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Sunanda K Datta-Ray is a senior journalist, columnist and author.
    Jawaharlal NehruOpinion
    Why Delhi should talk to all sides in Kashmir

    Second, the grey eminence of the accession was his sworn enemy, Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah, whom Jawaharlal Nehru had...

    12 March 2019 2:41 AM IST

    Sushma Swaraj said that she has directed concerned authorities to be cautious while processing applications of the affected persons for re-issuance of their passports. (Photo: File | ANI)Opinion
    No reason for India to court the OIC

    It prompted OIC members gathered in Rabat for their first summit (of which more later) to think again about including...

    26 Feb 2019 12:23 AM IST

    Experience has made Indians too cynical to accept at face value the official plea that the confidentiality clause in the Rafale agreement bars the buyer and the seller from talking about the pricing and forbids the government to reveal details about defence deals. (Representational image)Opinion
    The Rafale effect: Make PMO's primacy official?

    French industry may enjoy that freedom but no defence company in India has any existence outside the realm of official...

    12 Feb 2019 12:50 AM IST

    N. Chandrababu NaiduOpinion
    States' new diplomacy': Amaravati as Singapore?

    Treating regions instead of nations as economic or diplomatic partners sounds like a Singaporean innovation.

    29 Jan 2019 2:34 AM IST

    British Prime Minister Theresa May (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    UK wake-up call: Need for a rethink on Brexit

    Johnson has a twofold interpretation of Parliament's rejection of her Brexit proposal.

    17 Jan 2019 12:58 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra ModiOpinion
    Reflections: When will PM hold his first press conference?

    The missing interaction between politician and public is a gap at the heart of our democracy.

    15 Jan 2019 7:48 AM IST

    father, son and the centre stage: Telangana Rashtra Samiti president and Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao (right) along with his son K.T. Rama Rao during one of the election rallies. The TRS party was formed with the sole aim carving out a separate Telangana state. Now, Mr Chandrasekhar Rao has set his eyes on national politics.Sunday Chronicle
    Linguistic, religious, cultural identities to rise

    Winds of change are blowing in India and abroad which can be seen in the world of politics and geostrategic positions.

    6 Jan 2019 12:00 AM IST

    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

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