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The writer is a senior foreign correspondent and the author of Sri Lanka: The New Country

Padma Rao Sundarji | ‘Honeymoon year’ for Sri Lanka’s new govt

Padma Rao Sundarji | ‘Honeymoon year’ for Sri Lanka’s new govt

Sri Lanka's NPP sweeps elections, ending political dynasties. Challenges await in corruption, IMF demands, and ethnic...

21 Nov 2024 12:00 AM IST

Padma Rao Sundarji | India-Sri Lanka tussle: Let sleeping islands lie

Padma Rao Sundarji | India-Sri Lanka tussle: Let sleeping islands lie

An in-depth analysis of the political climate in India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership

11 April 2024 12:33 AM IST

Padma Rao Sundarji | Why Lakshadweep cannot become another Maldives

Padma Rao Sundarji | Why Lakshadweep cannot become another Maldives

Even Bollywood joined the war-cry: Chalo Lakshadweep instead!

18 Jan 2024 12:10 AM IST

Padma Rao Sundarji | Will Michelle replace Biden to take on Trump in 2024?

Padma Rao Sundarji | Will Michelle replace Biden to take on Trump in...

She’s on vacation aboard film director Steven Spielberg’s yacht, somewhere in European waters. But when she...

9 Oct 2023 12:05 AM IST

Padma Rao Sundarji | Two-faced Canada is on a re-run of its LTTE policy

Padma Rao Sundarji | Two-faced Canada is on a re-run of its LTTE...

Is India guilty of assassinating a terrorist in Canada? At least to one of India’s neighbours, Ottawa’s...

29 Sept 2023 12:14 AM IST

Our fishermen face highly restricted access to traditional fishing grounds, increased harassment by the Sri Lankan Navy. Make all efforts and provide permanent relief,â€ wrote Mr Stalin ahead of Mr Wickremesinghes visit. (Representational Image: DC)

Padma Rao Sundarji | Colombo-Delhi card games: On China, Tamils &...

The relationship between India and Sri Lanka is like a game of cards, played at the same table, several times a year,...

28 July 2023 12:00 AM IST

Padma Rao Sundarji | A slip of the lamas tongue leads to worldwide lunacy

Padma Rao Sundarji | A slip of the lama's tongue leads to worldwide...

In his 89 years on earth, never have the Dalai Lama’s words or deeds caused as much of an uproar as in this past...

26 April 2023 12:09 AM IST

Padma Rao Sundarji | New currency for Brics: How feasible will it be?

Padma Rao Sundarji | New currency for Brics: How feasible will it be?

All South Asians are used to futuristic announcements about gigantic highways and bridges to link us cultural...

12 April 2023 12:00 AM IST

Emergency responders gather at the scene of a shooting where a mass shooting was reported. (Photo: AFP)

Padma Rao Sundarji | Itâ€™s possible to control gun violence, even...

To writer Isaac Asimov, violence was “the refuge of the incompetent”. But 9/11 changed all that. The...

18 March 2023 12:24 AM IST

$Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks at the World Leaders Summit \Accelerating Clean Technology Innovation and Deployment\ session at the COP26 Climate Conference at the Scottish Event Campus in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo: AFP)$ Opinion

Padma Rao Sundarji | A cop-out for the world, but a triumph for India

India's unassailable position as a world leader in climate negotiations was reaffirmed by PM Narendra Modi in a simple...

16 Nov 2021 11:33 AM IST

A health worker prepares a dose of the Covishield vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus, at a vaccination centre in Rajawadi Hospital in Mumbai. (Photo: AFP)

Padma Rao Sundarji | No jab, no job': Growing heat against...

According to the latest official data, about 670 million Indians have received at least one shot of a Covid-19 vaccine

14 Oct 2021 7:51 AM IST

German Chancellor Angela Merkel. (AP)

Padma Rao Sundarji | The post-Merkel Germany India and world will face

During Angela Merkel's 16 years in office, the world's most powerful woman leader faced one crisis after another

1 Oct 2021 2:41 AM IST