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Sunanda K Datta-Ray is a senior journalist, columnist and author.
    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

    Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha inspects the parade after unfurling the national flag during 76th Independence Day celebrations at Sher-e- Kashmir Cricket Stadium, in Srinagar, Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. (PTI Photo/S. Irfan)Opinion
    Do we need governors to act as agents of Centre?

    The roots of the controversy in West Bengal, Kerala and other states over governors allegedly exceeding their roles can...

    30 Aug 2022 8:55 AM IST

    European Union flags are seen in front of the European Commission building in Brussels. (AFP)Opinion
    Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Ukraine is a better fit for EU than Britain...

    A leading Danish politician used to say that thanks to its Indian experience, Britain was too colonially cosmopolitan to...

    17 Aug 2022 12:13 AM IST

    Rishi Sunak & Liz TrussOpinion
    Sunanda K Datta-Ray | UK bristles over migration, race as Sunak, Truss...

    Boris Johnson’s Britain bristles with contradictions. It’s not only that two of his senior ministers are...

    4 Aug 2022 1:20 AM IST

    Girls display their arms painted with message Ranil go home referring to Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe at the protest site in Colombo. (AP)Opinion
    Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Keep race, religion out in a Sri Lankan revival...

    It sounds remote but newspaper pictures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla attending a Hindu...

    17 July 2022 11:55 PM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi with USA President Joe Biden and Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau, at G-7 Summit, in Germany. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Nato, Ukraine, Russia: Why India should go its...

    India has no option but to join the West in ganging up on both China and Russia, and that this alone shapes Indian...

    4 July 2022 11:38 PM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden (PTI file image)Opinion
    Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Will Modi follow Nehru on India’s strategic...

    The world is waiting to see how Mr Modi responds to President Joe Biden’s flattering overtures and the courtship of...

    23 Jun 2022 12:31 AM IST

    This mismatch is reflected in the unattractive quality of life for the vast majority of Indians, the result of persistently insufficient attention to factors like housing, hospitals, schools, public transport, hygiene, sanitation and the environment. (Representational Image/ DC)Opinion
    Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Why (some) Indians are in a rush to stop being...

    Perhaps there’s a certain mismatch between India’s rhetoric and reality

    8 Jun 2022 6:48 AM IST

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