Sunanda K. Datta-Ray
Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | |
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Born | Calcutta, British India | 13 December 1937
Education | University of Calcutta |
Occupation | Journalist |
Spouse | Married (once) |
Children | 1 |
Sunanda K. Datta-Ray (born 13 December 1937) is an Indian journalist. He has been editor of
Datta-Ray returned to Singapore in 2007 to work on book with
Personal history
Datta Ray was born 13 December 1937 in Calcutta, and educated at
In 1958 he was with the Stockport Advertiser, and in 1959 with the Northern Echo. In 1960 he joined The Statesman as junior London correspondent. In 1960–62 he was The Statesman's roving features editor, and 1962–68 the Sunday Magazine editor. In 1980–1986 he rose to be Deputy editor and became editor in 1986.
A Hindu – though his mother is of the Brahmo Samaj – Datta-Ray had a Catholic wedding in Australia to a Bengali woman whom he met in Sydney.
Datta-Ray sees himself as the product of the intermeshing of high-caste Bengali society and upper-class English society throughout the 18th and 19th centuries which, writes Datta-Ray, has now 'vanished'.[9] Known as the Ingabanga, Datta-Ray defined his society thus:
It meant "England-worshipping Bengali" for Rabindranath Tagore. Krishna Dutta and W. Andrew Robinson translated it as "Anglomaniacs". It was always an outsider's description, never used by anglicised Bengalis themselves. Born in the heartland of that world, my grandmother spoke always of "the set".[10]
Datta-Ray is a direct descendant of
Datta-Ray's is a member of the
Monographs
Datta-Ray has been published in Asia, Europe and the United States for over 40 years. He was asked to contribute to Penguin's book of 'new' Indian writing in 2005.[12] In addition to this Datta-Ray has penned four monographs and edited one. His "Didima: The Last Ingabanga" appears in the Penguin anthology First Proof: The Penguin Book of New Writing from India, vol. I.[13]
Datta-Ray's monograph
He wrote the monograph Waiting For America
[A] huge book ... Datta-Ray is one of India's most respected journalists. An elegant writer with an eye for story-telling and a no–nonsense analytical pen, he traces the course of Indo-US ties from the time Indira Gandhi opened them in 1982. We in India lack contemporary history of the digestible, Datta-Ray kind. This book will sit well on our shelves. We would do well to ponder the implications of Datta-Ray's analysis: Indo-US ties will be stilted as long as Americans see Pakistan as a strategic asset; India's strongest asset is its economy, hobbled by its domestic politics.[18]
Earlier Datta-Ray published Bihar Shows the Way, a caustic take on India[19] and edited Issues and Challenges in Asian Journalism[20]
Smash And Grab: The Annexation of Sikkim (1984)
Datta-Ray's views on 'The Rangzen Myth' have been challenged.[24] The article claims "mysterious" changes in the reports on the Tibet at conferences.
Indeed there exists a callous, self-interested political elite which cares more about appeasing China and securing trade and maintaining political interests. Such a realpolitik has shadowed the Tibetan issue since 1950 when China invaded and occupied Tibet.
References
- ^ Sunanda Datta-Ray (4 June 1999). "Asia in a state of Confucian". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 23 January 2009.
- ^ "Author: Sunanda K Datta-Ray". indiaclub.com. Archived from the original on 1 February 2010. Retrieved 23 January 2009.
- ^ Sunanda K. Datta-Ray (7 April 1992). "Meanwhile". International Herald Tribune. Archived from the original on 1 December 2006. Retrieved 23 January 2009.
- ^ "Coming up in January 2002". East West Center. 21 December 2001. Archived from the original on 17 July 2007. Retrieved 24 January 2009.
- ^ "Seminars and Lectures at the Centre" (PDF). Newsletter: Centre of International Studies, University of Cambridge. Spring 2002. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 December 2003.
- ^ "Colleges, Halls, and Societies". Oxford University Gazette. 2 March 2000. Archived from the original on 10 June 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2009.
- ^ "Sunanda K. Datta-Ray". Opinion Asia. Archived from the original on 20 November 2008. Retrieved 24 January 2009.
- ^ "ISEAS Conferences and Seminar Activities". Archived from the original on 30 January 2010. Retrieved 24 January 2009.
- ^ "VANISHED WORLDS". The Telegraph. India. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
- ^ Datta-Ray, Sunanda K. "The New Tournament". The Telegraph. India. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2009.
- ^ Datta-Ray, Sunanda K. (18 May 2004). "MEANWHILE : Sonia Gandhi and my great-aunt Nellie". Archived from the original on 4 September 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2009.
- ^ Heralding a `new generation' of Indian authors[usurped] The Hindu – 20 May 2005
- ISBN 0-14-303244-5.
- ^ Datta-Ray, Deep K. (23 June 2007). "India renews its affair with South-east Asia". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 8 February 2009.
- ^ Datta-Ray, Deep K. (15 October 2007). "Securing India's Security". Retrieved 31 January 2009.[dead link]
- ^ "Chandra das feted on NTU appointment".
- ISBN 81-7223-441-4.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 August 2007. Retrieved 23 January 2009.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "New Nalanda". 14 August 2007. Archived from the original on 29 April 2008. Retrieved 23 January 2009.
- ^ "Issues and Challenges in Asian Journalism (Select Books)". Archived from the original on 4 October 2006. Retrieved 24 January 2009.
- ISBN 0-7069-2509-2. [dead link]
- ^ "Indira – terror personified or goddess?". 7 December 2001. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2009.
- ^ "Publish and be banned". The Telegraph. India. 18 July 2010. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
- ^ "Mr Sunanda K. Datta-Ray be Advised That Rangzen is No Myth!". 26 May 2015.