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Sunanda K Datta Ray
About the AuthorSunanda K Datta Ray
Sunanda K Datta-Ray is a senior journalist, columnist and author.
    A homeless woman sleeps on a deserted platform of a Lokmanya Tilak train terminus in Mumbai, March. 23, 2020. As India expanded its virus-containment measures and halted its lifeblood train network, the federal government warned Monday of strict legal action for those who flout the rules. (AP)Opinion
    Corona crisis exposes lacunae in India’s public welfare

    The poor are the most vulnerable, especially when they have additional medical complaints.

    24 March 2020 7:41 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump (Photo: AP)Opinion
    India, US can work closely, but there are limits

    What might further encourage such Opposition aspirants as Rahul Gandhi and Mamata Banerjee is that the economy is in the...

    24 Feb 2020 1:43 AM IST

    Voters can choose up to three candidates in their preferential order. The candidate who polls 50 per cent plus one vote as the first preference will be declared the winner. (Representational Image)Opinion
    Rajapaksas must try to heal civil war’s wounds

    The Tibet Autonomous Region’s more than 40 ethnic minorities account for 95 per cent of its population.

    11 Feb 2020 1:58 AM IST

    P V Narasimha Rao (Photo: PTI/File)Opinion
    The Republic beyond 70: Who’ll shape its future?

    Although it’s fashionable to call India a rich country of poor people, a more accurate description would be a poor...

    28 Jan 2020 4:29 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the 107th Indian Science Congress at the University of Agricultural Sciences in Bengaluru, Friday, Jan. 3, 2020. (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 4:28 AM IST

    PM Modi celebrated Diwali in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir with Indian Army troops. (Photo: File | ANI)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 2:53 AM IST

    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 3:59 AM IST

    Chinas embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to requests for comment.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 1:17 AM IST

    Two facts testify to the superiority of Britains attractions. Up till the end of September, more than 1.8 million EU, European Economic Area and Swiss nationals had applied to remain in Britain after Brexit.Opinion
    For UK, Brexit likely to be end of a dream

    On top of that, other countries which are aware that Britain needs an agreement more than they do can afford to set...

    20 Nov 2019 12:26 AM IST

    Mahatma Gandhi.Opinion
    Was Gandhi ‘Hindian’? The redefining of India

    Strictly speaking, he Manchester statue isn’t the BJP’s handiwork.

    5 Nov 2019 1:18 AM IST

    Amid Brexit furore, will Boris have to eat his hat?Opinion
    Amid Brexit furore, will Boris have to eat his hat?

    If a politician has to eat today what he said yesterday, Britain’s ebullient PM might suffer acute indigestion from...

    22 Oct 2019 12:23 AM IST

    Is it an insult to tell one to go back to Afro-Asia?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 12:54 AM IST

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