pacts that are so utterly devoid of...

23 Oct 2018 12:03 AM IST

Aung San Suu Kyi

Why pragmatic' Suu Kyi is silent on Rohingyas

Like a true Burmese, Suu Kyi probably doesn't disagree with her countrymen's condemnation of the Rohingya.

9 Oct 2018 12:24 AM IST

Mohan Bhagwat, RSS chief

Targeting English isn't way to brighter Bharat

There is no need for Mr Bhagwat's equivalent in these countries to lecture anybody on why they should start respecting...

25 Sept 2018 12:02 AM IST

The pact will also ensure interoperability among the US and the Indian armed forces.

As we get closer to US, let's not forget the past

No doubt Donald Trump's businessman's eye on India's building boom is a contributory factor.

11 Sept 2018 12:00 AM IST

An aide adjusts Pope Francis cape as he speaks at the Knock Shrine in Knock, Ireland, on Sunday. Pope Francis was on a two-day visit to Ireland. (Photo: AP)

In Ireland, Pope sets Church in a new direction

Ostensibly, Pope Francis' historic two-day visit was to attend the triennial Festival of Families in Dublin.

28 Aug 2018 12:45 AM IST

Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul (1932-2018)

Dread and relief over Naipaul's biography

Naipaul's ardour for innovation became apparent when he wrote that things are happeningâ€ in India.

14 Aug 2018 12:15 AM IST

Security agencies apprehend trouble in certain pockets of the state as verification of family trees brought to light that suspected foreigners are trying to get their names enrolled in the NRC.

NRC fears, bigotry may lead to wider N-E strife

Even the faith that is supposed to unify the country is subject to many regional and sectarian variations.

31 July 2018 12:06 AM IST

US President Donald Trump shows a signed Presidential Memorandum after delivering a statement on the Iran nuclear deal from the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, Tuesday, May 8, 2018, in Washington. (Photo: AP)

Trump, like Indira, gets touchy about the press

Anything that Trump doesn't like is dismissed as fake news .

17 July 2018 5:24 AM IST

Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi (Photo: PTI)

Why our netas don't need another Emergency

Like Mrs Gandhi, Narendra Modi can also be called a directly elected Prime Minister.

3 July 2018 5:43 AM IST

People offer funeral prayers of veteran journalist Shujaat Bukhari at Kreeri in Baramulla district of north Kashmir. Bukhari and his two PSOs were shot dead by gunmen soon after he boarded his car from his office in Press Enclave in Lal Chowk on Thursday. (Photo: PTI )

India as Lynchistan': Act before it's too late

There must be many more if India is to shake off the shameful sobriquet of Lynchistan.

19 Jun 2018 12:26 AM IST

President Donald Trump shakes hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un during their meet on Sentosa Island, Singapore. (Photo: AP)

A triumph of faith over fact as history is made

A denuclearised North Korea should be welcome to India for two reasons.

14 Jun 2018 2:16 AM IST