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The author is a Delhi-based commentator and analyst
    Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. (PTI)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Weak-kneed Nitish Kumar shifts in a...

    Nitish Kumar's return to BJP exposes his reluctance on secularism and socialism, signaling challenges for smaller...

    31 Jan 2024 12:54 AM IST

    His Majestys Headhunters: The Siege of Kohima that Shaped World History. (Image: DC)Books
    Book Review | Untold tales of Naga valour in our Stalingrad of the...

    The narrative explores the treacherous terrain, power struggles, and the strategic contributions of the Nagas

    28 Jan 2024 12:00 AM IST

    There is a reason that Prime Minister Modi has been emphasising the tourism sector centred around the pilgrimage centres of Ujjain, Varanasi and Ayodhya, because all the efforts to make India the pharmaceutical hub, or the manufacturing hub, of the world had just fizzled out in the past 10 years. (File Image: PTI)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Is economy in a feel-good psychedelic...

    The Indian economy is turning out to be like the American one in many ways

    25 Jan 2024 12:00 AM IST

    Saffron flags bearing images of Lord Ram, Lord Hanuman and the upcoming grand temple on display in front of shops along Ram Path, in Ayodhya. Ahead of the Ram temple consecration ceremony in the holy city, demand for such flags has risen manifold. (PTI Photo/Kunal_Dutt)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Modi's Ayodhya overdrive: Will dreams...

    It is now a recognisable signature of Prime Minister Modi that he does not believe in anything low key.

    15 Jan 2024 12:05 AM IST

    Construction work in progress at Ayodhya Railway Station, on Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | The lesson from Ayodhya: How power...

    The Supreme Court judgment in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Majid case had decided the issue in terms of a property dispute.

    26 Dec 2023 11:47 PM IST

    BJP working president JP Nadda delivers a speech on Article 370 in J&K in Thane on Monday. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | SC's Art. 370 ruling has left key...

    Even Hindu-majority Jammu is not happy with the new UT status

    14 Dec 2023 12:00 AM IST

    Prime Minister and senior BJP leader Narendra Modi with BJP National President J.P. Nadda, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Union Home Minister Amit Shah during celebrations after partys victory in elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, at BJP headquarters, in New Delhi, Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Local factors led to BJP's Hindi belt poll...

    The hard reality is that the Modi factor was absent in all the four states.

    4 Dec 2023 12:01 AM IST

    Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan (PTI File Photo)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | The politics of governors: How Centre...

    Kerala Guv Arif Khan should have known better than to use the office of governor as an obstacle in functioning of the...

    27 Nov 2023 11:38 PM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the Nari Shakti Vandan-Abhinandan Karyakram, a day after Parliament passed the womens reservation bill, at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi, on Friday. (Image: PTI)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Modi foreign policy fumble amid...

    India's position on the Hamas-Israel confrontation is quite different from that of its stance on the Russia-Ukraine war

    16 Nov 2023 12:00 AM IST

    The capital city of Delhi enveloped in smog in New Delhi, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. Air pollution level is Delhi-NCR has started rising owing much to stubble (parali) burning in adjoining states. (PTI Photo/Arun Sharma)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Delhi's nightmare: Leaders bicker while...

    The Centre wants commercial vehicles which do not cater to essential services to be stopped, & 50 percent of employees...

    8 Nov 2023 12:05 AM IST

    Where the Madness Lies. (Image: DC)Books
    Identities that cannot be erased from individuals and communities

    Telangana Telugu is the one which is not Sanskritised, and even though it is looked down upon

    22 Oct 2023 12:00 AM IST

    How the PM, PMO Decide on Finance Ministry AffairsBooks
    How the PM, PMO Decide on Finance Ministry Affairs

    As a bureaucrat, Subhash Chandra Garg adopts the view of the government

    15 Oct 2023 2:29 AM IST

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