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Sunanda K Datta-Ray is a senior journalist, columnist and author.
    FILE | Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a bilateral meeting with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, in Glasgow. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Sunanda K. Datta Ray | Crisis over Ukraine poses fresh challenge for...

    Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is too burdened with the weight of European history, nuclear one-upmanship and Cold War...

    15 March 2022 12:10 AM IST

    Chinese President Xi Jinping. (AP)Opinion
    Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Amid Europe crisis, let’s look afresh at...

    It serves little purpose in the circumstances to brand China a rogue state

    2 March 2022 2:08 AM IST

    The first hearing is expected to be held by the end of this week. (Photo: PTI/Representational)Opinion
    Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Of prejudice and religion: Free choice is...

    There is no alternative to social evolution in a free society that respects everyone’s right to choose his or her...

    16 Feb 2022 3:36 AM IST

    Artists perform during Republic Day Parade 2022 at Rajpath in New Delhi, Wednesday, Jan 26, 2022. (PTI)Opinion
    Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | To celebrate the republic, focus on humble...

    Around 230 million Indians were pushed into poverty during the last 12 months

    1 Feb 2022 1:01 AM IST

    Officials were asked to take up a targeted drive at temples like Srisailam to rescue children forced into begging. Representational Image/AFPOpinion
    Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Identity politics threat to social cohesion in...

    Tragically, symbols have acquired all the substitute value of substance under leaders who splash out on the circus of...

    19 Jan 2022 1:37 AM IST

    Farmers protested in front of the market committee office when the minister was visiting the market to review the cotton kharif marketing season. (Representational Image)Opinion
    Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Eco mess, climate of hate, Covid: Tough days...

    The World Bank reckons that its share of the gross domestic product dropped from 43 per cent in 1967 to 16 per cent in...

    6 Jan 2022 1:55 AM IST

    President Ram Nath Kovind being welcomed as the Guest of Honour by Bangladesh President Md. Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to the gala celebrations of Mujib Borsho and Golden Jubilee of Independence of Bangladesh, in Dhaka (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | How the past overwhelms Bangla’s present &...

    Culturally, economically, politically and strategically, the present and future of the 2 countries are too closely...

    22 Dec 2021 7:07 AM IST

    The diaspora would not have swollen to more than 30 million if Indians had found India a more attractive place to live in. (Representational Image. AFP)Opinion
    Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | New messiahs of diaspora: India’s success or...

    The answer to the dilemma lies at home

    8 Dec 2021 2:50 AM IST

    However casual and cavalier it may have sounded, Mr Modis November 19 address could mark a new beginning. (PTI)Opinion
    Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Will repeal of farm laws mark a new beginning?

    The manner in which the three laws were hustled through the two Houses of Parliament suggested little respect for...

    24 Nov 2021 3:42 AM IST

    Sunita Narain, director-general of the Centre for Science and Environment, warns that global warming presents the world with an existential threat. (DC File Image)Opinion
    Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Can India deliver on 2070 Net Zero Glasgow...

    China, has promised to reach net zero levels by 2060, beating India by a decade

    10 Nov 2021 2:32 AM IST

    Deccan default cover imageOpinion
    Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | South Asia confederation: Is it still a...

    That ideal inspired Syama Prasad Mookerjee to break the law and court arrest, leading to his death, in Kashmir in 1953

    27 Oct 2021 2:09 AM IST

    Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who has been detained in Uttar Pradeshs Sitapur while on her way to visit violence-hit Lakhimpur district, speaks to the media virtually. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Priyanka to lead UP race? Cong must stop...

    With or without Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the Congress alone cannot correct the distortions arising from this massive...

    13 Oct 2021 1:02 AM IST

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