Sunanda K Datta – Ray
Revival of Islamists
From Singapore to Malaysia to Indonesia, an intolerant breed of Islam is gaining ground. Governments there appear helpless in containing it.
India’s dignity is at stake
Pratibha Patil will go out with little honour. The Government and Opposition should ensure that her successor moves into Rashtrapati Bhavan with more.
What seems and what is
The greatest tragedy about the much ado about nothing is that it distracts attention from the real tasks ahead and the Trinamool's real failures.
Lobbying for gratification
Senior officers of the Armed Forces, the IAS and the IFS take to lobbying for clients after retiring from service. Their ‘assistance’ comes for a hefty fee.
CMs today are more timid
Gone are the days when BC Roy was Chief Minister of West Bengal and Biju Patnaik ruled Odisha. Both had utter disdain for New Delhi.
Defending the realm's faith
Baroness Warsi, a Muslim, glories in Britain's underlying Christianity and denounces British society's ‘intolerant secularisation'.
City without a future
What you don't aspire to in personal life can't be achieved in public life. Kolkata might one day shed its humiliating image if Mamata Banerjee bears that in mind.
Reach out to have-nots
Despite upward mobility, India has a long way to go before it can compare with the welfare state Clement Attlee created and Lady Thatcher tried to destroy.
Petty babus as our rulers
Why are accomplished administrators and diplomats so wanting when it comes to mundane chores and dealing with ordinary people?
Pragmatism could help
India may find that burying the past with China is the most effective means of protecting present interests and future prospects.
