The anomaly of a secular Bangladesh

Sheikh Hasina should draw a veil over the nation's blood-soaked past, moderate her quest for justice and resolve the dilemma of the Bengali and Muslim identities, says Sunanda K Datta-Ray Begum......

Paybacks from the hustings

In the US as in India, policy outcomes are linked to election funding, says Sunanda K Datta-Ray Some might see Hurricane Sandy as an act of god that mocks next Tuesday's costliest political show on......

When journalists cease to be journalists

Journalists who engage in influence peddling should be listed as lobbyists, says Sunanda K Datta-Ray.After a lifetime in journalism, I am more than ever convinced that what we crow over as a scoop......

Controversy dogs Narasimha Rao even in death

Though he called his autobiographical novelInsider,P V Narasimha Rao was forever the Outsider. In death even more than in life, writes Sunanda K Datta-RayFew politicians provoked such contrary......

What I got when I flew Air India for Rs 169,613

Even a rump Air India could not hope to get away with the shoddy service and scrappy fare for which I paid nearly two lakh, complains Sunanda K Datta-Ray.   It's unfashionable now to endorse......

The Marie Antoinette of Indian politics

'Everybody knows that any solution would upstage and expose official bungling.''That is something Mrs Sitharaman's masters will not allow.''No matter how high the cost in human misery, they will......

Is this why govt needs money from RBI?

Money permits patronage.Money means power. No wonder details of the crores locked up in NPAs and never repaid loans are top secret, says Sunanda K Datta-Ray. Photograph: PTI Photo It could well be......

Budget doesn't have much for the youth

  The Budget won't create the millions of jobs Modi had promised in his election pledge, says Sunanda K Datta-Ray. 'It's clearly a Budget,' said George W Bush when shown a document. 'It's got......

KKR's IPL win was Kolkata's triumph

KKR's IPL win was Kolkata's triumph, never mind the ethnicity of its players and owners, writes Sunanda K Datta-Ray. Being unfashionably ignorant of cricket, I feared I would be out on a limb in......