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

Britains Finance minister Rishi Sunak said that hundreds of thousands of people have already lost their jobs, and sadly in the coming months many more will. (AP Photo)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Will Rishi make history as Britain looks for...

This time round Mr Sunak might fulfil David Cameron's 2015 promise to Narendra Modi in London's packed Wembley Stadium

24 Oct 2022 3:34 AM IST

The CPC under its overlord Xi Jinping refuses to play second fiddle to any global power. (AP)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Xi as new Mao? India & China face testing time

An unprecedented third term for Xi Jinping would silence those who seek to revive the debate on the market economy

14 Oct 2022 12:00 AM IST

Though the GDP numbers grew with low base effect, there are also other significant reasons which suggest a recovery in the economy. (Twitter)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | The other side of life in the 5th largest...

India has 1.4 billion people against the UK's 68 million. Even a low per capita income adds up to an impressive total

28 Sept 2022 12:00 AM IST

Britains King Charles III and the Queen Consort meet wellwishers outside Hillsborough Castle, Belfast, Tuesday Sept. 13, 2022. (Photo: AP)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | As King, will Charles III stay true to his...

As Defender of the Faith, the King is Supreme Governor of the Anglican Church of England, Britain's official religion

14 Sept 2022 12:05 AM IST

Britains Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party, Liz Truss, leaves from Balmoral Castle in Ballater, Scotland, on September 6, 2022, after meeting with Britains Queen Elizabeth II and being invited to form a Government. (Photo: AFP)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Can a flexible' Liz Truss usher in Global...

Long the front-runner in the race to replace Boris Johnson, Ms Truss is the Conservatives' fourth Prime Minister since...

7 Sept 2022 12:05 AM IST

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar (ANI file photo)

Do we need governors to act as agents of Centre?

Some sense of that gubernatorial grandeur persists in India even 75 years after the British left

30 Aug 2022 9:43 AM IST

European Union flags are seen in front of the European Commission building in Brussels. (AFP)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Ukraine is a better fit for EU than Britain...

Unlike Britain, Ukraine, which feels that it has paid in blood for membership, sees Europe as its political and cultural...

17 Aug 2022 12:00 AM IST

Rishi Sunak & Liz Truss

Sunanda K Datta-Ray | UK bristles over migration, race as Sunak, Truss...

It must be explained that Britons are not choosing a new government at this juncture

4 Aug 2022 1:20 AM IST

Girls display their arms painted with message Ranil go home referring to Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe at the protest site in Colombo. (AP)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Keep race, religion out in a Sri Lankan revival...

It's a moot point whether Colombo would have placed itself at Beijing's mercy to this extent if it had not been for the...

17 July 2022 11:31 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with USA President Joe Biden and Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau, at G-7 Summit, in Germany. (PTI Photo)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Nato, Ukraine, Russia: Why India should go its...

India has no option but to join the West in ganging up on both China and Russia, and that this alone shapes Indian...

4 July 2022 11:37 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden (PTI file image)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Will Modi follow Nehru on India's strategic...

The world is waiting to see how Mr Modi responds to President Joe Biden's flattering overtures and the courtship of high...

23 Jun 2022 12:31 AM IST

This mismatch is reflected in the unattractive quality of life for the vast majority of Indians, the result of persistently insufficient attention to factors like housing, hospitals, schools, public transport, hygiene, sanitation and the environment. (Representational Image/ DC)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Why (some) Indians are in a rush to stop being...

Perhaps there's a certain mismatch between India's rhetoric and reality

8 Jun 2022 6:47 AM IST