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The author is a Delhi-based commentator and analyst
    Kharge said that India has a total of 366 PSUs employing 9.2 lakh regular employees and 4.98 lakh contractual employees. The Railways employs 12.53 lakh persons and the department of posts 4.18 lakh employees. If all these are sold off, what will be the future of these employees and their families, he asked. DC file photoOpinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Rebooting CWC: Readying Congress for...

    It will be wildly speculative to say whether Mr Kharge can lead Congress back to power in the 2024 Lok Sabha election?

    24 Aug 2023 12:05 AM IST

    Cover photo of How Prime Ministers Decide, by Neerja Chowdhury. (Photo by arrangement)Books
    Book Review | Secrets & surprises: Oral testimonies of India's...

    What Chowdhury unfolds is an engrossing narrative of event, turns out to be a political thriller.

    20 Aug 2023 12:15 AM IST

    Red Fort decked up for Independence Day. (PTI)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | India's mood conservative after 76 years...

    The question arises about what happens to the sense of freedom when Indian society is turning conservative.

    15 Aug 2023 12:01 AM IST

    The violence spreads out of Nuh, into Sona, Palwal and Gurgaon. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Look within, hate now spreading like...

    Mr Modi can never go to the people on basis of his government's economic and political achievements.

    4 Aug 2023 12:05 AM IST

    Indias Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during a visit with first lady Jill Biden to the National Science Foundation in Alexandria, Va., Wednesday June, 21, 2023. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Are the gloves off for the Battle of 2024?...

    If the Opposition is keen to nail the Narendra Modi government, it has to conduct a focused and forceful election...

    1 Aug 2023 12:28 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the 17th Indian Cooperative Congress, in New Delhi, Saturday, July 1, 2023. (PTI)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Our Pak-China focus hurts India's stature...

    Could India have handled the contentious issue of terrorism differently?

    14 July 2023 12:00 AM IST

    Cover photo of Through the Broken Glass: An Autobiography by T.N. Seshan. (Photo by arrangement)Books
    Book Review | T.N. Seshan enforced the rulebook, gave EC its...

    Many believe that Seshan put the fear of the Election Commission in the hearts of politicians.

    9 July 2023 12:05 AM IST

    West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee greets Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar during a joint press conference after opposition parties meeting, in Patna, Friday, June 23, 2023. RJD chief Lalu Prasad and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge are also seen. (PTI)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Opposition needs a credible face to...

    The next meeting in Shimla, on July 10 or 12, becomes important on the way forward to Opposition unity

    30 Jun 2023 2:49 AM IST

    The BJPs outreach initiatives will also include public rallies to be addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi covering Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and MP. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Could India get all it wants from US, not...

    No none has paused to ask what is it that the United States is looking for in India as its strategic partner.

    19 Jun 2023 12:04 AM IST

    Cover photo of Vajpayee: The Ascent of Hindu Right 1924-1977 by Abhishek Chaudhary. (Photo by arrangement)Opinion
    Book Review | Vajpayee never a liberal but Hindu Right's first spin...

    Perhaps, he can be said to be the first of spin-doctors of the Hindu right, where conviction was not necessary,...

    11 Jun 2023 12:28 AM IST

    The new Sansad Bhavan (Parliament building) under Central Vista Project. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Will new House symbolise our democratic...

    A re-enactment of a meaningless ritual whose historicity is dubious has now been made the keystone of India's...

    30 May 2023 12:05 AM IST

    Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar takes part in a press conference in Bangkok on August 17, 2022. (Jack TAYLOR / AFP)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Is Pak off Sangh radar? Ties uneasy amid...

    At the moment, Pakistan has ceased to be that enemy which ideological fanatics so desperately need

    27 May 2023 12:35 AM IST

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