Sunanda K Datta-Ray is a journalist and author of several books. He is an Open contributor
Let there be redemption in the third term
Still in search of a post-imperial purpose
Sorry Mr Menon, it’s not your city any longer
Why Britain is the world’s most relaxed multiracial democracy
For China, exclusivity applies everywhere it chooses to go
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
The struggle is less against those who threaten a rock here and a waterfall there than with those who threaten the idea of India
A lesson from 12th century Angkor Wat where its ruler Jayavarman VII prioritised public health and elevated it to worship
What the ghosts whisper from the pandemic streets of Kolkata
When the history of a different war is written, tribute must be paid to Indian public’s astonishing fortitude
CELESTIAL HEROISM IS a bestseller, unless it is badly made. In it merges great survivor dramas and the romance of breaching the boundaries of human…
Pratap Bhanu Mehta is one of India’s most influential columnists and public intellectuals
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 is the author of several books, including Doolally Sahib and the Black Zamindar: Racism and Revenge in the British Raj
Ram Madhav is a member of the National Executive of RSS and Member, Board of Governors, India Foundation
Makarand R Paranjape is professor of English at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Views are personal.
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