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Sunanda K Datta-Ray

Sunanda K Datta-Ray is a journalist and author of several books. He is an Open contributor

Cover Stories
The Mamata Moment

Let there be redemption in the third term

07 May 2021
Essay
When Boris Comes to Bharat

Still in search of a post-imperial purpose

16 April 2021
Letter from a Desolate London
Essay
Letter from a Desolate London

Sorry Mr Menon, it’s not your city any longer

29 January 2021
Dishy Rishi Makes A Point
Essay
Dishy Rishi Makes A Point

Why Britain is the world’s most relaxed multiracial democracy

20 November 2020
There Cannot Be Two Suns in One Sky
Essay
There Cannot Be Two Suns in One Sky

For China, exclusivity applies everywhere it chooses to go

18 September 2020
Columns
The Ultimate Pragmatist

Juggling with figures remained the first love of the one-time economics teacher in an obscure Bengali college who became India’s youngest finance minister

31 August 2020
Anyone for the Chinese Ganesha?
Essays
Anyone for the Chinese Ganesha?

The struggle is less against those who threaten a rock here and a waterfall there than with those who threaten the idea of India

03 July 2020
The King’s Salvation
Essay
The King’s Salvation

A lesson from 12th century Angkor Wat where its ruler Jayavarman VII prioritised public health and elevated it to worship

23 May 2020
Kolkata: Memoirs of a Bruised City
Essay
Kolkata: Memoirs of a Bruised City

What the ghosts whisper from the pandemic streets of Kolkata

08 May 2020
A Different War
Columns
A Different War

When the history of a different war is written, tribute must be paid to Indian public’s astonishing fortitude

10 April 2020

Authors

Brahma Chellaney

Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground

MJ Akbar

MJ Akbar is the author of, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns

Ram Madhav

Ram Madhav is president, India Foundation, and is with BJP

Makarand R Paranjape

Makarand R Paranjape is an author and columnist. Views are personal.

TCA Raghavan

TCA Raghavan is a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. His first book, Attendant Lords: Abdur Rahim and Bairam Khan: Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India, was awarded the Mohammad Habib Prize by the Indian History Congress. He is also the author of The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan and History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G S Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and Their Quest for India’s Past. His latest book is Circles of Freedom: Love, Friendship and Loyalty in the Indian National Struggle

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