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Padma Rao Sundarji
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The writer is a senior foreign correspondent and the author of Sri Lanka: The New Country
    DELHIBERATIONS | India Must Tread With Caution As It Upgrades Ties With Taliban Govt | Padma Rao SundarjiColumnists
    DELHIBERATIONS | India Must Tread With Caution As It Upgrades Ties...

    While Mr Muttaqi did not specifically mention India in his recorded address at the negotiation table when he said...

    12 Oct 2025 8:07 PM IST

    Padma Rao Sundarji | Will India’s China Reset Lead To US, West Tweak?Columnists
    Padma Rao Sundarji | Will India’s China Reset Lead To US, West Tweak?

    At the epicentre of those seismic disturbances were America’s unpredictable President Donald J. Trump, his tariffs and...

    11 Sept 2025 9:41 PM IST

    Padma Rao Sundarji | Hobson’s choice: India ‘tilt’ by Anura draws Lanka flakColumnists
    Padma Rao Sundarji | Hobson’s choice: India ‘tilt’ by Anura draws...

    The bilateral relationship between Sri Lanka and India surges and ebbs tempestuously, and interest in the island...

    24 Dec 2024 12:00 AM IST

    Padma Rao Sundarji | ‘Honeymoon year’ for Sri Lanka’s new govtColumnists
    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 lieColumnists
    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 MaldivesColumnists
    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?Opinion
    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 policyOpinion
    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,†wrote Mr Stalin ahead of Mr Wickremesinghes visit. (Representational Image: DC)Opinion
    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 lunacyOpinion
    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?Opinion
    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)Opinion
    Padma Rao Sundarji | It’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

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