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Sunanda K Datta-Ray is a senior journalist, columnist and author.
    Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Xi sends a rising star to Tibet: What’s his plan?Opinion
    Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Xi sends a rising star to Tibet: What’s his...

    Not much is known in this country about 57-year-old Lt. Gen. Xu Qiling, whom President Xi Jinping handpicked for the job

    17 Jun 2020 5:35 PM IST

    In this Oct. 10, 2019 file photo, an Indian schoolgirl wears a face mask of Chinese President Xi Jinping to welcome him on the eve of his visit in Chennai, India. AP PhotoOpinion
    Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | India can take on China only if the economy is...

    China has pumped more than $4 billion into Indian startups and Chinese investors participated in 54 rounds of funding in...

    2 Jun 2020 5:16 PM IST

    Vigorously defending his governments record over the pandemic, Mr Xi claimed in Geneva on Monday that China acted with openness, transparency and responsibility\. AP PhotoOpinion
    Sunanda K. Datta-Ray: Global role eludes India

    This could be India's chance of helping to shape a new world order and for Mr Modi to seize the spotlight that was once...

    20 May 2020 7:05 PM IST

    Men wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) ride in the back of a vehicle along a street during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in New Delhi. PTI PhotoOpinion
    To raise India's stature, help poorest of the poor

    The pandemic will leave India absolutely devastated. The wheels of business and commerce have ground to a halt

    6 May 2020 7:49 PM IST

    PM Narendra Modi (PTI)Opinion
    Sunanda K. Datta-Ray: What Modi can learn from Mrs Gandhi

    She handled 10 million refugees from East Pakistan while this govt is huffing and puffing over a far smaller number of...

    6 May 2020 5:53 PM IST

    Donald Trump has been talking of consequences if Xi JinOpinion
    Sunanda K Datta Ray: US, China on the brink of a new global cold war

    And India is caught uneasily between the contending giants

    23 April 2020 3:55 AM IST

    Patients discharged from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi ,and their attendants take refuge amidst unhygienic conditions in a subway near the hospital as the nationwide lockdown left them no means of transport to go back home. (PTI)Opinion
    Sunanda K. Datta-Ray: Only doctors and nurses can save India now

    Suddenly, Donald Trump wants Indian drugs and Indian doctors

    7 April 2020 9:56 AM IST

    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

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