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Sunanda K Datta-Ray is a senior journalist, columnist and author.
    But 50,000 flags per circle would result in a total of 15 lakh for the 30 circles. Asked about this mismatch, officials avoided comment. DC ImageOpinion
    Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Strengthen India’s future: You can’t change...

    Recent events confirm that Indians suffer acutely from what Jawaharlal Nehru saw as the majority’s minority...

    18 Jan 2023 12:10 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses Amrit Mahotsav at Shree Swaminarayan Gurukul Rajkot Sansthan via video conferencing from New Delhi, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Why the global reach of a ‘Vishwa Guru’...

    As deadly explosions continue to hit Ukraine, Russia’s invasion also highlights something that might explain why...

    5 Jan 2023 12:00 AM IST

    Rescue workers clearing rubble of a destroyed school after an attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Monday, July 4, 2022. The Ukrainian militarys General Staff says that Russian forces are trying to press their offensive deeper into eastern Ukraine after capturing a key stronghold. AP/PTIOpinion
    Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Waiting for the dawn after world faced a...

    It’s said that the hour before dawn is the darkest. That consolation sustained Indians as not even the glory of...

    31 Dec 2022 12:00 AM IST

    From 1.21 billion in 2011, according to the last census, the Indian population is projected to grow to 1.66 billion by 2050.Opinion
    Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Most populous in world: An asset or a burden...

    Come April 14 next year and there will be no dearth of patriotic Indians to applaud the National Democratic Alliance if...

    22 Dec 2022 12:00 AM IST

    Humayuns Tomb is illuminated displaying the logo of G20 Summit 2023, to be held in India, in New Delhi. (Representational Image/PTI)Opinion
    Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Don’t set bar too high for India’s G-20...

    India could hardly have begun its presidency of the G-20 group with a more resounding manifestation of Narendra...

    8 Dec 2022 12:00 AM IST

    Simon Stiell, U.N. climate chief, speaks during a closing plenary session at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Deal on climate, but hard decisions put off...

    Hearing Gianni Infantino, Fifa’s Swiss-born ethnic Italian president, declare “I think for what we Europeans...

    23 Nov 2022 12:00 AM IST

    The police on Monday arrested nine persons, including four from the Oreva group that was managing the Morbi bridge, and filed a case against firms tasked with its maintenance and operation. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Any corner can be cut in a ‘land of...

    Heaven help India if the Morbi bridge collapse reflects the so-called “Gujarat model” that we are constantly...

    9 Nov 2022 12:00 AM IST

    Rishi Sunak addresses Conservative Party members during a Conservative leadership election hustings at Wembley Arena in London. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)Opinion
    Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Will Rishi make history as Britain looks for...

    Prescient British opinion-makers stopped speaking of a Diwali deadline for the proposed free trade agreement with India...

    24 Oct 2022 3:28 AM IST

    The CPC under its overlord Xi Jinping refuses to play second fiddle to any global power. (AP)Opinion
    Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Xi as new Mao? India & China face testing time

    Mao Zedong walks again. Engrossed as the whole of China is in the 20th National People’s Congress due to...

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

    The jubilation over India’s GDP outstripping Britain’s is a reminder that Indians often take pride in...

    28 Sept 2022 12:05 AM IST

    Britains King Charles III and the Queen Consort meet wellwishers outside Hillsborough Castle, Belfast, Tuesday Sept. 13, 2022. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | As King, will Charles III stay true to his...

    Significantly, the accession of Britain’s King Charles III has not prompted recollections of ex-King Farouk of...

    14 Sept 2022 12:07 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)Opinion
    Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Can a ‘flexible’ Liz Truss usher in...

    Hurtling from one crisis to another, Britain has chosen a new Prime Minister whose ambition has seldom been reined...

    7 Sept 2022 12:15 AM IST

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