Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr, asian Page 18

Home » Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr

About the AuthorParsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr

The author is a Delhi-based commentator and analyst

Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala. (Photo: File)

K'taka: Post-poll games as voters bowl a googly

Mr Vala should be bending over backwards to prove that he is not going to show any favour to his former party and play...

16 May 2018 12:45 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress chief Rahul Gandhi (Photo: PTI)

Modi, Rahul redefine political histrionics

Mr Gandhi parried every criticism hurled at him and his party by Mr Modi in a cool manner.

12 May 2018 6:33 AM IST

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi speaks on the second day of the 84th Congress plenary. (Photo: PTI)

Has Rahul's Congress started its climb-back?

Mr Gandhi did not force these errors on the government. Interestingly, it is the government that is caught in the web of...

2 May 2018 2:46 AM IST

Britains Queen Elizabeth II greets Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Blue Drawing Room at Buckingham Palace in London on Thursday as the Queen hosts a dinner during the Commonwealth heads of government meeting. (Photo: AP)

Why democracy is vital to India's growth story

The reasons for Britain wooing India in the post-Brexit scenario have been well articulated.

26 April 2018 2:30 AM IST

Students stage a protest in Ranchi on Monday during Bharat Bandh call by dalit organisations against the alleged dilution of SC/ST Act. (Photo: PTI)

Fallout of dalit anger may hurt BJP in 2019

The BJP stands to lose its electoral base among dalits in 2019 though it may regain it in a politically distant future.

4 April 2018 2:29 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his party will not leave any stone unturned in transforming Tripura. (Photo: AP)

2019 countdown is on: Exit, entry doors open

PM Modi is not any more the mascot of the party and of the government as he had appeared to be in the first three years...

21 March 2018 12:45 AM IST

Farmers cheer at Azad Maidan after their demands were accepted by the government. (Photo: DEBASISH DEY

Realistic solutions on farmers' woes needed

The demand of the Opposition parties that these problems should be addressed and solved forthwith will remain a grand...

14 March 2018 12:25 AM IST

An unidentified person has issued a death threat to Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, police said on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

Dogmatic CPM gropes in dark

Marxism has become obsolete and it is not equipped to change the 21st century world despite capitalism and globalisation...

11 March 2018 12:48 AM IST

BJP president Amit Shah gets rousing welcomed by party workers outside the party headquarters in New Delhi. (Photo: Biplab Banerjee)

BJP's image tweak in N-E took it to victory

In Nagaland, the BJP is heading towards a coalition government with the newly-formed Nationalist Democratic People's...

4 March 2018 1:49 AM IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath (Photo: PTI)

Yogi's tough stance on UP crime has pitfalls

It's futile to blame Yogi Adityanath, Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawati for the uphill task that UP faces.

21 Feb 2018 3:06 AM IST

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, on Thursday, tabled the Union Budget 2018 in the Parliament.

A tame exercise: Has govt run out of steam?

The Make in India, Start-Up India, Digital India and Skill India programmes seem to have fallen by the wayside.

2 Feb 2018 4:51 AM IST

President Ram Nath Kovind has given his assent on Thursday to the ordinance to amend the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016. (Photo: PTI)

Heed Prez's clarion call to respect differences'

President Kovind's emphasis on respecting differences should be taken as a gentle warning against any sense of...

29 Jan 2018 12:12 AM IST