Top
Home ยป Sunanda K Datta Ray
Sunanda K Datta Ray
About the AuthorSunanda K Datta Ray
Sunanda K Datta-Ray is a senior journalist, columnist and author.
    On Wednesday, Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha witnessed pandemonium; opposition members in the Upper House shouted shame, shame when Ananth Kumar Hegde, rose to lay the papers listed against his name. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)Opinion
    In politics, caste still a dominant factor

    Smart publicists were rewarded handsomely for giving the BJP a worldly gloss.

    2 Jan 2018 12:31 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi pointed out that while fighting for rights, one should not forget about duties. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Superpower-to-be that is forever emerging'

    The UN's criticism of Kazakhstan's curbs on most freedoms didn't discomfit Mr Modi.

    27 Dec 2017 1:45 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress chief Rahul Gandhi (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    BJP stooped to conquer, Congress must not follow it

    The Congress was accused of concentrating too much on caste and community but not, it must be stressed, of fanning...

    19 Dec 2017 12:58 AM IST

    US President Donald Trump and daughter Ivanka Trump (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    After Ivanka, will papa Donald come calling soon?

    Trump recently enjoyed what were reckoned successful tours of China, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam and the Philippines.

    5 Dec 2017 5:37 AM IST

    Rabindranath TagoreOpinion
    What would India be if the British never came?

    Britain steered India's transition from medievalism to modernity.

    21 Nov 2017 12:02 AM IST

    Michael Fallon (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Hullabaloo in UK: Is this the biggest scandal?

    The expenses scandal seemed specially shameful to us because prominent Indians and Bangladeshis were involved.

    7 Nov 2017 12:18 AM IST

    Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    A way out for Israel & Palestinians?

    Palestine was cleansed of Palestinians before the phrase ethnic cleansing' was coined.

    24 Oct 2017 12:36 AM IST

    Catalan lessons for all diverse societiesOpinion
    Catalan lessons for all diverse societies

    Nearly 21 per cent of foreign investment goes to Catalonia, which draws workers from all over Spain.

    10 Oct 2017 12:24 AM IST

    Theresa Mays party failed to win a majority in parliament in Britains elections. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Brexit: May just plays for time

    The India-Britain FTA talks threaten to founder on the rock of British recalcitrance over visas.

    26 Sept 2017 1:46 AM IST

    North Korean leader Kim Jong-un watches the test launch of solid fuel Pukguksong-2, a medium-to-long range ballistic missile, at an undisclosed location in North Korea. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    N Korean crisis: Can India too play a role?

    The major difference between the Indian and North Korean programmes lies in the American attitude.

    12 Sept 2017 12:23 AM IST

    US President Donald Trump. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    The folly of renaming: Will we ever learn?

    Mumbai's Kala Ghoda dominating the intersection of MG Road and Subhash Chowk also demonstrates the folly of such...

    29 Aug 2017 3:10 AM IST

    Children receive treatment at the state-run Baba Raghav Das Medical College Hospital where 35 children died in three days in Gorakhpur. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Who'll protect our kids, India's future?

    Despite boastful official statistics, this is a largely illiterate country.

    15 Aug 2017 12:43 AM IST

    X
    sidekick