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Sunanda K Datta-Ray is a senior journalist, columnist and author.
    Naseeruddin ShahOpinion
    Secularism is the core safeguard India needs

    The narrowing gap between rulers and the ruled confirms they are made of the same clay.

    1 Jan 2019 1:54 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Governance key to 2019, don't make it personal'

    Indira Gandhi's Emergency was one denial of even the rituals of democracy.

    18 Dec 2018 12:04 AM IST

    British Prime Minister Theresa May addresses the media outside 10 Downing Street, London. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Reflections: UK must accept it's no longer a world power

    US President Donald Trump's cavalier attitude proves that other countries won't be rushing to strike trade deals with a...

    4 Dec 2018 7:28 AM IST

    The courageous and imaginative proposal by Savitri Bai Phule, a BJP member of the Lok Sabha from Uttar Pradesh, for a Buddhist monastery at Ayodhya, deserves to be welcomed by Hindus and Muslims alike.Opinion
    Ayodhya: Look to the future, not the past

    Some things never change. Doing business in India is one of them.

    20 Nov 2018 7:35 AM IST

    Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina addresses during the Special Convocation of Kazi Nazrul University at Asansol in West Burdwan district of West Bengal on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Reflections: 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 7:26 AM IST

    Journalist Jamal Khashoggi (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    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 1:35 AM IST

    Myanmars Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Reflections: Why pragmatic' Suu Kyi is silent on Rohingyas

    One reason for her disinterest in the Rohingyas' plight could be religious.

    9 Oct 2018 7:40 AM IST

    RSS chief Mohan BhagwatOpinion
    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...

    25 Sept 2018 12:48 AM IST

    The impression is that the United States has been courting an indifferent or even hostile India all these years.Opinion
    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 12:20 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)Opinion
    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 12:48 AM IST

    Dread and relief over Naipauls biographyOpinion
    Dread and relief over Naipaul's biography

    Naipaul's ardour for innovation became apparent when he wrote that “things are happening” in India.

    14 Aug 2018 12:31 AM IST

    People wait to check their names on the final draft of the National Register of Citizens after it was released, at an NRC Seva Kendra in Nagaon, Assam on Monday. (Photo:PTI)Opinion
    Reflections: NRC fears, bigotry may lead to wider N-E strife

    Meghalaya shares a border of nearly 900 km with Assam, and could be a convenient refuge for individuals with nowhere...

    31 July 2018 7:42 AM IST

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